Sensing Technology for Image-Guided Therapy and Medical Robotics
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Sensing and Imaging".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 November 2024 | Viewed by 238
Special Issue Editor
2. Maryland Applied Graduate Engineering, A. James Clark School of Engineering, Maryland Robotics Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Interests: medical robotics; MRI-compatible robots; rehabilitation robotics; teleoperation systems; cooperative robotics; robot planning
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Enhancing the measurement of biological markers and environmental parameters, as well as tissue and surface imaging, is crucial for both conventional image-guided therapy and robotically assisted procedures. These measurement tools aid patient monitoring during image-guided therapy, provide diagnostic information, and guide treatment tools. Continuous patient monitoring and precise tool pose measurement could enhance patient safety and result in more time-efficient procedures and increased success rates. A higher level of precision could minimize damage to healthy tissues while maximizing the therapeutic effect.
This Special Issue aims to spotlight advancements in sensing technology for image-guided therapies. These may include improved sensors for capturing virtual biological parameters, motion tracking, mechanical parameters measurement, innovating imaging modalities for enhanced tissue visualization, and sophisticated data analysis algorithms for extracting meaningful information from collected data.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Shape sensing;
- Vision-based tracking;
- Thermal mapping;
- Active tracking in real-time MRI;
- Active and passive optical tracking;
- Electromagnetic tracking;
- Force sensing in MRI environments;
- MRI-compatible encoders;
- Respiratory motion tracking;
- Tactile sensors;
- Multispectral imaging;
- EEG signal monitoring;
- FMRI;
- Medical data processing.
Dr. Reza Monfaredi
Guest Editor
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