Artificial Tactile Sensing in Biomedical Engineering

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Master Artificial Tactile Sensing Design for Biomedical Engineering Applications

Filled with high-quality photographs and illustrations, including some in color, this definitive guide details the design and manufacturing of artificial tactile systems and their applications in surgical procedures. Artificial Tactile Sensing in Biomedical Engineering explains the fundamentals of the human sense of touch and the latest techniques for artificially replicating it. The book describes the mechanistic principles of static and dynamic tactile sensors and discusses cutting-edge biomedical applications, including minimally invasive surgery, tumor detection, robotic surgery, and surgical simulations.

Artificial Tactile Sensing in Biomedical Engineering covers:

• Capacitive, magnetic, inductive, conductive elastomeric, optical, and thermal sensors
  
• Strain gauge and piezoelectric sensors
  
• Tactile sensing in surgery and palpation
  
• Tactile image information through palpation
  
• Tumor detection via artificial tactile sensing
  
• Estimating tumor parameters using the finite element method and an artificial neural network
  
• Determination of mechanical properties of biological tissues
  
• Tactile sensing in remote and robotic surgery
  
• Haptics application in surgical simulation
  

Author: Ali Mehrizi, Javad Dargahi, Siamak Najarian
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Published: 05/18/2009
Pages: 260
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780071601511

About the Author
Dargahi, Javad: - Professor Javad Dargahi received his B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering in the UK. He was a Research Assistant at the Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK and an Assistant Professor at the Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran. He was a Senior Post-Doctoral Research Associate with the Micromachining/Medical Robotics Group at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada. Prof. Dargahi worked in a few companies in North America. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, the University of Concordia.

Najarian, Siamak: -

Siamak Najarian, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.
Javad Dargahi, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the department of mechanical engineering at the University of Concordia.
Ali Abouei Mehrizi, M.Sc. of Biomedical Engineering, Research Associate, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.

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