Review of surgical robotic systems for keyhole and endoscopic procedures: state of the art and perspectives

Y Chen, S Zhang, Z Wu, B Yang, Q Luo, K Xu - Frontiers of medicine, 2020 - Springer
Minimally invasive surgery, including laparoscopic and thoracoscopic procedures, benefits
patients in terms of improved postoperative outcomes and short recovery time. The …

Visual servoing in medical robotics: a survey. Part I: endoscopic and direct vision imaging–techniques and applications

M Azizian, M Khoshnam, N Najmaei… - … international journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Background Intra‐operative imaging is widely used to provide visual feedback to a clinician
when he/she performs a procedure. In visual servoing, surgical instruments and parts of …

[HTML][HTML] Content-based processing and analysis of endoscopic images and videos: A survey

B Münzer, K Schoeffmann, L Böszörmenyi - Multimedia Tools and …, 2018 - Springer
In recent years, digital endoscopy has established as key technology for medical screenings
and minimally invasive surgery. Since then, various research communities with manifold …

Autonomous suturing framework and quantification using a cable-driven surgical robot

SA Pedram, C Shin, PW Ferguson, J Ma… - IEEE Transactions …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Suturing is required in almost all surgeries but it is challenging to perform with surgical
robots due to limited vision and/or haptic feedback. To tackle this problem, we present an …

Automated pick-up of suturing needles for robotic surgical assistance

C D'Ettorre, G Dwyer, X Du… - … on Robotics and …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) is a treatment for prostate cancer that
involves complete or nerve sparing removal prostate tissue that contains cancer. After …

Towards an autonomous robot-assistant for laparoscopy using exteroceptive sensors: Feasibility study and implementation

J Sandoval, MA Laribi, JP Faure… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A new autonomous camera-holder robotic system for Laparoscopic Surgery (LS) is
presented in this paper. In the proposed system, a 7-DoF collaborative robot holds and …

Integrated planning and control of robotic surgical instruments for task autonomy

F Zhong, YH Liu - The International Journal of Robotics …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Agile maneuvers are essential for robot-enabled complex tasks such as surgical
procedures. Prior explorations on surgery autonomy are limited to feasibility study of …

Stitching planning in laparoscopic surgery: Towards robot-assisted suturing

F Nageotte, P Zanne, C Doignon… - … Journal of Robotics …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
The work presented in this paper addresses the problem of the stitching task in laparoscopic
surgery using a circular needle and a conventional four-degree-of-freedom needle holder …

Real-time augmented reality for ear surgery

R Hussain, A Lalande, R Marroquin, KB Girum… - … Image Computing and …, 2018 - Springer
Transtympanic procedures aim at accessing the middle ear structures through a puncture in
the tympanic membrane. They require visualization of middle ear structures behind the …

Visual servoing controller for time-invariant 3d path following with remote centre of motion constraint

B Dahroug, B Tamadazte… - 2017 IEEE International …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Remote Centre of Motion (RCM) is an essential movement for most of the medical
robotic systems during the minimal invasive surgeries. In literature, there are many …