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NEEDLE INSERTION TESTS

Journal Papers

  1. Datla, N. V., , Honarvar, M., Podder, T.K., Dicker, A.P., Yu, Y., Hutapea, P.,(2013) “A Model to Predict Deflection of Bevel-Tipped Active Needle Advancing in Soft Tissue”, Medical Engineering & Physics, 36(3), 258–293

  2. Datla, N. V., , Koo, J., Choi, D.J.W., Yu, Y., Dicker, A.P., Podder, T.K., Darvish, K., Hutapea, P., (2013) “Polyacrylamide Phantom for Self-Actuating Needle-Tissue Interaction Studies”, Medical Engineering & Physics, 36(1), 140-145

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Conference Papers

  1. Konh, B. and Hutapea, P., “A Real-Time Simulation for Path Planning in Needle Insertion Tasks”, ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, Colorado Springs, CO, Sep 2015

  2. Konh, B., Hutapea, P., “Finite Element Studies of Needle-Tissue Interactions for Percutaneous Procedures”, Design of Medical Devices Conference, Minneapolis, MN, Apr 2015 (invited for a talk in computation: design and ideation session)

  3. Konh, B., Honarvar, M., Hutapea, P., “Simulation and Experimental Studies of the SMA-Activated Needle Behavior Inside the Tissue”, SPIE Smart Structures/NDE Conference, San Diego, CA, Mar 2015

  4. Felix, M. O., Kumar, M., Franz, K., , Hutapea, P., Zhao, Y., Dicker, A. P., Yu, Y., Podder, T. K., “Control of Shape Memory Alloy Actuated Flexible Needle using Multimodal Sensory Feedbacks”, Journal of Automation and Control Engineering, 3(5), 428-434, the 3rd International Conference on Control, Robotics and Information (ICCRI), HongKong, Dec 2014

  5. Zhao, Y., , Honarvar, M., Felix, M. O., Podder, T. K., Hutapea, P., Dicker, A. P., Yu, Y., “3D Motion Planning for Robot-Assisted Active Flexible Needle Based on Rapidly-Exploring Random Trees”, Journal of Automation and Control Engineering, 3(5), 360-367, the 3rd International Conference on Control, Robotics and Information (ICCRI), HongKong, Dec 2014 (best oral presentation award)

  6. Datla, N.V., and Hutapea, P., “Studies with SMA Actuated Needle for Steering within Tissue”, ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, Newport, RI, Sep 2014

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