Resonant vibrating sensors for tactile tissue differentiation (bibtex)
by Tobias Hemsel, Ralf Stroop, David Oliva Uribe, Jörg Wallaschek
Abstract:
Surgical resection of brain tumours is a difficult task. To enhance surgery results, a tactile sensor is wanted that gives better resolution and sensitivity than the human tactile sense. The characteristics of resonant vibrating piezoelectric elements change with varying load. This allows for calculation of mechanical load parameters by measuring electrical quantities. Different setups of piezoelectric sensors have been used to investigate soft materials. Finally, a piezoelectric bimorph sensor gave good results for distinguishing tissue mimicking gel-phantoms with different gelatine concentrations.
Reference:
Hemsel, T.; Stroop, R.; Uribe, D. O.; Wallaschek, J.: Resonant vibrating sensors for tactile tissue differentiation. Journal of Sound and Vibration, volume 308, 2007. (Vibro-Impact Systems)
Bibtex Entry:
@ARTICLE{Hemsel2007,
  author = {Tobias Hemsel and Ralf Stroop and David Oliva Uribe and J{\"o}rg
	Wallaschek},
  title = {Resonant vibrating sensors for tactile tissue differentiation},
  journal = {Journal of Sound and Vibration},
  year = {2007},
  volume = {308},
  pages = {441 - 446},
  note = {<ce:title>Vibro-Impact Systems</ce:title>},
  __markedentry = {[K. Agbons jr:6]},
  abstract = {Surgical resection of brain tumours is a difficult task. To enhance
	surgery results, a tactile sensor is wanted that gives better resolution
	and sensitivity than the human tactile sense. The characteristics
	of resonant vibrating piezoelectric elements change with varying
	load. This allows for calculation of mechanical load parameters by
	measuring electrical quantities. Different setups of piezoelectric
	sensors have been used to investigate soft materials. Finally, a
	piezoelectric bimorph sensor gave good results for distinguishing
	tissue mimicking gel-phantoms with different gelatine concentrations.
	},
  bdsk-url-1 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022460X07002519},
  bdsk-url-2 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsv.2007.03.063},
  doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsv.2007.03.063},
  issn = {0022-460X},
  owner = {K. Agbons jr},
  timestamp = {2013.11.23},
  url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022460X07002519}
}