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Decoupling Steerability From Diameter: Helical Dovetail Laser Patterning for Steerable Needles by Rox, Margaret, Emerson, Maxwell, Ertop, Tayfun Efe, Fried, Inbar, Fu, Mengyu, Hoelscher, Janine, Kuntz, Alan, Granna, Josephine, Mitchell, Jason E., Lester, Michael, Maldonado, Fabien, Gillaspie, Erin A., Akulian, Jason A., Alterovitz, Ron, Webster, Robert J.

“…The maximum curvature of a steerable needle in soft tissue is highly sensitive to needle shaft stiffness, which has motivated use of small diameter needles in…”
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Multi-Stage Motion Planning for Medical Steerable Needle Robots by Hoelscher, Janine

“…Robotic systems for minimally invasive medical procedures can enable better accuracy and precision in medical care. However, no commercial medical robots…”
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Landmark Based Bronchoscope Localization for Needle Insertion Under Respiratory Deformation by Fried, Inbar, Hoelscher, Janine, Akulian, Jason A., Pizer, Stephen, Alterovitz, Ron

“…Bronchoscopy is currently the least invasive method for definitively diagnosing lung cancer, which kills more people in the United States than any other form…”
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A Metric for Finding Robust Start Positions for Medical Steerable Needle Automation by Hoelscher, Janine, Fried, Inbar, Fu, Mengyu, Patwardhan, Mihir, Christman, Max, Akulian, Jason, Webster, Robert J., Alterovitz, Ron

“…Steerable needles are medical devices with the ability to follow curvilinear paths to reach targets while circumventing obstacles. In the deployment process, a…”
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Backward Planning for a Multi-Stage Steerable Needle Lung Robot by Hoelscher, Janine, Fu, Mengyu, Fried, Inbar, Emerson, Maxwell, Ertop, Tayfun Efe, Rox, Margaret, Kuntz, Alan, Akulian, Jason A., Webster III, Robert J., Alterovitz, Ron

“…Lung cancer is one of the deadliest types of cancer, and early diagnosis is crucial for successful treatment. Definitively diagnosing lung cancer typically…”
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Autonomous medical needle steering in vivo by Kuntz, Alan, Emerson, Maxwell, Ertop, Tayfun Efe, Fried, Inbar, Fu, Mengyu, Hoelscher, Janine, Rox, Margaret, Akulian, Jason, Gillaspie, Erin A, Lee, Yueh Z, Maldonado, Fabien, Webster, 3rd, Robert J, Alterovitz, Ron

“…The use of needles to access sites within organs is fundamental to many interventional medical procedures both for diagnosis and treatment. Safely and…”
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Evaluation of tactile feature extraction for interactive object recognition by Hoelscher, Janine, Peters, Jan, Hermans, Tucker

“…Tactile sensing stands to improve the manipulation and perception skills of autonomous robots. Object and material recognition stand as two important tasks,…”
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A Dataset of Anatomical Environments for Medical Robots: Modeling Respiratory Deformation by Fried, Inbar, Hoelscher, Janine, Akulian, Jason A, Alterovitz, Ron

“…Anatomical models of a medical robot's environment can significantly help guide design and development of a new robotic system. These models can be used for…”
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Safe Start Regions for Medical Steerable Needle Automation by Hoelscher, Janine, Fried, Inbar, Tsalikis, Spiros, Akulian, Jason, WebsterIII, Robert J, Alterovitz, Ron

“…Steerable needles are minimally invasive devices that enable novel medical procedures by following curved paths to avoid critical anatomical obstacles…”
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Utilizing Human Feedback in POMDP Execution and Specification by Hoelscher, Janine, Koert, Dorothea, Peters, Jan, Pajarinen, Joni

“…In many environments, robots have to handle partial observations, occlusions, and uncertainty. In this kind of setting, a partially observable Markov decision…”
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Autonomous Medical Needle Steering In Vivo by Kuntz, Alan, Emerson, Maxwell, Ertop, Tayfun Efe, Fried, Inbar, Fu, Mengyu, Hoelscher, Janine, Rox, Margaret, Akulian, Jason, Gillaspie, Erin A, Lee, Yueh Z, Maldonado, Fabien, WebsterIII, Robert J, Alterovitz, Ron

“…The use of needles to access sites within organs is fundamental to many interventional medical procedures both for diagnosis and treatment. Safe and accurate…”
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Design Considerations for a Steerable Needle Robot to Maximize Reachable Lung Volume by Fried, Inbar, Hoelscher, Janine, Fu, Mengyu, Emerson, Maxwell, Ertop, Tayfun Efe, Rox, Margaret, Granna, Josephine, Kuntz, Alan, Akulian, Jason A., Webster, Robert J., Alterovitz, Ron

“…Steerable needles that are able to follow curvilinear trajectories and steer around anatomical obstacles are a promising solution for many interventional…”
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