Stitching and surface reconstruction from endoscopic image sequences: a review of applications and methods

T Bergen, T Wittenberg - IEEE journal of biomedical and health …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Endoscopic procedures form part of routine clinical practice for minimally invasive
examinations and interventions. While they are beneficial for the patient, reducing surgical …

Automatically-initialized robotic systems for navigation of luminal networks

R Ummalaneni - US Patent 10,022,192, 2018 - Google Patents
Certain aspects relate to systems and techniques for navigation-assisted medical devices.
Some aspects relate to correlating features of depth information generated based on …

The algorithm of stereo vision and shape from shading based on endoscope imaging

Z Cao, Y Wang, W Zheng, L Yin, Y Tang, W Miao… - … Signal Processing and …, 2022 - Elsevier
With medical endoscopic equipment development, minimally invasive surgery (MIS) has
gradually become an essential technical means in daily medical practice. In recent years …

Video‐based 3D reconstruction, laparoscope localization and deformation recovery for abdominal minimally invasive surgery: a survey

B Lin, Y Sun, X Qian, D Goldgof… - … International Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Background The intra‐operative three‐dimensional (3D) structure of tissue organs and
laparoscope motion are the basis for many tasks in computer‐assisted surgery (CAS), such …

Self-supervised learning for dense depth estimation in monocular endoscopy

X Liu, A Sinha, M Unberath, M Ishii, GD Hager… - OR 2.0 Context-Aware …, 2018 - Springer
We present a self-supervised approach to training convolutional neural networks for dense
depth estimation from monocular endoscopy data without a priori modeling of anatomy or …

Optimizing lesion detection in small-bowel capsule endoscopy: from present problems to future solutions

A Koulaouzidis, DK Iakovidis, A Karargyris… - Expert review of …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
This review presents issues pertaining to lesion detection in small-bowel capsule
endoscopy (SBCE). The use of prokinetics, chromoendoscopy, diagnostic yield indicators …

3D reconstruction and registration of endoscopic data

KL Lurie, DV Zlatev, JC Liao, AK Bowden… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
Methods and systems for three-dimensional (3D) recon struction of endoscopic data in
accordance with embodi ments of the invention are described. In one embodiment, a …

Shape acquisition and registration for 3D endoscope based on grid pattern projection

R Furukawa, H Morinaga, Y Sanomura… - Computer Vision–ECCV …, 2016 - Springer
For effective endoscopic diagnosis and treatment, size measurement and shape
characterization of lesions, such as tumors, is important. For this purpose, 3D endoscopic …

Modern image-guided surgery: A narrative review of medical image processing and visualization

Z Lin, C Lei, L Yang - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Medical image analysis forms the basis of image-guided surgery (IGS) and many of its
fundamental tasks. Driven by the growing number of medical imaging modalities, the …

Intrinsic layer based automatic specular reflection detection in endoscopic images

M Asif, H Song, L Chen, J Yang, AF Frangi - Computers in Biology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Endoscopic images are used to observe the internal structure of the human body. Specular
reflection (SR) images are mostly a consequence of the strong light and bright regions …