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Test of Tracing Performance with an Active Handheld Micromanipulator
D. Choi, R. Sandoval Garcia, R. MacLachlan, L. Ho, L. Lobes, and C. Riviere
Proceedings of the 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, August, 2007, pp. 3638-3641.

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This paper demonstrates tremor compensation for human subjects using an active handheld micromanipulator. This instrument uses optical and inertial sensing to detect its own motion, estimates tremor using linear filtering, and a flexure-based manipulator to actuate the tip. Compensation results while tracing a line with the tool are presented for both novice users and a trained surgeon. Learning effects from repetition of the trials over a ten-day period are described.

Sponsor: NIH
Grant ID: R01EB000526 and R21EY016359

Associated center: MRTC
Associated lab/group: Medical Instrumentation Lab
Associated project: Micron: Intelligent Microsurgical Instruments

Number of pages: 6

D. Choi, R. Sandoval Garcia, R. MacLachlan, L. Ho, L. Lobes, and C. Riviere, "Test of Tracing Performance with an Active Handheld Micromanipulator," Proceedings of the 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, August, 2007, pp. 3638-3641.

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