— Oblique-viewing endoscopes (oblique scopes) are widely used in minimally invasive surgery. The viewing direction of an oblique endoscope can be changed by rotating the scope cy...
— Primary hyperhidrosis, a disorder characterized by an excessive sweating, has been treated by endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy. As a consequence of the surgery, patients impro...
Abstract. An endoscopic solo surgery simulator was designed to quantitatively evaluate human-machine interface in robotic camera positioning systems. Our simulator can assess not o...
Abstract. This paper presents an endoscopic vision framework for modelbased 3D guidance of surgical instruments used in robotized laparoscopic surgery. In order to develop such a s...
Christophe Doignon, Florent Nageotte, Michel de Ma...
— Endoscopic imaging is still dominated by the paradigm of pushing long sticks into small openings. This approach has a number of limitations for minimal access surgery, such as ...