Abstract: The needle insertion is widely used in many medical procedures, particularly in the needle biopsy. The cutting force occurred during the insertion process has a significant effect on the cutting outcome. This paper focuses ...

Abstract: Design by Dragging (DBD) [1] is a virtual design tool, which displays three-dimensional (3D) visualizations of many simulation results obtained by sampling a large design space and ties this visual display together with a ...

Abstract: Needle biopsy is a routine medical procedure for examining tissue or biofluids for the presence of disease using standard methods of pathology. The finite element analysis (FEA) methodology can provide guidance for optimizing ...