Hand-held medical robots

CJ Payne, GZ Yang - Annals of biomedical engineering, 2014 - Springer
Medical robots have evolved from autonomous systems to tele-operated platforms and
mechanically-grounded, cooperatively-controlled robots. Whilst these approaches have …

Endomicroscopy for computer and robot assisted intervention

S Zuo, GZ Yang - IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Endomicroscopy is a new technique that allows human tissue to be characterized in vivo
and in situ, circumventing the need for conventional biopsy and histology. Despite increased …

A hand-held instrument to maintain steady tissue contact during probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy

WT Latt, RC Newton… - IEEE transactions on …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy (pCLE) provides high-resolution in vivo
imaging for intraoperative tissue characterization. Maintaining a desired contact force …

Intraoperative robotic-assisted large-area high-speed microscopic imaging and intervention

P Giataganas, M Hughes, CJ Payne… - IEEE Transactions …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Objective: Probe-based confocal endomicroscopy is an emerging high-magnification optical
imaging technique that provides in vivo and in situ cellular-level imaging for real-time …

FBG-based triaxial force sensor integrated with an eccentrically configured imaging probe for endoluminal optical biopsy

Z Wu, A Gao, N Liu, Z Jin… - 2020 IEEE International …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Accurate force sensing is important for endoluminal intervention in terms of both safety and
lesion targeting. This paper develops an FBG-based force sensor for robotic bronchoscopy …

Toward Intraoperative Breast Endomicroscopy<? brk?> With a Novel Surface-Scanning Device

S Zuo, M Hughes, C Seneci, TP Chang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
New optical biopsy methods such as confocal endomicroscopy represent a promising tool
for breast conserving surgery, allowing real-time assessment of tumor margins. However, it …

Force adaptive robotically assisted endomicroscopy for intraoperative tumour identification

P Giataganas, M Hughes, GZ Yang - International journal of computer …, 2015 - Springer
Purpose For effective tumour margin definition for cancer surgery, there is an increasing
demand for the development of real-time intraoperative tissue biopsy techniques. Recent …

Flexible robotic scanning device for intraoperative endomicroscopy in MIS

S Zuo, M Hughes, GZ Yang - IEEE/ASME Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Optical biopsy methods such as probe-based confocal endomicroscopy can provide
intraoperative real-time assessment of tumour margins, including during minimally invasive …

Three-dimensional robotic-assisted endomicroscopy with a force adaptive robotic arm

P Wisanuvej, P Giataganas, K Leibrandt… - … on Robotics and …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Effective in situ, in vivo tumour margin assessment is an important, yet unmet, clinical
demand in surgical oncology. Recent advances in probe-based optical imaging tools such …

Robot-assisted transvaginal peritoneoscopy using confocal endomicroscopy: a feasibility study in a porcine model

RC Newton, DP Noonan, V Vitiello, J Clark… - Surgical …, 2012 - Springer
Background Optical biopsy methods such as probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy
(pCLE) provide useful intraoperative real-time information, especially during minimally …