Browsing by Author "S. Duke Herrell"

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    • Intra-operative Registration Methods for Image-Guided Kidney Surgery 
      Ong, Rowena E (2012-04-21)
      Department: Biomedical Engineering
      In this work, I examined, developed, and validated methods for intra-operative registration in minimally invasive kidney surgery. One of these methods uses a conoscopic laser that can be inserted through a small trocar ...
    • System Design and Elastic Stability Modeling of Transendoscopic Continuum Robots 
      Hendrick, Richard Joseph (2017-07-20)
      Department: Mechanical Engineering
      The motivation for this dissertation is to provide surgeons with more capable tools during minimally invasive surgery. Specifically, this work is focused on the design of robotic systems that provide flexible, multi-arm ...