Publications

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Books
F. Barbagli, K. Salisbury and D. Prattichizzo (Editors), Multi-Point Interaction in Robotics and Virtual-Reality, Springer-Verlag in their STAR (Springer Tracts on Advanced Robotics) series, Springer Verlag, 2005.


Chapters in Books

F. Barbagli, A. Formaglio, A. Giannitrapani, D. Prattichizzo, An experimental study of the limitations of mobile haptic interfaces, chapter in Experimental Robotics IX - STAR (Springer Tracts on Advanced Robotics), Springer-Verlag, 2004.

F. Barbagli, D. Prattichizzo, K. Salisbury, Multi-Contact Haptic Interaction with Deformable Objects: a Multi-rate Approach, chapter in Robotics Research XI - STAR (Springer Tracts on Advanced Robotics), Springer-Verlag, 2003.

 

Journal Papers
A. Koolwal, F. Barbagli, C. Carlson, D. Liang, A Probabilistic Framework for Freehand 3D Ultrasound Reconstruction applied to Catheter Ablation Guidance in the Left Atrium, International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, Accepted for publication, 2009.

A. Koolwal, F. Barbagli, C. Carlson, D. Liang, An Ultrasound-Based Localization Algorithm for Catheter Ablation Guidance in the Left Atrium, Accepted for publication in the International Journal of Robotics Research, 2009.

A. Formaglio, D. Prattichizzo, A. Giannitrapani, F. Barbagli, Dynamic Performance of Mobile Haptic Interfaces, Accepted for publication, IEEE Transaction on Robotics, 2008.

C. Sewell, D. Morris, N. Blevins, S. Dutta, S. Agrawal, F. Barbagli, K. Salisbury, Providing Metrics and Performance Feedback in a Surgical Simulator, Computer Aided Surgery, March 2008; 13(2): 1–19.

M. Desai, M. Aron, I. S. Gill, G. Pascal-Haber, O. Ukimura, G. Stahler, F. Barbagli, C. Carlson, F. Moll, Flexible Robotic Retrograde Renoscopy: Description of a Novel Robotic Device and Preliminary Laboratory Experience, Urology. 2008 Jul;72(1):42-6. Epub 2008 Apr 18.

D. Morris, C. Sewell, F. Barbagli, N. Blevins, S. Girod, K. Salisbury, Visuohaptic Simulation of Bone Surgery for Training and Evaluation, accepted to the IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2006 (in Press)

H. Tan, F. Barbagli, K. Salisbury, C. Ho, C. Spence, Force-Direction Discrimination is not Influenced by Reference Force Direction, Haptics-e, Vol. 4, No. 1, 3-Feb-2006.

F. Barbagli, K. Salisbury, C. Ho, C. Spence, H. Tan, Haptic Discrimination of Force Direction and the Influence of Visual Information, ACM Transactions on Applied Perception, Vol. 3, No. 2, April 2006, Pages 1–11.

M. Meehan, D. Morris, C. R. Maurer, A. K. Antony, F. Barbagli, K. Salisbury, S. Girod, Virtual 3D Planning and Guidance of Mandibular Distraction Osteogenesis, Computer Aided Surgery, March 2006; 11(2): 51–62.

N. Diolaiti, G. Niemeyer, F. Barbagli, K. Salisbury, Stability of Haptic Rendering: Quantization, Discretization, Time-Delay and Coulomb Effects, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 22(2):256-268, April 2006.

F. Barbagli, D. Prattichizzo, K. Salisbury, A Multirate Approach to Haptic Interaction with Deformable Objects Single and Multipoint Contacts, Special Issue on the 11th International Symposium on Robotics Research in the International Journal of Robotics Research, Volume 24, Issue 9, pages 703-716, September 2005

F. Severi, D. Prattichizzo, E. Casarosa, F. Barbagli, C. Ferretti, A. Altomare, A. Vicino, F. Petraglia, Virtual fetal touch through a haptic interface decreases maternal anxiety and salivary cortisol, Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation, Volume 12, Issue 1, Pages 37-40, January 2005.

K. Salisbury, F. Barbagli and F. Conti, Haptic Rendering: Introductory Concepts, Concepts, in Haptic Rendering: Beyond Visual Computing, Special Issue of IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, March/April 2004, Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 24-32.

B. la Torre, D. Prattichizzo, F. Barbagli and A. Vicino, The FeTouch Project, The International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, Vol. 1:1, January 2004.

F. Barbagli, R. Devengenzo, K. Salisbury, Toward Virtual Manipulation: From One Point of Contact to Four, Sensor Review (special issue on Haptic Devices), Vol. 24:1, September 2003.

D. Ferrazin, F. Barbagli, C.A. Avizzano, G. Di Pietro, M. Bergamasco, Designing New Commercial Motorcycles Through a Highly Reconfigurable Virtual Reality Based Simulator, Advanced Robotics Journal, Vol. 17, No. 4, May 2003.

D. Prattichizzo, D. Borrelli, F. Barbagli, Supervisory Switching Strategy in Motion/Force Control of Robotic Manipulation, Dynamics of Continuous, Discrete and Impulsive Systems. Series B: Applications and Algorithms, Volume 9, Number 4 (2002), pages 587-602.

F. Barbagli, G. Marro, D. Prattichizzo, Generalized Signal Decoupling Problem with Stability for Discrete Time Systems, Journal Optimization Theory and Applications, Vol.111 No.1, pages 59-80, October 2001

Marro G., Barbagli F., The Algebraic Output Feedback in the Light of Dual-Lattice Structures, Kybernetika, vol. 35 No. 6. 1999, pages 693-706.


Journal Papers – submitted

C. Salisbury, B. Gillespie, H. Z. Tan, F. Barbagli, J. K. Salisbury, Psychophysical Detection Thresholds of Sinusoidal Vibrations as a Means for valuating Haptic Hardware, Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Haptics, June 2009.


Conference Papers

AB Koolwal, F Barbagli, CR Carlson, DH Liang. Catheter Localization in the Left Atrium using an Outdated Anatomic Reference for Guidance, EMBC 2009.

A. Koolwal, F. Barbagli, C. Carlson, D. Liang., 3D Ultrasound for Catheter Ablation Guidance in the Left Atrium, CARS 2009.

C. Salisbury, R. B. Gillespie, H. Tan, F. Barbagli, J. K. Salisbury, Effects of Haptic Device attributes on psychophysical detection thresholds of sinusoidal vibrations, accepted for presentation at World Haptics 2009, Salt Lake City, Utah.

A. Koolwal, F. Barbagli, C. Carlson, D. Liang, F. Printz, An Image-Based Localization Algorithm for Catheter Navigation in the Left Atrium,  Presented at the International Symposium of Experimental Robotics (ISER) 2008, Athens, Greece, July 2008.

A. Koolwal, F. Barbagli, C. Carlson, D. Liang, An Incremental Method for Registering Electroanatomic Mapping Data to Surface Mesh Models of the Left Atrium, MICCAI (2) 2008: 847-854

E. Ruffaldi, D. Morris, F. Barbagli, K. Salisbury, M. Bergamasco, Voxel-Based Haptic Rendering Using Implicit Sphere Trees, 14th Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, Reno, NV, March 2008.

E. Ruffaldi, S. Girod, F. Barbagli, D. Morris, M. Bergamasco, K. Salisbury, Haptic simulation of bone placement based on voxel models, To appear in CARS 2007.

D. Morris, H. Tan, F. Barbagli, T. Chang, K. Salisbury, Haptic Feedback Enhances Force Skill Learning, To appear in IEEE WorldHaptics, March 2007.
(Best Paper Award)

W. R. Provancher, B. Erickson, F. Barbagli, H. Z. Tan, Tactile Perception of Rotational Sliding, To appear in IEEE WorldHaptics, March 2007.

C. Sewell, D. Morris, N. H Blevins, F. Barbagli, K. Salisbury, Validating Metrics for a Mastoidectomy Simulator, MMVR 2007, accepted for presentation.
 
C. Sewell, D. Morris, N. H Blevins, F. Barbagli, K. Salisbury, Evaluating Drilling and Suctioning Technique in a Mastoidectomy Simulator, MMVR 2007, accepted for presentation.

C. Ho, H.Z. Tan, F. Barbagli, J.K. Salisbury, C. Spence, Isotropy and visual modulation of haptic force direction discrimination on the human finger, Proceedings of EuroHaptics 2006, 483-486, June 2006.

E. Ruffaldi, D. Morris, T. Edmunds, F. Barbagli, D. K.Pai, Standardized Evaluation of Haptic Rendering Systems, to be presented at the 13th Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, March 2006.

A. Frisoli, F. Barbagli, E. Ruffaldi, K. Salisbury, M. Bergamasco, A Limit-Curve Based Soft Finger god-object Algorithm, to be presented at the 13th Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, March 2006.

C. Sewell, D. Morris, N. Blevins, F. Barbagli, K. Salisbury, Achieving Proper Exposure in Surgical Simulation, To appear in the proceedings of MMVR (Medicine Meets Virtual Reality) XIV, Long Beach, CA, January 2006.

N. Diolaiti, G. Niemeyer, F. Barbagli, K. Salisbury, A criterion for the passivity of haptic devices, In Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, pages 2463-2468, April 2005.

N. Diolaiti, G. Niemeyer, F. Barbagli, K. Salisbury, C. Melchiorri, The effect of quantization and coulomb friction on the stability of haptic rendering,  In Proc. World Haptics Conference, March 2005.

A. Bemporad, G. Bianchini, F. Brogi, F. Barbagli, Passivity analysis and passification of discrete-time hybrid systems, Proc. of 16th IFAC World Congress, Czech Republic, 2005.

D. Morris, S. Girod, F. Barbagli, K. Salisbury, Force-feedback in Craniofacial Surgery Simulation, To be presented at the 2nd International Conference on Advanced Digital Technology in Head and Neck Reconstruction, Alberta, Canada, March, 2005.

D. Morris, S. Girod , F. Barbagli , K. Salisbury, An Interactive Simulation Environment for Craniofacial Surgical Procedures, To appear in the proceedings of MMVR (Medicine Meets Virtual Reality) XIII, Long Beach, CA, January 2005.

C. Sewell, D. Morris, N. Blevins, F. Barbagli, K. Salisbury, Quantifying Risky Behavior in Surgical Simulation, Accepted for Medicine Meets Virtual Reality (MMVR), Long Beach, CA, January 2005.

C. Sewell, D. Morris, N. Blevins, F. Barbagli, K. Salisbury, Training the Cognitive and Stylistic Aspects of Surgery Through Simulation, Accepted for Biomedical Computation at Stanford Symposium (BCATS), Stanford, CA, October 2004.  (Best student Poster Award)

D. Morris, C. Sewell, N. Blevins, F. Barbagli, K. Salisbury, A Collaborative Virtual Environment for the Simulation of Temporal Bone Surgery, Accepted for Biomedical Computation at Stanford Symposium (BCATS), Stanford, CA, October 2004.  Abstract

C. Sewell, D. Morris, N. Blevins, F. Barbagli, K. Salisbury, An Event-Driven Framework for the Simulation of Complex Surgical Procedures, Proceedings of the International Conference on Medical Imaging Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), St. Malo, France, September 2004, Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. II, pp. 346-354.

D. Morris, C. Sewell, N. Blevins, F. Barbagli, K. Salisbury, A Collaborative Virtual Environment for the Simulation of Temporal Bone Surgery, Proceedings of the International Conference on Medical Imaging Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), St. Malo, France, September 2004, Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. II, pp. 319-327.

F. Barbagli, A. Frisoli, K. Salisbury and M. Bergamasco, Simulating human fingers: a Soft Finger Proxy Model and Algorithm, Presented at the 12th Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, Chicago, Illinois, March 2004 (presented) (Finalist for Best Paper Award)

C. Sewell, K. Salisbury, F. Barbagli, T. Krummel, and J.C. Latombe, Haptic Interaction to Simulate Complex Surgical Procedures, Biomedical Computation at Stanford Symposium (BCATS), Stanford, CA, October 2003.  Abstract

B. La Torre, D. Prattichizzo, F. Barbagli, A. Vicino, The Fetouch Project, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation ICRA 2003, pages 1259-1263, Volume 1, Taipei, Taiwan, September 2003.

F. Barbagli, K. Salisbury, R. Devengenzo, Enabling Multi-finger, Multi-hand Virtualized Grasping, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation ICRA 2003, pages 806-815, Volume 1, Taipei, Taiwan, September 2003.

B. La Torre, D. Prattichizzo, F. Barbagli, and A. Vicino, The Fetouch System: Visual-Haptic Rendering of Fetuses, Demo paper in Proceedings of Eurohaptics03, July 2003, Dublin, Ireland.  (Presented)

U. Gretarsdottir, F. Barbagli and K. Salisbury, Phantom-X, Demo paper in the proceedings of Eurohaptics03, July 2003, Dublin, Ireland. (Presented)

F. Conti, F. Barbagli et al., The CHAI Libraries, Demo paper in the proceedings of Eurohaptics03, July 2003, Dublin, Ireland. (Presented)

M. Bergamasco, A. Frisoli, F. Barbagli, The Museum of Pure Form, IEEE International Conference of Advanced Robotics (IEEE ICAR03), Coimbra, Portugal, July 2003.

F. Barbagli, K. Salisbury, The Effect of Sensor/Actuator Asymmetries in Haptic Interfaces, Haptics Symposium 2003, Los Angeles, California, March 2003, pages 140-147. (Presented)

F. Barbagli, D. Prattichizzo, K. Salisbury, Dynamic Local Models for Stable Multi-Contact Haptic Interaction with Deformable Objects, Haptics Symposium 2003, Los Angeles, California, March 2003, pages 109-116. (Presented)

F. Barbagli, D. Prattichizzo, K. Salisbury, Multirate analysis of Haptic Interaction Stability with Deformable Objects, in the Proceedings of the 41st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Las Vegas, Nevada, December 2002, pages 917-922.

M. Bergamasco, A. Frisoli, F. Barbagli, Haptics Technologies and Cultural Heritage Applications, in the Proceedings of IEEE Computer Animation 2002, pg. 25-32, Geneva, Switzerland, June 2002.

F. Barbagli, M. Bergamasco, A. Frisoli, A. Ledo, The Museum of Pure Form, Demonstration at Museums and the Web2002, Boston Mass, March 2002.

C.A. Avizzano, G. Di Pietro, F. Barbagli, M.Bergamasco, The Museum of Pure Form: System Architecture, Proc. Of 10th IEEE International Workshop on Robot Human Interaction 2001, Paris, France, December 2001, pp. 112-117.

D. Ferrazzin, F. Salsedo, F. Barbagli, C. A. Avizzano, G. Di Pietro, A. Brogni, M. Vignoni, M. L. Arnone, M. Marcacci, L. Masut, A. Benedetti, The MORIS Motorcycle Simulator: an Overview, Proc. Of the 7th Small Engine Technology Conference And Exhibition (SECT2001), paper SAE code 2001-01-1874, November 2001, Pisa, Italy
(Best paper award finalist).

G. Di Pietro, F. Barbagli, D. Ferrazin, C.A. Avizzano, G. Docile, M. Bergamasco, The Moris Simulator - a Reconfigurable Motorcycle Design Tool, Proc. Of the Driving Simulation Conference, France, September 2001, pp. 317-325.

F. Barbagli, G. Di Pietro, D. Ferrazin, C.A. Avizzano, G. Docile, M. Bergamasco, Performance Evaluation of a Head Centered Washout Filter for Motorcycle Simulators, Proc. Of the Driving Simulation Conference, France, September 2001, pp. 327-336.

F. Barbagli, D. Ferrazzin, C.A. Avizzano, M. Bergamasco, Washout Filter Design in a Motorcycle Simulator, IEEE-VR2001, Yokohama/Tokyo, March 2001, pages 225-232.

F. Barbagli, G. Marro, D. Prattichizzo, Solving Signal Decoupling Problem Through Self-Bounded Controlled Invariants, Presented at 38th Conference on Decision and Control, Sidney, Australia, December 2000, pages 4506-4511, vol. 5.

M. Bergamasco, C.A. Avizzano, F. Barbagli, Frisoli A., The Museum of Pure Form: Preliminary Considerations, Proc. of Telemanipulator and Telepresence Technologies VII, SPIE Photonics east Conference, Boston, 5-8 October 2000.

Avizzano C.A., Barbagli F., Bergamasco M., Washout Filter Design for a Motorcycle Simulator, Proc. of IEEE SMC2000, Nashville, U.S.A. 8-11 October 2000, pages 995-1000, vol. 2. (Presented)

Barbagli F., Avizzano C.A., Frisoli A., Bergamasco M., The Hand Force Feedback: Analysis and Control of a Haptic Device for the Human Hand, Proc. of IEEE SMC2000, Nashville, U.S.A. 8-11 October 2000, pages 989-994, vol. 2. (Presented)

Avizzano C.A., Barbagli F., Feys P., Bergamasco M., Adaptive filters for the suppression of tremor, Proc. of IEEE SMC2000, Nashville, U.S.A. 8-11 October 2000, pages 1805-1810, vol. 3. (Presented)

Barbagli F., Marro G., Prattichizzo D., Previewed Signal Decoupling for Discrete Time Systems, Presented at the MTNS 2000, Perpignac, France, June 19-23 2000.

G.M. Prisco, F. Barbagli, M. Bergamasco, et.al., Haptic Control of the Hand Force Feedback System, Proc. of Telemanipulator and Telepresence Technologies VI, SPIE Photonics east Conference, Boston, October 1999, pages 76-87, SPIE Vol. 3840.

Prattichizzo D., Mercorelli P., Barbagli F., Dynamic Control of Internal Force for Visco-Elastic Contact Grasps, Proc. Of 8th IEEE International Workshop on Robot Human Interaction 1999, Pisa, Italy, September 27-29 1999, pp. 321-326.

Marro G., Barbagli F., Mercorelli P., Prattichizzo D., Some Results on Output Algebraic Feedback with Applications to Mechanical Systems, Proc. of 36th Conference on Decision and Control, Tampa, Florida, USA, December 1998, pp. 3545-3550, vol 3.

Marro G., Barbagli F., The Algebraic Output Feedback in the Light of Dual-Lattice Structures, Proc. of the 6th IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, Alghero, Italy, 9-11 June 1998, pp.17-22. (Presented).


Invited Talks & Lectures
May 2009 - The Role of Robotics in Catheter-based Minimally Invasive Procedures, Computer Science Department, Stanford University

November 2007 - Robotic Catheters, in JC Latombe’s Motion Planning for Robots, Digital Actors, and Other Moving Objects class at Stanford CS.

July 2005 - chai3d: an open-source toolkit for haptic and graphics rendering in Recent Advances in Haptic Rendering & Applications, Siggraph 2005, Los Angeles, CA.

May 2003 - Multi-point Contact Haptic Interaction, University College of London.

January 2003 - The Stanford Workshop on Surgical Simulation, TATRC Day at Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 2003 (MMVR03), Orange County, CA

May 2000 - Introduction to Haptic Devices, University of Siena

June 1998 - The Algebraic Output Feedback in the Light of Dual-Lattice Structures, 6th IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, Alghero, Italy

Patents
11/176,598 Methods Using A Robotic Catheter System

11/176,957 Robotic Catheter System

11/331,576 Robotic Catheter System

11/829,076 Systems and methods for performing minimally invasive surgical operations

PCT/US2007/074528 Systems for performing minimally invasive surgical operations

11/833,969 Systems and methods for performing minimally invasive surgical operations

PCT/US2007/075225 Systems for performing minimally invasive surgical operations

11/906,746 System and Methods for Three Dimensional Ultrasound Mapping

PCT/US2007/021278 Systems for Three Dimensional Ultrasound Mapping

12/079,500 Robotic Catheter System and Methods

PCT/US2008/03997 Robotic Catheter System and Methods

12/150,110 Systems and Methods for Mapping Intra-Body Tissue Compliance

12/150,109 Systems and Methods for Mapping Intra-Body Tissue Compliance

PCT/US2008/005310 Robotic Instrument Control System

12/192,974 Systems and Methods Employing Force Sensing for Mapping Intra-Body Tissue

61/116,454 Robotic Catheter Positioning System

61/122,298 Multiple Flexible and Steerable Elongate Instruments for Minimally Invasive Operations

 

 

 

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