Artificial Tactile Sensing in Biomedical Engineering

Professor Siamak Najarian completed his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering at Oxford University, England and had a pos-doc position at the same university for one year. Prof. Najarian serves as the Full-Professor and Dean of Faculty of Biomedical Engineering at Amirkabir University of Technology. His research interests are the applications of artificial tactile sensing (especially in robotic surgery) and design of artificial organs. He is the author and translators of 23 books in the field of biomedical engineering, 8 of which are written in English. Prof. Najarian has published more than 130 international journal and conference papers in the field of biomedical engineering. Professor Javad Dargahi received his B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering in the UK. He was a Research Assistant at the Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK and an Assistant Professor at the Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran. He was a Senior Post-Doctoral Research Associate with the Micromachining/Medical Robotics Group at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada. Prof. Dargahi worked in a few companies in North America. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Concordia.

• Chapter 1. The Four Senses in Humans: Sight, Hearing, Smell, and TasteChapter 2. The Sense of TouchChapter 3. Introduction to Tactile Sensing and Tactile SensorsChapter 4. Introduction to Tactile Sensing TechnologiesChapter 5. Strain Gauge SensorsChapter 6. Piezoelectric SensorsChapter 7. Application of Tactile Sensing in SurgeryChapter 8. Tactile Image InformationChapter 9. Application and Recent Developments of Tactile Sensing in Tumor DetectionChapter 10. Determination of Mechanical Properties of Biological Tissues Including Stiffness and HardnessChapter 11. Application of Tactile Sensing in Robotic SurgeryChapter 12. Haptics Application in Surgical SimulationAbbreviationsIndex