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ArticleInternational Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition : [proceedings]. International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition2018

DEMONSTRATION AND EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATION OF PLASTIC-ENCASED RESONANT ULTRASONIC PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR FOR MRI-GUIDED SURGICAL ROBOTS.

Paulo A W G Carvalho, Katie Y Gandomi, Christopher J Nycz, Gregory S Fischer

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Article in International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition : [proceedings]. International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 41% of its field
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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Paulo A W G CarvalhoRobotics Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Insitute, Worcester, MA 01609.
Katie Y GandomiRobotics Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Insitute, Worcester, MA 01609.
Christopher J NyczRobotics Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Insitute, Worcester, MA 01609.
Gregory S FischerMechanical and Robotics Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Insitute, Worcester, MA 01609.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute · US

Funding

MR-Guided Precision Conformal Ablation Therapy for Brain TumorsR01CA166379 · NCI · WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE · PI FISCHER, GREGORY S, PILITSIS, JULIE GEORGIA · 2013 to 2022
$6.5M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA166379
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Intra-operative medical imaging based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) coupled with robotic manipulation of surgical instruments enables precise feedback-driven procedures. Electrically powered non-ferromagnetic motors based on piezoelectric elements have shown to be well suited for MRI robots. However, even avoiding ferrous materials, the high metal content on commercially available motors still cause distortions to the magnetic fields. We construct semi-custom piezoelectric actuators wherein the quantity of conductive material is minimized and demonstrate that the distortion issues can be partly addressed through substituting several of these components for plastic equivalents, while maintaining motor functionality. Distortion was measured by assessing the RMS change in position of 49 centroid points in a 12.5mm square grid of a gelatin-filled phantom. The metal motor caused a distortion of up to 4.91mm versus 0.55mm for the plastic motor. An additional SNR drop between motor off and motor spinning of approximately 20% was not statistically different for metal versus plastic (p=0.36).

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PMID31363718
PMCPMC6664813
OpenAlexW2910501816

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