{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2065548528","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/iros.2013.6696714","title":"Fiber optics tactile array probe for tissue palpation during minimally invasive surgery","display_name":"Fiber optics tactile array probe for tissue palpation during minimally invasive surgery","publication_year":2013,"publication_date":"2013-11-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2065548528","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/iros.2013.6696714","mag":"2065548528"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/iros.2013.6696714","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/iros.2013.6696714","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2013 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5046230637","display_name":"Hui Xie","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0164-3940"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I183935753","display_name":"King's College London","ror":"https://ror.org/0220mzb33","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I124357947","https://openalex.org/I183935753"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Hui Xie","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Informatics, King's College London, London, UK","Dept. of Inf., Centre for Robot. Res., London, UK"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Informatics, King's College London, London, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I183935753"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Dept. of Inf., Centre for Robot. Res., London, UK","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5004659892","display_name":"Hongbin Liu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4315-7556"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I183935753","display_name":"King's College London","ror":"https://ror.org/0220mzb33","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I124357947","https://openalex.org/I183935753"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Hongbin Liu","raw_affiliation_strings":["Centre for Robotics Research, Department of Informatics, King's College London, London, UK","Dept. of Inf., Centre for Robot. Res., London, UK"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Centre for Robotics Research, Department of Informatics, King's College London, London, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I183935753"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Dept. of Inf., Centre for Robot. Res., London, UK","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5012646628","display_name":"Shan Luo","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4760-0372"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I183935753","display_name":"King's College London","ror":"https://ror.org/0220mzb33","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I124357947","https://openalex.org/I183935753"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Shan Luo","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Informatics, King's College London, London, UK","Dept. of Inf., Centre for Robot. Res., London, UK"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Informatics, King's College London, London, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I183935753"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Dept. of Inf., Centre for Robot. Res., London, UK","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5074862138","display_name":"Lakmal Seneviratne","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6405-8402"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I183935753","display_name":"King's College London","ror":"https://ror.org/0220mzb33","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I124357947","https://openalex.org/I183935753"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Lakmal D. Seneviratne","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Informatics, King's College London, London, UK","Dept. of Inf., Centre for Robot. Res., London, UK"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Informatics, King's College London, London, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I183935753"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Dept. of Inf., Centre for Robot. Res., London, UK","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5042583278","display_name":"Kaspar Althoefer","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1141-9996"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I183935753","display_name":"King's College London","ror":"https://ror.org/0220mzb33","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I124357947","https://openalex.org/I183935753"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Kaspar Althoefer","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Informatics, King's College London, London, UK","Dept. of Inf., Centre for Robot. Res., London, UK"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Informatics, King's College London, London, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I183935753"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Dept. of Inf., Centre for Robot. Res., London, UK","institution_ids":[]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":5,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5046230637"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I183935753"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":3.3599,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":60,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.9280283,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":94,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"2539","last_page":"2544"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10205","display_name":"Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors","score":0.9965000152587891,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10205","display_name":"Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors","score":0.9965000152587891,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10868","display_name":"Soft Robotics and Applications","score":0.996399998664856,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2204","display_name":"Biomedical Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12015","display_name":"Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging","score":0.9923999905586243,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2204","display_name":"Biomedical Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/palpation","display_name":"Palpation","score":0.8733218908309937},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/tactile-sensor","display_name":"Tactile sensor","score":0.7738440036773682},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-vision","display_name":"Computer vision","score":0.5664774179458618},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/biomedical-engineering","display_name":"Biomedical engineering","score":0.5564786791801453},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.5175334811210632},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.5137556791305542},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/optical-fiber","display_name":"Optical fiber","score":0.44736552238464355},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/acoustics","display_name":"Acoustics","score":0.34907323122024536},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/physics","display_name":"Physics","score":0.17510470747947693},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/surgery","display_name":"Surgery","score":0.13332447409629822},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/medicine","display_name":"Medicine","score":0.13033920526504517}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781167935","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q795090","display_name":"Palpation","level":2,"score":0.8733218908309937},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C46722567","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7674139","display_name":"Tactile sensor","level":3,"score":0.7738440036773682},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31972630","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q844240","display_name":"Computer vision","level":1,"score":0.5664774179458618},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136229726","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q327092","display_name":"Biomedical engineering","level":1,"score":0.5564786791801453},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.5175334811210632},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.5137556791305542},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C194232370","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q162","display_name":"Optical fiber","level":2,"score":0.44736552238464355},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C24890656","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82811","display_name":"Acoustics","level":1,"score":0.34907323122024536},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.17510470747947693},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C141071460","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40821","display_name":"Surgery","level":1,"score":0.13332447409629822},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.13033920526504517},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C90509273","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11012","display_name":"Robot","level":2,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C76155785","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q418","display_name":"Telecommunications","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/iros.2013.6696714","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/iros.2013.6696714","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2013 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":22,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1966418027","https://openalex.org/W1992845713","https://openalex.org/W2013849026","https://openalex.org/W2049577501","https://openalex.org/W2083891787","https://openalex.org/W2098469356","https://openalex.org/W2101535012","https://openalex.org/W2101564767","https://openalex.org/W2102904058","https://openalex.org/W2111417878","https://openalex.org/W2113351044","https://openalex.org/W2133066598","https://openalex.org/W2139590107","https://openalex.org/W2143720145","https://openalex.org/W2147462102","https://openalex.org/W2157908790","https://openalex.org/W2159073493","https://openalex.org/W2159349609","https://openalex.org/W2161698442","https://openalex.org/W2163026678","https://openalex.org/W2168365454","https://openalex.org/W2542898132"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2396260350","https://openalex.org/W1481335984","https://openalex.org/W2323625407","https://openalex.org/W1503243521","https://openalex.org/W2627174696","https://openalex.org/W2417898593","https://openalex.org/W4404388673","https://openalex.org/W2068356387","https://openalex.org/W2683098030","https://openalex.org/W3002123865"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"This":[0],"paper":[1],"presents":[2],"a":[3,30,42,55,70,121],"novel":[4],"fiber":[5],"optic":[6],"tactile":[7,23,47,111,162],"probe":[8,19,112,163,180],"designed":[9],"for":[10,141,151,181],"tissue":[11,152],"palpation":[12,183],"during":[13,184],"minimally":[14],"invasive":[15],"surgery":[16],"(MIS).":[17],"The":[18,59,126],"consists":[20],"of":[21,32,62,77,87,94,109,123,178],"3\u00d74":[22],"sensing":[24,65,100,107,128],"elements":[25,66],"at":[26,73],"2.6mm":[27],"spacing":[28],"with":[29,120],"dimension":[31],"12\u00d718\u00d78":[33],"mm":[34],"<sup":[35],"xmlns:mml=\"http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\"":[36],"xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\">3</sup>":[37],"allowing":[38],"its":[39],"application":[40,177],"via":[41],"25mm":[43],"surgical":[44,182],"port.":[45],"Each":[46],"element":[48,108],"converts":[49],"the":[50,64,74,78,82,85,92,95,99,110,148,160,175],"applied":[51,96],"pressure":[52,97],"values":[53],"into":[54],"circular":[56,89],"image":[57,60],"pattern.":[58],"patterns":[61,90],"all":[63],"are":[67],"captured":[68],"by":[69],"camera":[71],"attached":[72],"proximal":[75],"end":[76],"sensor":[79,150],"system.":[80],"Processing":[81],"intensity":[83],"and":[84,139,166],"area":[86],"these":[88],"allows":[91],"computation":[93],"across":[98],"array.":[101],"Validation":[102],"tests":[103],"show":[104,158],"that":[105,159],"each":[106],"can":[113,164],"measure":[114],"forces":[115],"from":[116],"0":[117],"to":[118,136],"1N":[119],"resolution":[122],"0.05":[124],"N.":[125],"proposed":[127,161],"concept":[129],"is":[130],"low":[131],"cost,":[132],"lightweight,":[133],"sterilizable,":[134],"easy":[135],"be":[137],"miniaturized":[138],"compatible":[140],"magnetic":[142],"resonance":[143],"(MR)":[144],"environments.":[145],"Experiments":[146],"using":[147],"developed":[149],"abnormality":[153],"detection":[154],"were":[155],"conducted.":[156],"Results":[157],"accurately":[165],"effectively":[167],"detect":[168],"nodules":[169],"embedded":[170],"inside":[171],"soft":[172],"tissue,":[173],"demonstrating":[174],"promising":[176],"this":[179],"MIS.":[185]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":8},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":9},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":8},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-05-05T08:41:31.759640","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}