Motorized template for MRI-guided focal cryoablation of prostate cancer [0.03%]
磁共振引导下前列腺癌局部冷冻消融的模板制作及应用
Pedro Moreira,John Grimble,Mariana C Bernardes et al.
Pedro Moreira et al.
MR-guided focal cryoablation of prostate cancer has often been selected as a minimally-invasive treatment option. Placing multiple cryo-needles accurately to form an ablation volume that adequately covers the target volume is crucial for be...
Towards the Design and Development of a Robotic Transcatheter Delivery System for Mitral Valve Implant [0.03%]
一种经导管二尖瓣夹持装置的机器人输送系统的设计与研发
Namrata U Nayar,Ronghuai Qi,Jaydev P Desai
Namrata U Nayar
Minimally-invasive surgeries using transcatheter approaches and sophisticated imaging modalities are gaining popularity to treat mitral regurgitation (MR). This paper proposes the next generation of a robotic catheter to deliver an implant ...
A Surgical Robotic System for Osteoporotic Hip Augmentation: System Development and Experimental Evaluation [0.03%]
骨质疏松性髋关节增强手术机器人系统：系统研发与实验评估
Mahsan Bakhtiarinejad,Cong Gao,Amirhossein Farvardin et al.
Mahsan Bakhtiarinejad et al.
Minimally-invasive Osteoporotic Hip Augmentation (OHA) by injecting bone cement is a potential treatment option to reduce the risk of hip fracture. This treatment can significantly benefit from computer-assisted planning and execution syste...
Vaginal Cuff Closure with Dual-Arm Robot and Near-Infrared Fluorescent Sutures [0.03%]
采用双机械臂机器人和近红外荧光缝线进行阴道 cuff 吻合术
Simon Leonard,Justin Opfermann,Nicholas Uebele et al.
Simon Leonard et al.
This paper presents a dual-arm suturing robot. We extend the Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot (STAR) with a second robot manipulator, whose purpose is to manage loose suture thread, a task that was previously executed by a human assistant. We ...
Design of a Low-Cost Miniature Robot to Assist the COVID-19 Nasopharyngeal Swab Sampling [0.03%]
用于辅助COVID-19鼻咽拭子采样的低成本微型机器人设计
Shuangyi Wang,Kehao Wang,Ruijie Tang et al.
Shuangyi Wang et al.
Nasopharyngeal (NP) swab sampling is an effective approach for the diagnosis of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Medical staffs carrying out the task of collecting NP specimens are in close contact with the suspected patient, thereby po...
James W Martin,Lavinia Barducci,Bruno Scaglioni et al.
James W Martin et al.
Magnetically actuated endoscopes are currently transitioning in to clinical use for procedures such as colonoscopy, presenting numerous benefits over their conventional counterparts. Intelligent and easy-to-use control strategies are an ess...
Toward Practical and Accurate Touch-Based Image Guidance for Robotic Partial Nephrectomy [0.03%]
面向实际且准确的基于触控的图像引导的机器人部分肾切除术
James M Ferguson,E Bryn Pitt,Andria A Remirez et al.
James M Ferguson et al.
Partial nephrectomy involves removing a tumor while sparing surrounding healthy kidney tissue. Compared to total kidney removal, partial nephrectomy improves outcomes for patients but is underutilized because it is challenging to accomplish...
Deep generative models with data augmentation to learn robust representations of movement intention for powered leg prostheses [0.03%]
数据增强深度生成模型，用于学习假肢运动意图的稳健表征
Blair Hu,Ann M Simon,Levi Hargrove
Blair Hu
Intent recognition is a data-driven alternative to expert-crafted rules for triggering transitions between pre-programmed activity modes of a powered leg prosthesis. Movement-related signals from prosthesis sensors detected prior to movemen...
Self-supervised Monocular Depth Estimation with 3D Displacement Module for Laparoscopic Images [0.03%]
基于三维位移模块的腹腔镜图像自监督单目深度估计方法
Chi Xu,Baoru Huang,Daniel S Elson
Chi Xu
We present a novel self-supervised training framework with 3D displacement (3DD) module for accurately estimating per-pixel depth maps from single laparoscopic images. Recently, several self-supervised learning based monocular depth estimat...
Simultaneous Depth Estimation and Surgical Tool Segmentation in Laparoscopic Images [0.03%]
腹腔镜图像中的深度估计和手术工具分割同时进行
Baoru Huang,Anh Nguyen,Siyao Wang et al.
Baoru Huang et al.
Surgical instrument segmentation and depth estimation are crucial steps to improve autonomy in robotic surgery. Most recent works treat these problems separately, making the deployment challenging. In this paper, we propose a unified framew...