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Real-Time Visual Servoing of a Robot Using Three-Dimensional Ultrasound

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Real-Time Visual Servoing of a Robot Using Three-Dimensional Ultrasound
— This paper presents a robotic system capable of using three-dimensional ultrasound to guide a surgical instrument to a tracked target location. Tracking of both the surgical instrument and target was done using image based algorithms on the real-time 3D ultrasound data. The tracking techniques are shown to be especially amenable for execution on powerful graphics processor units. By harnessing a graphics card, it was possible to detect both a surgical instrument and a surgical target at a rate of 25 Hz. The high update rate permits the use of tracked instrument and target locations for controlling a robot. Validation of the system was done in a water tank, where the robot moved the instrument to the target site
Paul M. Novotny, Jeffrey A. Stoll, Pierre E. Dupon
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Type Conference
Year 2007
Where ICRA
Authors Paul M. Novotny, Jeffrey A. Stoll, Pierre E. Dupont, Robert D. Howe
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