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SIMULATION

Journal Papers

  1. Konh, B., Honarvar, M., Darvish, K. and Hutapea, P., (2016) “Simulation and Experimental Studies on the Needle Tissue Interactions”, Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing 18, 1-12

  2. Konh, B., Honarvar, M., Hutapea, P., (2015) “Design Optimization Study of a Shape Memory Alloy Active Needle for Biomedical Applications”, Medical Engineering and Physics 37, 469–477

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Conference Papers

  1. Konh, B. and Hutapea, P., “Finite Element Simulation of an Active Surgical Needle for Prostate Brachytherapy”, ASME/FDA 1st Annual Frontier in Medical Devices: Applications of Computer Modeling and Simulation, Washington, DC, Sep 2013

  2. 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

  3. Konh, B., Datla, N.V. and Hutapea, P., “Dynamic Estimation of an Active Surgical Needle Deflection for Brachytherapy Procedures”, 40th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, Boston, MA, Apr 2014

  4. Datla, N.V., and Hutapea, P., “A Flexible Active Needle for Steering in Soft Tissues”, 40th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, Boston, MA, Apr 2014

  5. Konh, B., Honarvar, M. and Hutapea, P., “Application of SMA Wire for an Active Steerable Cannula”, ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, Snowbird, UT, Sep 2013 (best student paper)

  6. 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)

  7. 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)

  8. 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

  9. 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

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