vi sinh, james simonelli, prof. tsu-chin tsao
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BACKGROUND
ViSinh,JamesSimonelli,Prof.Tsu-ChinTsao
IwouldliketothankmyDailyLabSupervisor,JamesSimonelli, forlendingmehisknowledgeandguidingmethroughtheprojectandProfessorTsaoforallowingmetheopportunitytoresearchinhislab.IwouldalsoliketothankWilliamHerreraandtherestoftheHSSRPstaffforgivingmetheresourcestobeoncampusandgivingmethisexperience.
DepartmentofMechanicalandAerospaceEngineering,UniversityofCalifornia- LosAngeles
Analysis and Comparison of MRI-Compatible Actuators For Use in Minimally Invasive MRI
Procedures
OurgoalistoimproveonthehydrostaticactuatorandtakeadvantageoftheMRI’simagingcapabilitiesinrealtimebyreplacingtheoversizedsyringesystemwitharollingdiaphragmcylindersystem.
CurrentMRIproceduresareverytimeconsumingduetoinaccuraciesfromthephysicianhavingtorelyonastillimagetomapoutthetargetedarea.Theseerrorscanresultinmisdiagnoses.ThecurrentsolutionistocreateamachinethatdoesnotcontainferrousmetalsandworksintheMRImachinetotakeadvantageoftheMRIimagingsysteminrealtime.Thisstudyattemptstoeliminatetheseinaccuraciesbyimprovingonthehydrostaticactuator.Thefirstprototypeusedplasticsyringesformovement.Althoughtheseplasticsyringeswererobust,theywerenotsmooth.Thecurrentprototypeusesglasssyringesandwhilethesearesmooth,theyarefragileandaretoolargetobeconsideredviable.Thedevicecanbeimprovedbyusingaactuatorthatisrobust,compact,andoperateswithlowfriction.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
CONCLUSION/DISCUSSIONS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
BIOPSYPROCESSForabiopsy,andiseasedtissuesampleisremovedfromapatient.ThetissueisfoundbyusinganMRImachine.Astillphotoofthetissueistakenandthephysicianusesthistodeterminewheretoinserttheneedleandtakesasampleofthetissue.Estimatingwheretoplacetheneedlecreatesanareaforerror.
GOAL
RESULTS
HydrostaticActuatorPrototype
Theexperimenthasshownthattherollingdiaphragmcylindersareassmoothastheglasssyringes.Alsothefabricreinforcedrubberrollingdiaphragmcylindersystemismuchmorestiffthantheglasssyringesystem.Withmorestiffness,thereshouldbeanincreaseinhapticfeedbackfromthesystem.Thisgivesthephysiciananothersenseotherthanvisualfeedbackwhiletakingthebiopsy.Furthermoretherollingdiaphragmcylindersaremorerobustandcompactthantheglasssyringe.
RollingDiaphragmCylinderandSyringe
Actuatorsystemismountedontoopticaltable
Displacementprobeisfittedtotheoutputoftheactuator
Forcegaugemeasurestheforceappliedontothesystem
Displacementtrackermeasuresthedistancethesystemmoves
StictionExperiment
Thefabricreinforcedrubberrollingdiaphragmcylinder’ssmoothnessiscomparabletothatoftheglasssyringes.
Stictiontest
Siliconmixtureisinjectedintoamoldandallowedtocure.Nylonisaddedforfabricreinforcement.
Rubberdiaphragmfabrication
FabricReinforcedRubberDiaphragm
Non-reinforcedRubberDiaphragm
StiffnessExperiment
Actuatorsystemismountedontoopticaltable
Displacementprobeisfittedtothesystem
Outputsideofactuatorislockedfrommoving
Displacementtrackermeasuresthedistancethesystemmoves
Forcegaugemeasurestheforceappliedontothesystem
StiffnesstestThestiffnessofthefabricreinforcedrubberrollingdiaphragmcylinderismuchhigherthanthatoftheglasssyringeorofthenon-reinforcedrubber.