Capacitive Proximity Sensor for Non-Contact Endoscope Localization
Christian Marzi,Hosam Alagi,Olivia Rau,Jochen Hampe,Jan Gerrit Korvink,Björn Hein,Franziska Mathis-Ullrich,Christian Marzi,Hosam Alagi,Olivia Rau,Jochen Hampe,Jan Gerrit Korvink,Björn Hein,Franziska Mathis-Ullrich
The promising automation of flexible surgical instruments and robots is impeded by the lack of sensory means, which allow for sensing of an instrument's position to the surrounding tissue. This work presents a novel sensory method utilizing capacitive proximity sensing to derive a relative localization of a flexible instrument inside a hollow organ. The method is evaluated by exemplary integration...
