# Elif Ayvali

**Type:** Researchers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/researchers/elif-ayvali/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Citations | 327 |
| Field | Soft Robotics and Applications |
| h-index | 9 |
| i10-index | 8 |
| Last Known Institution | Johnson & Johnson (United States) |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/A5086043418 |
| Works | 21 |

## Researcher papers

- [Towards a discretely actuated steerable cannula for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures](https://scholariq.org/papers/towards-a-discretely-actuated-steerable-cannula-for-diagnostic-and-therapeutic/)
- [Optical Flow-Based Tracking of Needles and Needle-Tip Localization Using Circular Hough Transform in Ultrasound Images](https://scholariq.org/papers/optical-flow-based-tracking-of-needles-and-needle-tip-localization-using/)
- [Using Bayesian optimization to guide probing of a flexible environment for simultaneous registration and stiffness mapping](https://scholariq.org/papers/using-bayesian-optimization-to-guide-probing-of-a-flexible-environment-for/)
- [Utility-Guided Palpation for Locating Tissue Abnormalities](https://scholariq.org/papers/utility-guided-palpation-for-locating-tissue-abnormalities/)
- [Towards a discretely actuated steerable cannula](https://scholariq.org/papers/towards-a-discretely-actuated-steerable-cannula/)
- [Complementary model update: A method for simultaneous registration and stiffness mapping in flexible environments](https://scholariq.org/papers/complementary-model-update-a-method-for-simultaneous-registration-and-stiffness/)
- [Pulse width modulation–based temperature tracking for feedback control of a shape memory alloy actuator](https://scholariq.org/papers/pulse-width-modulation-based-temperature-tracking-for-feedback-control-of-a/)
- [Multi-Agent Ergodic Coverage with Obstacle Avoidance](https://scholariq.org/papers/multi-agent-ergodic-coverage-with-obstacle-avoidance/)
- [A Novel Discretely Actuated Steerable Probe for Percutaneous Procedures](https://scholariq.org/papers/a-novel-discretely-actuated-steerable-probe-for-percutaneous-procedures/)
- [Accurate in-plane and out-of-plane ultrasound-based tracking of the discretely actuated steerable cannula](https://scholariq.org/papers/accurate-in-plane-and-out-of-plane-ultrasound-based-tracking-of-the-discretely/)
- [Deep Learning for Detection of Clinical Operations in Robot-Assisted Percutaneous Renal Access](https://scholariq.org/papers/deep-learning-for-detection-of-clinical-operations-in-robot-assisted/)

## Researcher topics

- [Soft Robotics and Applications](https://scholariq.org/topics/soft-robotics-and-applications/)
- [Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization](https://scholariq.org/topics/robotics-and-sensor-based-localization/)
- [Robotic Path Planning Algorithms](https://scholariq.org/topics/robotic-path-planning-algorithms/)
- [Robot Manipulation and Learning](https://scholariq.org/topics/robot-manipulation-and-learning/)
- [Shape Memory Alloy Transformations](https://scholariq.org/topics/shape-memory-alloy-transformations/)

## Researcher university

- [Johnson & Johnson (United States)](https://scholariq.org/institutions/johnson-and-johnson-united-states/)

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