Louis Phee

Work

Nanyang Technological University
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Vice President (Innovation and Entrepreneurship), NTU

Singapore

Nanyang Technological University
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Dean

Singapore

Education

Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
Italy

PhD

Nanyang Technological University
Singapore

MEng

Nanyang Technological University
Singapore

BEng(hons)

Publications

Transurethral Surgical Robot: Achieving Efficient En Bloc Resection of Bladder Tumor

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IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine

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Bioarchitectonics-inspired soft grippers with cutaneous slip perception

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Science Advances

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Bio-architectonics-inspired soft grippers with cutaneous slip perception

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Science Advances

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An FBG-Based Flexible Force Sensor for Stable Grasping in a Grow-and-Twine Gripping System

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IEEE Sensors Journal

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Prospective single-arm trial on feasibility and safety of endoscopic robotic system for colonic endoscopic submucosal dissection

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Endoscopy

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A Detachable FBG-Based Contact Force Sensor for Capturing Gripper-Vegetable Interactions

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2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)

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Feasibility of a low-cost magnet tracking device in confirming nasogastric tube placement at point of care, a clinical trial

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Scientific Reports

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Smart Grow-and-Twine Gripper for Vegetable Harvesting in Vertical Farms

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2024 IEEE 7th International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft)

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A Frictional Contact-Pattern-Based Model for Inserting a Flexible Shaft Into Curved Channels

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IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

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A Three-Axial Force Sensor Based on Fiber Bragg Gratings for Surgical Robots

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IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

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A Three-Axial Force Sensor Based on Fiber Bragg Gratings for Surgical Robots

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IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

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Two Magnetic Sensor Based Real-Time Tracking of Magnetically Inflated Swallowable Intragastric Balloon

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Annals of Biomedical Engineering

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Correction to: Two Magnetic Sensor Based Real-Time Tracking of Magnetically Inflate Swallowable Intragastric Balloon (10.1007/s10439-020-02716)

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Annals of Biomedical Engineering

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A Three-Limb Teleoperated Robotic System with Foot Control for Flexible Endoscopic Surgery

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Annals of Biomedical Engineering

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A low-cost, point-of-care test for confirmation of nasogastric tube placement via magnetic field tracking

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Sensors

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Can the Shape of a Planar Pathway Be Estimated Using Proximal Forces of Inserting a Flexible Shaft?

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Frontiers in Robotics and AI

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Colonic endoscopic submucosal dissection using a novel robotic system (with video)

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Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

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Design and Evaluation of a Foot-Controlled Robotic System for Endoscopic Surgery

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IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters

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Design and Evaluation of a Foot-Controlled Robotic System for Endoscopic Surgery

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IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters

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EndoPil: A Magnetically Actuated Swallowable Capsule for Weight Management: Development and Trials

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Annals of Biomedical Engineering

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Flexible and Deployable Colon Support Structure for Endoluminal Interventions

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IEEE Access

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Trimanipulation: Evaluation of human performance in a 3-handed coordination task

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Conference Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics

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Trimanipulation: Evaluation of human performance in a 3-handed coordination task

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arXiv

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other

A Subject-Specific Four-Degree-of-Freedom Foot Interface to Control a Surgical Robot

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IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

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A Temperature-Dependent, Variable-Stiffness Endoscopic Robotic Manipulator with Active Heating and Cooling

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Annals of Biomedical Engineering

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A Three-limb Teleoperated Robotic System with Foot Control for Flexible Endoscopic Surgery

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arXiv

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An Integrated Sensor-Model Approach for Haptic Feedback of Flexible Endoscopic Robots

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Annals of Biomedical Engineering

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Force Sensing With 1 mm Fiber Bragg Gratings for Flexible Endoscopic Surgical Robots

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IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

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Sewing up the Wounds: A Robotic Suturing System for Flexible Endoscopy

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IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine

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Tri-Manipulation: An Evaluation of Human Performance in 3-Handed Teleoperation

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IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics

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A novel robotic suturing system for flexible endoscopic surgery

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Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

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A subject-specific four-degree-of-freedom foot interface to control a robot arm

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arXiv

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Deep learning for haptic feedback of flexible endoscopic robot without prior knowledge on sheath configuration

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International Journal of Mechanical Sciences

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Distal-end force prediction of tendon-sheath mechanisms for flexible endoscopic surgical robots using deep learning

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Mechanism and Machine Theory

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Performance evaluation of a foot interface to operate a robot arm

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IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters

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Performance evaluation of a foot-controlled human-robot interface

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arXiv

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Pneumatically actuated deployable tissue distension device for NOTES for colon

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Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

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conference-paper

Design and modelling of a variable stiffness manipulator for surgical robots

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Mechatronics

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Direct torque control for cable conduit mechanisms for the robotic foot for footwear testing

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Mechatronics

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Distal end force sensing with optical fiber bragg gratings for tendon-sheath mechanisms in flexible endoscopic robots

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Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

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Use of the EndoMaster robot-assisted surgical system in transoral robotic surgery: A cadaveric study

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International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery

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Feasibility of performing esophageal endoscopic submucosal dissection using master and slave transluminal endoscopic robot

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Endoscopy

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Performance control of tendon-driven endoscopic surgical robots with friction and hysteresis

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arXiv

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Position Control of Asymmetric Nonlinearities for a Cable-Conduit Mechanism

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IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering

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Towards active variable stiffness manipulators for surgical robots

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Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

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conference-paper

A Magnetic Soft Endoscopic Capsule-Inflated Intragastric Balloon for Weight Management

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Scientific Reports

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A magnetic soft endoscopic capsule for non-surgical overweight and obese treatments

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IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

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conference-paper

A survey on actuators-driven surgical robots

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Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

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Design and Control of a Mechatronic Tracheostomy Tube for Automated Tracheal Suctioning

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IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

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Development and testing of a magnetically actuated capsule endoscopy for obesity treatment

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PLoS ONE

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Erratum: Development and Testing of a Magnetically Actuated Capsule Endoscopy for Obesity Treatment (PLoS ONE (2016) 11:1 (e0148035) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148035)

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PLoS ONE

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Real-time enhancement of tracking performances for cable-conduit mechanisms-driven flexible robots

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Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing

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A new approach of friction model for tendon-sheath actuated surgical systems: Nonlinear modelling and parameter identification

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Mechanism and Machine Theory

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Adaptive control for enhancing tracking performances of flexible tendon-sheath mechanism in natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES)

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Mechatronics

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Adaptive tracking approach of flexible cable conduit-actuated NOTES systems for early gastric cancer treatments

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Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering

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Design and control of a novel mechatronic tracheostomy tube-inserted suction catheter for automated tracheal suctioning

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Proceedings of the 2015 7th IEEE International Conference on Cybernetics and Intelligent Systems, CIS 2015 and Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics, RAM 2015

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conference-paper

Enhanced performances for cable-driven flexible robotic systems with asymmetric backlash profile

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IEEE Conference on Technologies for Practical Robot Applications, TePRA

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conference-paper

Flexible endoscopic robot

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Minimally Invasive Therapy and Allied Technologies

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Modeling and motion compensation of a bidirectional tendon-sheath actuated system for robotic endoscopic surgery

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Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

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Nonlinear friction modelling and compensation control of hysteresis phenomena for a pair of tendon-sheath actuated surgical robots

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Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing

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Hysteresis modeling and position control of tendon-sheath mechanism in flexible endoscopic systems

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Mechatronics

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Adaptive control of position compensation for cable-conduit mechanisms used in flexible surgical robots

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ICINCO 2014 - Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics

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conference-paper

An energy efficient MAC protocol for multi-hop swallowable body sensor networks

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Sensors (Switzerland)

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An investigation of friction-based tendon sheath model appropriate for control purposes

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Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing

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Elongation modeling and compensation for the flexible tendon - Sheath system

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IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

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Feasibility of full-thickness gastric resection using master and slave transluminal endoscopic robot and closure by overstitch: A preclinical study

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Surgical Endoscopy

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Haptic feedback and control of a flexible surgical endoscopic robot

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Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

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Haptic modeling of stomach for real-time property and force estimation

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Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology

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Modeling tendon-sheath mechanism with flexible configurations for robot control

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Robotica

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Exploiting 3D printing technology to develop robotic running foot for footwear testing: This paper describes a framework for a prosthesis that has four controlled degrees of freedom at the hip, knee, ankle and metatarsophalangeal joints to develop a robotic running foot-leg for footwear testing

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Virtual and Physical Prototyping

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Nonlinear modeling and parameter identification of dynamic friction model in tendon sheath for flexible endoscopic systems

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ICINCO 2013 - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics

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conference-paper

A novel TDMA-based MAC protocol for mobile in-vivo body sensor networks

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2012 IEEE 14th International Conference on e-Health Networking, Applications and Services, Healthcom 2012

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conference-paper

Endoscopic submucosal dissection of gastric lesions by using a master and slave transluminal endoscopic robot: An animal survival study

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Endoscopy

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journal-article

Force feedback without sensor: A preliminary study on haptic modeling

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Proceedings of the IEEE RAS and EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics

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conference-paper

Robot-Assisted Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection Is Effective in Treating Patients With Early-Stage Gastric Neoplasia

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Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

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An energy efficient MAC protocol for mobile in-vivo body sensor networks

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ICUFN 2011 - 3rd International Conference on Ubiquitous and Future Networks

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conference-paper

Capsule endoscopy-A mechatronics perspective

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Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering

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Enhancement of a master-slave robotic system for natural orifice transluminalendoscopic surgery

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Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

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Evaluation of a TDMA-based energy efficient MAC protocol for multiple capsule networks

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Eurasip Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking

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Ingestible wireless capsules for enhanced diagnostic inspection of gastrointestinal tract

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Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering

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Personalized biomedical devices & systems for healthcare applications

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Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering

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TDMA based MAC protocol for wireless capsule communications

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2011 IEEE 16th International Workshop on Computer Aided Modeling and Design of Communication Links and Networks, CAMAD 2011

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conference-paper

The future of transluminal surgery

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Expert Review of Medical Devices

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Therapeutic capsule endoscopy: Opportunities and challenges

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Journal of Healthcare Engineering

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Towards haptics enabled surgical robotic system for NOTES

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IEEE Conference on Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics, RAM - Proceedings

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conference-paper

An ingestible wireless capsule for treatment of obesity

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2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'10

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conference-paper

Design of a master and slave transluminal endoscopic robot for natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery

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Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science

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journal-article

Endoscopic submucosal dissection of gastric lesions by using a Master and Slave Transluminal Endoscopic Robot (MASTER)

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Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

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Energy sources and their development for application in medical devices

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Expert Review of Medical Devices

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Enhancement of spatial orientation and haptic perception for master-slave robotic Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES)

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2010 IEEE Conference on Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics, RAM 2010

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conference-paper

Interventional navigation systems for treatment of unresectable liver tumor

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Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

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Natural orifice transgastric endoscopic wedge hepatic resection in an experimental model using an intuitively controlled master and slave transluminal endoscopic robot (MASTER)

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Surgical Endoscopy

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Tendon sheath analysis for estimation of distal end force and elongation for sensorless distal end

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Robotica

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journal-article

Wireless capsule endoscopes for enhanced diagnostic inspection of gastrointestinal tract

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2010 IEEE Conference on Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics, RAM 2010

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conference-paper

Master and slave transluminal endoscopic robot (MASTER) for natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES)

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Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009

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conference-paper

A sub-millimetric, 0.25 mN resolution fully integrated fiber-optic force-sensing tool for retinal microsurgery

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International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery

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Asymmetric multihop networks for multi-capsule communications within the gastrointestinal tract

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Proceedings - 2009 6th International Workshop on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks, BSN 2009

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conference-paper

Formation of protrusive micro/nano patterns atop shape memory polymers

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Materials Science Forum

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Modular "plug-and-play" capsules for multi-capsule environment in the gastrointestinal tract

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Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009

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conference-paper

Real-time, non-vision sensory feedback during minimally invasive surgery

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IEEE Region 10 Annual International Conference, Proceedings/TENCON

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conference-paper

Tendon sheath analysis for estimation of distal end force and elongation

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IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM

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conference-paper

The glass transition temperature of polyurethane shape memory polymer reinforced with treated/non-treated attapulgite (playgorskite) clay in dry andwet conditions

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Smart Materials and Structures

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Formation of micro protrusion arrays atop shape memory polymer

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Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

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Electrical conductivity of thermoresponsive shape-memory polymer with embedded micron sized Ni powder chains

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Applied Physics Letters

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Improving the electrical conductivity by forming Ni powder chains in a shape-memory polymer filled with carbon black

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Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

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conference-paper

In-vivo wireless capsule for health monitoring

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Proceedings of the International Symposium on Consumer Electronics, ISCE

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conference-paper

Master and slave robotic system for natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery

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2008 IEEE International Conference on Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics, RAM 2008

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conference-paper

Robotic system for no-scar gastrointestinal surgery

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International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery

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journal-article

A secret garden of micro butterflies: Phenomenon and mechanism

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Surface Review and Letters

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A generic approach for producing various protrusive shapes on different size scales using shape-memory polymer

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Smart Materials and Structures

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Water-responsive programmable shape memory polymer devices

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Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

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conference-paper

Feasibility study of a force feedback controlled robotic system for bone milling

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2006 IEEE Conference on Cybernetics and Intelligent Systems, CIS 2006

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conference-paper

A review of master-slave robotic systems for surgery

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International Journal of Humanoid Robotics

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journal-article

Efficient 3d prostate surface detection for ultrasound guided robotic biopsy

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International Journal of Humanoid Robotics

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journal-article

Ergonomic master controller for flexible endoscopic gastrointestinal robot manipulator

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ICBPE 2006 - Proceedings of the 2006 International Conference on Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Engineering

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conference-paper

Feasibility study of a force feedback controlled robotic system for bone milling

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2006 IEEE Conference on Cybernetics and Intelligent Systems

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conference-paper

Locomotion techniques for robotic colonoscopy

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IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

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journal-article

Master-slave robotic system for therapeutic gastrointestinal endoscopie procedures

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Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

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conference-paper

Ultrasound guided robotic biopsy of the prostate

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International Journal of Humanoid Robotics

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journal-article

Ultrasound guided robotic system for transperineal biopsy of the prostate

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Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

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conference-paper

A novel device for sectioning prostate in correlation to MRI

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Proceedings of the Second IASTED International Conference on Biomechanics

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conference-paper

A review of master-slave robotic systems for surgery

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2004 IEEE Conference on Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics

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conference-paper

Endorectal magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy for the detection of tumor foci in men with prior negative transrectal ultrasound prostate biopsy

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Journal of Urology

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journal-article

Control and safety aspects of medical robots for treatment of diseases of the prostate

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Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering

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journal-article

Review of locomotion techniques for robotic colonoscopy

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Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

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conference-paper

A HIFU robot for transperineal treatment of prostate cancer

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Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision, ICARCV 2002

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conference-paper

Analysis and development of locomotion devices for the gastrointestinal tract

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IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

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journal-article

Development of a robotic colonoscope

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Digestive Endoscopy

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journal-article

Automation of colonoscopy part II. Visual-Control aspects: Interpreting images with a computer to automatically maneuver the colonoscope

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IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

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Locomotion and steering aspects in automation of colonoscopy

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IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

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