TY - BOOK AU - Najjārīyān,Siyāmik AU - Dargahi,Javad AU - Mehrizi,Ali Abouei TI - Artificial tactile sensing in biomedical engineering T2 - McGraw-Hill biophotonics SN - 9780071601511 (alk. paper) AV - R857.T32 N25 2009 U1 - 610.284 22 PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - McGraw-Hill KW - Tactile sensors KW - Robotics in medicine KW - Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures KW - instrumentation KW - Touch Perception KW - Biomedical Engineering KW - Robotics N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The four senses in humans : sight, hearing, smell, and taste -- The sense of touch -- Introduction to tactile sensing and tactile sensors -- Introduction to tactile sensing technologies -- Strain gauge sensors -- Piezoelectric sensors -- Application of tactile sensing in surgery -- Tactile image information -- Application and recent developments of tactile sensing in tumor detection -- Determination of mechanical properties of biological tissues including stiffness and hardness -- Application of tactile sensing in robotic surgery -- Haptics application in surgical simulation ER -