Visual Measurement of Suture Strain for Robotic Surgery

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="879086.fig.009a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/cmmm/volume-2011/879086/figures/879086.fig.009a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>Waveform Applied to Suture</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="879086.fig.009b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/cmmm/volume-2011/879086/figures/879086.fig.009b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>Results for strain detection (red lines), with reference strain standards superimposed (grey dashed line).</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>Video processing estimates of strain compared to the actual values as recorded by the materials testing system. (a) Trapezoidal reference waveform. (b) Strain measurement results.</table>

Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine

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Figure 9: Visual Measurement of Suture Strain for Robotic Surgery 