Using conventional grinding wheels, wheel-sided chatter vibration is one of the limiting factors in terms of productivity and surface finish. Initial vibration related to the dynamic behavior of the machine tool copy on ...

The laryngeal adductor reflex (LAR) is an important protective function of the larynx to prevent aspiration and potentially fatal aspiration pneumonia by rapidly closing the glottis. Recently, a novel method for targeted ...

In electromechanical motion systems performance measures such as positioning accuracy, dynamic stiffness and control bandwidth are severely limited by backlash. Several control schemes based on backlash compensation or ...

Planning and analyzing of surgical interventions are often based on computer models derived from computed tomography images of the patient. In the field of cochlear implant insertion the modeling of several structures of ...

Recent research has revealed that incision planning in laser surgery deploying stylus and tablet outperforms stateof-the-art micro-manipulator-based laser control. Providing more detailed quantitation regarding that approach, ...

This paper presents a novel approach for an energy control of a DC microgrid. It combines decentralized grid management and energy management. For this purpose, the conventional voltage droop curves are extended to a ...

In microsurgery, lasers have emerged as precise tools for bone ablation. A challenge is automatic control of laser bone ablation with 4D optical coherence tomography (OCT). OCT as high resolution imaging modality provides ...

Recent developments in medical robotics have been significant, supporting the minimally invasive operation requirements, such as smaller devices and more feedback available to surgeons. Nevertheless, the tactile feedback ...

In order to deliver an aerosolized drug in a breath-triggered manner, the initiation of the patient’s inspiration needs to be detected. The best-known systems monitoring breathing patterns are based on flow sensors. However, ...

The introduction of Er:YAG lasers for soft and hard tissue ablation has proven promising results over the last decades due to strong absorption at 2.94 μm wavelength by water molecules. An extension to endoluminal applications ...