Real-Time Vision-Based Stiffness Mapping †

This paper presents new findings concerning a hand-held stiffness probe for the medical diagnosis of abnormalities during palpation of soft-tissue. Palpation is recognized by the medical community as an essential and low-cost method to detect and diagnose disease in soft-tissue. However, differences...

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Main Authors: Angela Faragasso, João Bimbo, Agostino Stilli, Helge Arne Wurdemann, Kaspar Althoefer, Hajime Asama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-04-01
Series:Sensors
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/18/5/1347