Najjārīyān, Siyāmik. creator Dargahi, Javad. Mehrizi, Ali Abouei. text bibliography nyu New York McGraw-Hill c2009 2009 monographic eng

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xiv, 242 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. The four senses in humans : sight, hearing, smell, and taste -- The sense of touch -- Introduction to tactile sensing and tactile sensors -- Introduction to tactile sensing technologies -- Strain gauge sensors -- Piezoelectric sensors -- Application of tactile sensing in surgery -- Tactile image information -- Application and recent developments of tactile sensing in tumor detection -- Determination of mechanical properties of biological tissues including stiffness and hardness -- Application of tactile sensing in robotic surgery -- Haptics application in surgical simulation. Siamak Najarian, Javad Dargahi, Ali Abouei Mehrizi. Includes bibliographical references and index. Tactile sensors Robotics in medicine Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures instrumentation Touch Perception Biomedical Engineering Robotics R857 .T32N25 2009 WL 702 N162a 2009 9780071601511 (alk. paper) 0071601511 (alk. paper) 2009010122 DNLM/DLC 090309 20161129145809.0 15653287