2009

Major Projects | Seedlings

Major Projects:

P02: Surgical Augmentation through Pneumatic Haptic Feedback

      Journal Publications:

King CH, Culjat MO, Franco ML, Lewis CE, Dutson EP, Grundfest WS, Bisley JW, "Tactile feedback induces reduced grasping force in robotic surgery," IEEE Transactions on Haptics, in press.

Franco ML, King CH, Culjat MO, Lewis CE, Bisley JW, Holmes EC, Grundfest WS, Dutson EP, "An integrated pneumatic tactile feedback actuator array for robotic surgery," International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer-Assisted Surgery, 5(1), 13-19, 2009.

King CH, Culjat MO, Franco ML, Bisley JW, Carman GP, Dutson EP, Grundfest WS, "A multi-element tactile feedback system for robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery," IEEE Transactions on Haptics, 2(1), 52-56, 2009.

Conference and Symposia Publications:

Grundfest WS, Culjat MO, King CH, Franco ML, Wottawa C, Lewis CE, Bisley JW, Dutson EP, "Development and testing of a tactile feedback system for robotic surgery," Proceedings of Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 17: NextMed: Design for/the well being, 19-22 January 2009, Long Beach, CA, in press. 103-108.

Abstracts:

Cox B, Natarajan S, Bennett D, Lee M, Dann A, Lee H, Brown E, Grundfest W, Singh R, Culjat M, "A conformal ultrasound imaging system," 2009 UCLA Engineering Tech Forum, 23 April 2009, Los Angeles, CA (Abstract)

Dissertations and Theses:

Culjat MO, Dutson EP, Bisley JW, Grundfest WS. (2009). Tactile feedback in surgical robotics. In Rosen J, Hannaford B, and Satava R. Surgical Robotics: Systems, Applications, and Visions. New York: Springer, in press.

P03: A Wireless Implantable Catheter-Mounted Sensor Platform for Physiological Monitoring 

Journal Publications:

Robert Tan, Timothy McClure, CK Lin, David Jea, Foad Dabiri, Tammara Massey, Majid Sarrafzadeh, Mani Srivastava, CD Montemagno, Peter Schulam, Jacob Schmidt,"Development of a fully implantable wireless pressure monitoring system",  Biomedical Microdevices. 2009.

Conference and Symposia Publications:

Tan R., McClure T., Schulam P., Schmidt J.,  "Development of a Minimally Invasive Implantable Wireless Vital Signs Sensor Platform," Proceedings of Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 17: NextMed: Design for/the well being, 19-22 January 2009, Long Beach, CA, in press. 380-385.

P05: PC-Based Multimodal Procedure Trainer

Conference and Symposia Publications:

Petrinec K, Savitsky E, Stark A, "The FMA database browser: A key component of an interactive image visualization pipeline," Proceedings of Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 17: NextMed: Design for/the well being, 19-22 January 2009, Long Beach, CA, in press. 259-261.

P06: Flexible Ultrasound Arrays for Medical Imaging

      Conference and Symposia Publications:

Lee M, Singh RS, Culjat MO, Natarajan S, Cox BP, Brown ER, Grundfest WS, Lee H, "Space-time image reconstruction algorithm for diverse ultrasound transducer element distributions," IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Micro, 29 June - 1 July 2009, Boston, MA, in press.

Singh RS, Culjat MO, Lee M, Bennett DB, Natarajan S, Cox BP, Brown ER, Grundfest WS, Lee H, "Conformal ultrasound imaging system," Acoustical Imaging 30, 1-4 March 2009, Monterrey CA, in press.

Bennett DB, Culjat MO, Cox BP, Dann AE, Williams K, Lee H, Brown ER, Grundfest WS, Singh RS, "A conformal ultrasound transducer array featuring microfabricated polyimide joints" Proceedings of SPIE Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems III, 8-12 March 2009, San Diego, CA, 7295, 72951W, 2009.

Lee M, Singh RS, Culjat MO, Natarajan S, Cox BP, Brown ER, Grundfest WS, Lee H, "Waveform synthesis for the design and image reconstruction of FMCW ultrasound imaging systems with flexible conformal arrays," Proceedings of SPIE Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing 2009, 7-12 February 2009, Lake Buena Vista, FL, 7265, 72650C-1-72650C-12.

P07: Developing and Testing Thin Film Nitinol Low-Profile Devices for Use in Vascular Repair

Journal Publications:

Chun Y, Levi D, Mohanchandra K, Vinuela F, Vinuela Jr. F, Carman G, "Thin Film Nitinol Microstent for Aneurysm Occulsion" Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 131(5), 2009.

P08: Haptic Feedback for Lower-limb Sensory Deficits

      Conference and Symposia Publications:

Fan RE, Wottawa C, Boryk RJ, Sander TC, Wyatt MP, Grundfest WS, Culjat MO, "Pilot testing of a tactile feedback rehabilitation system on a lower-limb amputee," 2009 IEEE International Conference on Complex Medical Engineering, 9-11 April 2009, Tempe, AZ, in press.

P09: Reflective Terahertz Medical Imaging Systems

Conference and Symposia Publications:

Suen JY, Tewari P, Taylor ZD, Grundfest WS, Lee H, Brown ER, Culjat MO, Singh RS, "Towards medical terahertz sensing of skin hydration," Proceedings of Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 17: NextMed: Design for/the well being, 19-22 January 2009, Long Beach, CA, Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 142, 364-368, 2009.

Tewari P, Culjat MO, Taylor ZD, Suen JY, Lee H, Brown ER, Grundfest WS, Singh RS, "The role of collagen in terahertz absorption in skin," SPIE Advanced Biomedical and Clinical Diagnostic Systems VII, 24-29 January 2009, San Jose, CA, 7169, 71691A-1-71691A-8.

Abstracts:

Suen J, Taylor ZD, Li W, Tewari P, Singh RS, Culjat MO, Grundfest WS, Lee H, Brown ER, "Reflective, pulsed THz system for biomedical imaging," International Workshop on Optical Terahertz Science and Technology 2009, 7-11 March 2009, Santa Barbara, CA

Seedling Projects:

S03: Robotic Intraocular Surgery

Mulgaonkar AP, Hubschman JP, Bourges JL, Jordan BL, Cham C, Wilson JT, Tsao TC, Culjat MO, "A prototype surgical manipulator for robotic intraocular micro surgery," Proceedings of Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 17: NextMed: Design for/the well being, 19-22 January 2009, Long Beach, CA, Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 142, 215-217, 2009. (Conference Publication)

S07: Pneumatic Balloon-Based Braille Actuators

Fan RE, Feinman A, Wottawa C, King CH, Franco ML, Dutson EP, Grundfest WS, Culjat MO, "Characterization of a pneumatic balloon actuator for use in refreshable Braille displays," Proceedings of Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 17: NextMed: Design for/the well being, 19-22 January 2009, Long Beach, CA, Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 142, 94-96, 2009. (Conference Publication)

S09: Intraocular Surgical Tool Tracking

Bourges JL, Hubschman JP, Son J, Culjat M, Nistor V, Schwartz DS, "Mouvements des instruments microchirurgicaux lors de la chirurgie endoculaire," Congrès Société Française d'Ophtalmologie 2009, 9-13 May 2009, Paris, France. (Abstract)

Bourges JL, Son J, Hubschman JP, Culjat M, Allen B, Nistor V, Schwartz SD, "Surgical motions assessed by electomagnetic sensors during ocular surgery," Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, 3-7 May 2009, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. (Abstract)

 Son J, Bourges JL, Culjat MO, Nistor V, Dutson EP, Carman GP, Hubschman JP, "Quantification of intraocular surgery motions with an electromagnetic tracking system," Proceedings of Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 17: NextMed: Design for/the well being, 19-22 January 2009, Long Beach, CA, Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 142, 337-339, 2009. (Conference Publication)

S11:Glove-Based Tactile Feedback System

Son J, Fan RE, Wottawa C, Grundfest WS, Dutson EP, Culjat MO, "Tactile sensing glove for extravehicular activity," International Conference on Environmental Systems, 12-16 July 2009, Savannah, GA, in press. (Conference Publication)

S16: Laparoscopic Tactile Feedback System

            Wottawa C, Fan RE, Lewis CE, Jordan B, Pannell W, Grundfest WS, Culjat MO, Dutson EP "Laparoscopic tactile feedback   
            system," 2009 IEEE International Conference on Complex Medical Engineering, 9-11 April 2009, Tempe, AZ, in press. (Conference 
            Publication)