Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) offers better visualization for diagnosis, interventional
radiology, and surgery from other imaging modalities without X-ray exposure. Medical robots …

Background Intraoperative application of tomographic imaging techniques provides a
means of visual servoing for objects beneath the surface of organs. Methods The focus of …

Robot-assisted surgical procedures are perpetually evolving due to potential improvement
in patient treatment and healthcare cost reduction. Integration of an imaging modality …

The work assesses the efficacy of computer based remote tele-mentoring system (ie when
the mentor and mentee are physically separated) for teaching minimally invasive surgical …

This work presents a platform that integrates a customized MRI data acquisition scheme with
reconstruction and three-dimensional (3D) visualization modules along with a module for …

Aortic heart valve replacement is a major surgical intervention, traditionally requiring a large
thoracotomy. However, current advances in Minimally Invasive Surgery and Surgical …

Hosting the cardiac catheters and the necessity for their precise and collision-free navigation
in transapical beating-heart interventions require the development of dexterous and reliable …

The work presents an evaluation study to investigate the potency of remote tele-mentoring
gameplay for training in minimally invasive surgeries, as compared to training through …

The advent of intraoperative real-time image guidance has led to the emergence of new
surgical interventional paradigms including image-guided robot assistance. Most often the …

Objective: Aortic valve disease is the most common heart disease in the elderly calling for
replacement with an artificial valve. The presented surgical robot aims to provide a highly …