Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29643969›Full record

ArticleProceedings of IEEE Sensors. IEEE International Conference on Sensors

Electromagnetic Tracker for Active Handheld Robotic Systems.

Robert A MacLachlan, Nicholas Parody, Shohin Mukherjee, Ralph Hollis, Cameron N Riviere

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Article in Proceedings of IEEE Sensors. IEEE International Conference on Sensors. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A Review of Robotic Surgery: Engineering Considerations and Future Directions From Surgeons' Perspectives.The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Robert A MacLachlanRobotics Institute, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA, USA.
Nicholas ParodyRobotics Institute, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA, USA.
Shohin MukherjeeRobotics Institute, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA, USA.
Ralph HollisRobotics Institute, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA, USA.
Cameron N RiviereRobotics Institute, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA, USA.
Carnegie Mellon University · USUniversity of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

An Active Handheld MicromanipulatorR01EB000526 · NIBIB · CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY · PI RIVIERE, CAMERON N · 2003 to 2017
$2.6M
NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB000526
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We describe the development of the In-Loop Electromagnetic Tracker (ILEMT), designed to meet the demanding latency and resolution requirements for active stabilization of hand motion during precision manipulations such as microsurgery. The prototype surpasses the fastest commercial EM trackers by > 4× in root bandwidth/resolution and 2× in latency. The use of two widely spaced carrier frequencies (e.g., 300 Hz and 10 kHz) enables a particularly simple way of reducing the eddy-current interference caused by nonferrous metals present in the workspace. Previously, metal compatibility has only been achieved at a large cost to measurement speed.

Indexed as

active stabilizationeddy currentmicrosurgeryorientationposeposition tracking

Identifiers

PMID29643969
PMCPMC5891151
OpenAlexW2572927729

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