An Instrumented Surgical Tool for Ischemia Detection --- Seminal Papers

Ischemia Detection:

1. O. Casas, R. Bragos, P.J. Rui, J. Rosell, M. Tresanchez ad M. Warren, A. Rodriguez-Sinovas, A. Carreno, and J. Cinca. In vivo and in situ ischemic tissue characterization using electrical impedance spectroscopy. Annals New York Academy of Sciences, 873:51–58, 1999.
   
2. Stevan Kun and Robert A. Peura. Tissue ischemia detection using impedance spectroscopy. In IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, volume 2, pages 868–869, 1994.
   
3. Shai Friedland, David A. Benaron, Sheila Coogan, Daniel Y. Sze, and Roy Soetikno. Diagnosis of chronic mesenteric ischemia by visible light spectroscopy during endoscopy. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 65(2):294–300, 2007.
   

Tools with Integrated Sensing:

1. Gregory S. Fischer, Takintope Akinbiyi, Sunipa Saha, Jason Zand, Mark Talamini, Michael
   Marohn, and Russell Taylor. Ischemia and Force Sensing Surgical Instruments for Augmenting Available Surgeon Information. In International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, February 2006.
   
2. J.D. Brown, J. Rosen, M. Moreyra, M. Sinanan, and B. Hannaford. Computer-controlled motorized endoscopic grasper for in vivo measurements of soft tissue biomechanical characteristics. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics - Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, 85:71–73, January 2002.