Exploring Robot-Assisted Optical Coherence Elastography for Surgical Palpation

Yeonhee Chang,Elan Z. Ahronovich,Nabil Simaan,Cheol Song,Yeonhee Chang,Elan Z. Ahronovich,Nabil Simaan,Cheol Song

Optical Coherence Elastography (OCE) is a method that discerns local tissue stiffness using optical information. This method has recently been explored for laryngeal cancer tumor margin detection but has not been widely deployed clinically. Part of the challenge hindering such clinical deployment is the need for controlled high-precision mechanical probing of the tissue. This paper explores the co...