title: Automated Detection of Heterogeneity in Medical Tactile Images.
abstract: Artificial tactile sensing is a capability important for many applications and, in particular, for endoscopic surgery. A recently developed Medical Tactile Endosurgical Complex (MTEC) that is a certified and commercially available product is an efficient tool that provides such a capability. Currently the analysis of intraoperative tactile images that are registered and visualized by MTEC is performed manually by a surgeon. We show that heterogeneity detection - a key constituent of intraoperative tactile images analysis - can be efficiently automated. Such automation essentially reduces the requirement of attention retaining during the MTEC-based palpation.
authors.affiliation: Lomonosov Moscow State University, Laboratory of Mechanoreceptoral Diagnostics.
authors.forename: Rozalia
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Solodova
authors.affiliation: Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics.
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Staroverov
authors.affiliation: Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics.
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Galatenko
authors.affiliation: Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics.
authors.forename: Alexey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Galatenko
authors.affiliation: Lomonosov Moscow State University, Laboratory of Mechanoreceptoral Diagnostics.
authors.forename: Evgeny
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Solodov
authors.affiliation: Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics.
authors.forename: Alexey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Antonov
authors.affiliation: Lomonosov Moscow State University, Laboratory of Mechanoreceptoral Diagnostics.
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Budanov
authors.affiliation: Lomonosov Moscow State University, Laboratory of Mechanoreceptoral Diagnostics.
authors.forename: Mikhail
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sokolov
authors.affiliation: Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics.
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sadovnichy
mesh_terms: D004724:Endoscopy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D006801:Humans; D010173:Palpation / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D010363:Pattern Recognition, Automated / Q000379:methods*; D010812:Physical Stimulation / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D018511:Systems Integration; D014110:Touch / Q000502:physiology*; D014160:Transducers, Pressure