Needle Steering Kinematics is a specialized subfield of medical robot kinematics that models the dynamic path control of flexible needles during minimally invasive procedures, distinguishing itself by accounting for tissue interaction forces and needle deflection to achieve precise, steerable trajectories within soft tissue environments.
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A Steerable Needle Technology Using Curved Concentric Tubes
Patrick R. Sears, Pierre E. Dupont · 2006 · 268 citations
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Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, United States
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31 publications
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University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
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University of Twente
Enschede, The Netherlands
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Imperial College London
London, United Kingdom
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University of California, Berkeley
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Delft University of Technology
Delft, The Netherlands
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University Medical Center Groningen
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- Annals of Biomedical Engineering
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- Medical Engineering & Physics
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- Control Engineering Practice
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- IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
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