Tactile sensor for detection of prostatic hypertrophy
Journal of the Japan Society of Applied Electromagnetics Volume 4 Issue 3
Page 23-28
published_at 1996-09
Title
前立腺硬さ計測用センサシステムの開発
Tactile sensor for detection of prostatic hypertrophy
Creator Keywords
measurement
palpation sensor
PVDF film
organic stiffness
induration of the prostate gland
This paper is a study on the development of a soft palpation sensor for probing the prostate gland and cancer by measuring the stiffness of the prostate. The palpaton sensor consists of a aluminum shell, around which are wrapped with a rubber layer 1mm thick, a PVDF film layer, then a compliant layer of foam rubber 3mm thick and PVDF film again, finally a thin rubber "skin". The characteristics of the sensor is examined here and some experimental results obtained are shown that the piezoelectric polymer film has the sensitivity of human finger in the measurement of the organic stiffness.
Languages
jpn
Resource Type
journal article
Publishers
日本AEM学会
Date Issued
1996-09
File Version
Version of Record
Access Rights
open access
Relations
[ISSN]0919-4452
[NCID]AN10457520
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[URI]http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/jsaem/html/journal-j.html
Schools
大学院理工学研究科（工学）