This paper presents the task specifications for designing a novel Insertable Robotic Effectors Platform (IREP) with integrated stereo vision and surgical intervention tools for Sin...
Jienan Ding, Kai Xu 0005, Roger E. Goldman, Peter ...
Abstract— Continuum robots made from telescoping precurved elastic tubes enable base-mounted actuators to specify the curved shapes of robots as thin as standard surgical needles...
D. Caleb Rucker, Bryan A. Jones, Robert J. Webster...
A magnetic resonance (MR) compatible surgical assist robot system under preclinical evaluation is described. It is designed to coexist, and cooperate, with a surgeon, and to positi...
Kiyoyuki Chinzei, Nobuhiko Hata, Ferenc A. Jolesz,...
There are many roles for electromechanical devices in image guided surgery. One is to help a surgeon accurately follow a preoperative plan. Devices for this purpose may be localiz...
Jocelyne Troccaz, Michael A. Peshkin, Brian L. Dav...