McGraw-Hill's AccessEngineering.
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.