A seven degree-of-freedom (DOF) haptic device has been developed with applications towards robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery. The device consists of four degrees of force ...
Virtual endoscopy is among the most active topics in virtual medicine and medical imaging. It focuses on the virtual representation of minimally invasive procedures for training, ...
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...
— In order to perform coronary artery bypass graft surgery, a stationary heart is necessary. A human cannot achieve manual tracking of the complex heartbeat motion. Robotics tech...
Timothy J. Franke, Ozkan Bebek, Murat Cenk Cavusog...
Image-guided surgery (IGS) often depends on X-ray imaging, since pre-operative MRI, CT and PET scans do not provide an up-to-date internal patient view during the operation. X-ray...
Foteini Ioakeimidou, Alex Olwal, Axel Nordberg, Ha...