Ronald Sloboda

According to our database, Ronald Sloboda authored at least 41 papers between 2013 and 2021.

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2021

Robotic Ultrasound Scanning With Real-Time Image-Based Force Adjustment: Quick Response for Enabling Physical Distancing During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Mojtaba Akbari, Jay Carriere, Tyler Meyer, Ron Sloboda, Siraj Husain, Nawaid Usmani, Mahdi Tavakoli

Frontiers Robotics AI, 2021

Intraoperative optimization of seed implantation plan in breast brachytherapy.

Wanyu Liu, Jay Carriere, Tyler Meyer, Ron Sloboda, Siraj Husain, Nawaid Usmani, Zhiyong Yang, Mahdi Tavakoli

Int. J. Comput. Assist. Radiol. Surg., 2021

Robot-assisted Breast Ultrasound Scanning Using Geometrical Analysis of the Seroma and Image Segmentation.

Mojtaba Akbari, Jay Carriere, Ron Sloboda, Tyler Meyer, Nawaid Usmani, Siraj Husain, Mahdi Tavakoli

Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2021

2020

Image-Guided Observer-Based Control for Needle Steering.

Bita Fallahi, Ronald Sloboda, Nawaid Usmani, Mahdi Tavakoli

IEEE Trans. Control. Syst. Technol., 2020

Autonomous Ultrasound Scanning to Localize Needle Tip in Breast Brachytherapy.

Mehrnoosh Afshar, Jay Carriere, Tyler Meyer, Ron Sloboda, Siraj Husain, Nawaid Usmani, Wanyu Liu, Mahdi Tavakoli

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Medical Robotics, 2020

Optimal Design of a Novel Spherical Scissor Linkage Remote Center of Motion Mechanism for Medical Robotics.

Mehrnoosh Afshar, Jay Carriere, Tyler Meyer, Ron Sloboda, Siraj Husain, Nawaid Usmani, Mahdi Tavakoli

Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2020

2019

Event-Triggered 3D Needle Control Using a Reduced-Order Computationally Efficient Bicycle Model in a Constrained Optimization Framework.

Jay Carriere, Mohsen Khadem, Carlos Rossa, Nawaid Usmani, Ronald Sloboda, Mahdi Tavakoli

J. Medical Robotics Res., 2019

Geometric control of 3D needle steering in soft-tissue.

Mohsen Khadem, Carlos Rossa, Nawaid Usmani, Ron S. Sloboda, Mahdi Tavakoli

Autom., 2019

An Admittance-Controlled Robotic Assistant for Semi-Autonomous Breast Ultrasound Scanning.

Jay Carriere, Jason Fong, Tyler Meyer, Ron Sloboda, Siraj Husain, Nawaid Usmani, Mahdi Tavakoli

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Medical Robotics, 2019

2018

Robotic-Assisted Needle Steering Around Anatomical Obstacles Using Notched Steerable Needles.

Mohsen Khadem, Carlos Rossa, Nawaid Usmani, Ron S. Sloboda, Mahdi Tavakoli

IEEE J. Biomed. Health Informatics, 2018

Intraoperative Tissue Young's Modulus Identification During Needle Insertion Using a Laterally Actuated Needle.

Thomas Lehmann, Carlos Rossa, Nawaid Usmani, Ron S. Sloboda, Mahdi Tavakoli

IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas., 2018

Model-Based Needle Steering in Soft Tissue via Lateral Needle Actuation.

Thomas Lehmann, Ronald Sloboda, Nawaid Usmani, Mahdi Tavakoli

IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., 2018

Human-Machine Collaboration Modalities for Semi-Automated Needle Insertion Into Soft Tissue.

Thomas Lehmann, Ronald Sloboda, Nawaid Usmani, Mahdi Tavakoli

IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., 2018

Surgeon-in-the-Loop 3-D Needle Steering Through Ultrasound-Guided Feedback Control.

Jay Carriere, Mohsen Khadem, Carlos Rossa, Nawaid Usmani, Ronald Sloboda, Mahdi Tavakoli

IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., 2018

Model Averaging and Input Transformation for 3D Needle Steering.

Bita Fallahi, Ron Sloboda, Nawaid Usmani, Mahdi Tavakoli

J. Medical Robotics Res., 2018

Applications of observers in medical robotics.

Bita Fallahi, Ron S. Sloboda, Mahdi Tavakoli

Autom., 2018

2017

A Hand-Held Assistant for Semiautomated Percutaneous Needle Steering.

Carlos Rossa, Nawaid Usmani, Ronald Sloboda, Mahdi Tavakoli

IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng., 2017

A data-driven soft sensor for needle deflection in heterogeneous tissue using just-in-time modelling.

Carlos Rossa, Thomas Lehmann, Ronald Sloboda, Nawaid Usmani, Mahdi Tavakoli

Medical Biol. Eng. Comput., 2017

Feedback-linearization-based 3D needle steering in a Frenet-Serret frame using a reduced order bicycle model.

Mohsen Khadem, Carlos Rossa, Nawaid Usmani, Ron S. Sloboda, Mahdi Tavakoli

Proceedings of the 2017 American Control Conference, 2017

2016

Three-Dimensional Needle Shape Estimation in TRUS-Guided Prostate Brachytherapy Using 2-D Ultrasound Images.

Michael Waine, Carlos Rossa, Ron Sloboda, Nawaid Usmani, Mahdi Tavakoli

IEEE J. Biomed. Health Informatics, 2016

Adaptive Quasi-Static Modelling of Needle Deflection During Steering in Soft Tissue.

Carlos Rossa, Mohsen Khadem, Ronald Sloboda, Nawaid Usmani, Mahdi Tavakoli

IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., 2016

Multiactuator Haptic Feedback on the Wrist for Needle Steering Guidance in Brachytherapy.

Carlos Rossa, Jason Fong, Nawaid Usmani, Ronald Sloboda, Mahdi Tavakoli

IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., 2016

Mechanics of Tissue Cutting During Needle Insertion in Biological Tissue.

Mohsen Khadem, Carlos Rossa, Ron S. Sloboda, Nawaid Usmani, Mahdi Tavakoli

IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., 2016

Sliding-Based Switching Control for Image-Guided Needle Steering in Soft Tissue.

Bita Fallahi, Carlos Rossa, Ron S. Sloboda, Nawaid Usmani, Mahdi Tavakoli

IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., 2016

Needle Tracking and Deflection Prediction for Robot-Assisted Needle Insertion Using 2D Ultrasound Images.

Michael Waine, Carlos Rossa, Ron Sloboda, Nawaid Usmani, Mahdi Tavakoli

J. Medical Robotics Res., 2016

Ultrasound-Guided Model Predictive Control of Needle Steering in Biological Tissue.

Mohsen Khadem, Carlos Rossa, Ron S. Sloboda, Nawaid Usmani, Mahdi Tavakoli

J. Medical Robotics Res., 2016

Estimating needle tip deflection in biological tissue from a single transverse ultrasound image: application to brachytherapy.

Carlos Rossa, Ron Sloboda, Nawaid Usmani, Mahdi Tavakoli

Int. J. Comput. Assist. Radiol. Surg., 2016

An integrator-backstepping control approach for out-of-plane needle deflection minimization.

Michael Waine, Carlos Rossa, Nawaid Usmani, Ron Sloboda, Mahdi Tavakoli

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, 2016

Constrained optimal control of needle deflection for semi-manual steering.

Carlos Rossa, Mohsen Khadem, Ronald Sloboda, Nawaid Usmani, Mahdi Tavakoli

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, 2016

Needle path control during insertion in soft tissue using a force-sensor-based deflection estimator.

Thomas Lehmann, Carlos Rossa, Ronald Sloboda, Nawaid Usmani, Mahdi Tavakoli

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, 2016

Introducing notched flexible needles with increased deflection curvature in soft tissue.

Mohsen Khadem, Carlos Rossa, Nawaid Usmani, Ron S. Sloboda, Mahdi Tavakoli

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, 2016

Partial estimation of needle tip orientation in generalized coordinates in ultrasound image-guided needle insertion.

Bita Fallahi, Carlos Rossa, Ronald Sloboda, Nawaid Usmani, Mahdi Tavakoli

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, 2016

Real-time needle shape prediction in soft-tissue based on image segmentation and particle filtering.

Jay Carriere, Carlos Rossa, Ronald Sloboda, Nawaid Usmani, Mahdi Tavakoli

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, 2016

2015

A Comparison of US- Versus MR-Based 3-D Prostate Shapes Using Radial Basis Function Interpolation and Statistical Shape Models.

Ran Tao, Mahdi Tavakoli, Ron Sloboda, Nawaid Usmani

IEEE J. Biomed. Health Informatics, 2015

Extended bicycle model for needle steering in soft tissue.

Bita Fallahi, Mohsen Khadem, Carlos Rossa, Ronald Sloboda, Nawaid Usmani, Mahdi Tavakoli

Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2015

3D shape visualization of curved needles in tissue from 2D ultrasound images using RANSAC.

Michael Waine, Carlos Rossa, Ronald Sloboda, Nawaid Usmani, Mahdi Tavakoli

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2015

A virtual sensor for needle deflection estimation during soft-tissue needle insertion.

Thomas Lehmann, Carlos Rossa, Nawaid Usmani, Ronald Sloboda, Mahdi Tavakoli

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2015

A mechanics-based model for simulation and control of flexible needle insertion in soft tissue.

Mohsen Khadem, Bita Fallahi, Carlos Rossa, Ron S. Sloboda, Nawaid Usmani, Mahdi Tavakoli

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2015

Needle shape estimation in soft tissue based on partial ultrasound image observation.

Jay Carriere, Carlos Rossa, Nawaid Usmani, Ronald Sloboda, Mahdi Tavakoli

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2015

2014

Dynamical modeling and controllability analysis of a flexible needle in soft tissue.

Arefeh Boroomand, Mahdi Tavakoli, Ron Sloboda, Nawaid Usmani

Int. J. Model. Simul. Sci. Comput., 2014

2013

Force-Sensor-Based Estimation of Needle Tip Deflection in Brachytherapy.

Thomas Lehmann, Mahdi Tavakoli, Nawaid Usmani, Ronald Sloboda

J. Sensors, 2013