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MUSCLE FATIGUE ANALYSIS IN MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY
… as limited work volume and degree of freedom, minimally invasive surgery (MIS) is ergonomically challenging to surgeons than traditional open surgery. Specifically, MIS can expose performing surgeons to excessive ergonomic risks including muscle fatigue that may lead to critical errors in …
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Controllable magnetic systems for minimally invasive surgery
This thesis covers the design and development of a controllable electromagnetic compression medical device that addresses the need for control of magnetic attraction in the clinical setting. This work outlines the design of a magnetic medical device to be used for anchoring or compression, namely …
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InterNAV2.0: Minimally Invasive Robot-Assisted Tumour Ablative Therapies
… developed for tumour ablative therapies using minimally invasive robotic sys tems. As a proof-of-concept for the platform, a system has been built for Brachytherapy as a treatment for lung cancer. This system uses a navigational software, InterNAVl.0, to consolidate ultrasound imaging and …
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Tethered Magnetic Serial Robots for Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery
… to the centimeter scale, enabling a new suite of minimally-invasive techniques for a wide variety of medical procedures. There is a significant demand for smaller, more manoeuvrable, surgical robot tools to reduce the invasiveness of neurosurgical procedures. A magnetic approach to surgical robots …
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Biomechanical Comparison of Traditional Laminectomy and Minimally‑Invasive Facetectomies
… that affects a great portion of the population. Minimally‑invasive (MI) procedures have been becoming more popular in the surgical decompression of the spine because they offer shorter recovery time and involve removal of smaller amounts of important structures. With these features, it is …
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Optical fibre-based minimally-invasive blood glucose monitoring system.
… However, these sensors are problematic. They are invasive in nature and have bio-compatibility issues. Also, these electrochemical sensors are rendered unstable due to the electroactivity of other blood constituents, therefore requiring frequent recalibration. These drawbacks highlight the need …
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Detection and minimally invasive treatment of small breast cancers
Contains fulltext : 236661.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
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Minimally Invasive Solutions to Challenges Posed by Mobility Changes
Today, things have changed radically. As network technologies have proliferated and evolved, the components of, and participants in, computerized systems have become increasingly decoupled. Users travel and commute while connecting to their office computer or home media server. Hardware devices may …
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Vision-based context-aware assistance for minimally invasive surgery.
… augment the performance and lowers the risk of minimally invasive surgery (MIS). It allows various applications through the whole patient care pathway, such as medical resources scheduling and report generation. Automatic surgical activities understanding is an essential component for building …
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Imaging systems for minimally invasive molecular guided cancer surgeries
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2025-08-01
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Minimally invasive CT-guiding excision of benign bone tumours
… open surgery with wide resection margins to less invasive surgical techniques such as image guided intralesional excision and percutaneous radiofrequency ablation. We aim to evaluate the outcomes of patients treated with computerised tomography (CT guided) intralesional excision and bone grafting …
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The development of a minimally invasive glucose sensing system
The overall goal of this research is to develop a minimally invasive glucose sensing system for diabetic patients. The device will consist of an array of micro-needles that penetrates only the stratum corneum layer of the skin and tests glucose levels in the interstitial fluid (IF). This device …
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Design of teleoperated surgical instruments for minimally invasive surgery
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1998.
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Minimally invasive capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers array For biomedical applications
… work is to develop miniature CMUT devices for minimally invasive biomedical diagnosis and treatment. A two-layer poly-silicon surface micromachining process mixed with bulk micromachining process was developed. Based on this process, three prototypes of application were developed in this …
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Minimally invasive treatment of venous insufficiency using endovenous laser ablation
… low. At the end of the 20th century, new minimally invasive endovenous interventions were developed. Rapidly gaining popularity; it was hoped that they could address some of the limitations of surgery. Following initial cases series; the endothermal technique of endovenous laser ablation …
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Design, modeling and control of a minimally invasive surgical platform
U of I Only Restriction Lifted for Item 109886 on 2021-02-08T10:15:18Z.
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Minimally invasive diagnostic imaging using high resolution Optical Coherence Tomography
… endoscopes, and other imaging devices, minimally invasive OCT imaging was carried out with novel diagnostic devices also developed in this work. The development and implementation of advanced OCT systems for both research and clinical applications will be presented as well as future …
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Minimally invasive assessment of lymphatic pumping pressure using near infrared imaging
Although the major functions of the lymphatic system are fairly well defined, its vasculature has yet to be well characterized in comparison to its blood vasculature counterpart. Recent advances in optical imaging techniques have allowed for more detailed and quantitative evaluations of lymph flow …
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Implantable Bioelectronics with Integrated Shape Actuation for Minimally Invasive Neural Interfacing
… thin-film bioelectronics is explored to create minimally invasive neural interfaces. Electrocorticography is an established neural interfacing technique wherein an array of electrodes enables large-area recording from the cortical surface. Electrocorticography is commonly used for seizure …
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