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Mehrnoosh Afshar

2 accepted papers

2024

A Novel Approach for Precise Tissue Tracking in Breast Lumpectomy

IROS 2024poster

One of the most common cancers among women is breast cancer which can be treated surgically in the early stages with a lumpectomy technique. In the context of breast lumpectomy procedures, accurately tracking tumours presents a critical challenge worsened by various sources of anatomical deformation…

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2020

Optimal Design of a Novel Spherical Scissor Linkage Remote Center of Motion Mechanism for Medical Robotics

IROS 2020poster

In this paper, a new remote center of motion (RCM) mechanism is presented whose end-effector is able to move through an entire hemisphere. In general, minimally invasive surgery (MIS) applications, an elliptic cone workspace with vertex angles of 60° and 90° gives the surgeon enough freedom to opera…

Cited by 14SourceScholar