μRALP and beyond: Micro-technologies and systems for robot-assisted endoscopic laser microsurgery

LS Mattos, A Acemoglu, A Geraldes… - Frontiers in Robotics …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Laser microsurgery is the current gold standard surgical technique for the treatment of
selected diseases in delicate organs such as the larynx. However, the operations require …

Vision-based cutting control of deformable objects with surface tracking

L Han, H Wang, Z Liu, W Chen… - IEEE/ASME Transactions …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Automatic cutting is an essential task in the field ofrobot-assisted surgery. In this article, a
novel vision-based cutting control algorithm is proposed to cut a deformable object along the …

Bringing the light inside the body to perform better surgery

L Fichera - Science Robotics, 2021 - science.org
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Microsurgery robots: addressing the needs of high-precision surgical interventions

LS Mattos, DG Caldwell, G Peretti, F Mora… - Swiss medical …, 2016 - smw.ch
Robotics has a significant potential to enhance the overall capacity and efficiency of
healthcare systems. Robots can help surgeons perform better quality operations, leading to …

Kinesthetic and vibrotactile haptic feedback improves the performance of laser microsurgery

L Fichera, C Pacchierotti, E Olivieri… - 2016 IEEE haptics …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The lack of haptic feedback during laser surgery procedures prevents surgeons from
accurately discerning the depth of the incisions they perform. In this paper we introduce a …

Haptic feedback for control and active constraints in contactless laser surgery: concept, implementation, and evaluation

E Olivieri, G Barresi, DG Caldwell… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Haptics has proven to be highly beneficial in surgical robotics, bringing enhanced safety and
precision by complementing the surgeon's visual channel. However, most of the research …

Laser incision depth control in robot-assisted soft tissue microsurgery

A Acemoglu, L Fichera, IE Kepiro… - Journal of Medical …, 2017 - World Scientific
This paper presents the concept of a technology for the automation of laser incisions on soft
tissue, especially for application in Transoral Laser Microsurgery (TLM) interventions. The …

Vision-based cutting control of deformable objects

B Yang, H Wang, W Chen… - 2016 IEEE International …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cutting control of deformable objects is of great importance in varied application fields such
as surgical robot and food processing industry. However, complex physical properties of …

Microsurgery systems

LS Mattos, D Pardo, E Olivieri, G Barresi… - The E-Medicine, E …, 2015 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Microsurgery is a term used to classify delicate surgical procedures that require the use of
an operating microscope. Still, early microsurgical techniques have been developed based …

[PDF][PDF] Tissue Type Recognition for Laser-Based Cancer Treatment

F van Rossum, K Swiston, Y Wang, I Wong - 2020 - digital.wpi.edu
Abstract This multidisciplinary (MA/CS/RBE) project aims to address concerns surrounding
in-office laser surgeries in the throat. These procedures, also known as in-office laryngeal …