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11 - Computer Science and Informatics
Middlesex University
A Modular Approach to MRI-Compatible Robotics
<02> This paper, published in the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, describes the early stages of a project funded by the New and Emerging Applications of Technology programme from the UK Department of Health. It describes a novel general purpose one degree of freedom actuator (using piezo-ceramics) with position encoder for implementation of closed-loop position control, capable of operating in the bore of a MRI scanner without significantly effecting the imaging. These modules can be connected together to form multi-degree-of-freedom assemblies. The lessons learned and challenges overcome have informed the development of subsequent MRI compatible manipulators.