Many problems in laparoscopic surgery are due to the poor degrees of freedom of movement (DOF) in controlling forceps and laparoscopes. The Multi-DOF forceps manipulator we have ne...
Ryoichi Nakamura, Etsuko Kobayashi, Ken Masamune, ...
Surgical simulation is a promising technology for training medical students and planning procedures. One major requirement for these simulation systems is a method to generate real...
Abstract. This paper focuses on the evaluation of an ideal midsagittal plane iMSP extraction algorithm. The algorithm was developed for capturing the iMSP from 3D normal and pathol...
In this paper, the problem of retrospective correction of intensity inhomogeneity in magnetic resonance (MR) images is addressed. A novel model-based correction method is proposed,...
Augmented surgical manipulation tasks can be viewed as a sequence of smaller, steps driven primarily by the surgeon's input. These steps can be abstracted as controlled intera...
Rajesh Kumar 0001, Gregory D. Hager, Aaron C. Barn...
Abstract. In this paper, we would propose a novel mechanism of surgical manipulator, which assists the surgeon in precise positioning and handling of surgical devices, like biopsy ...
We describe a novel robotic endoscope system. It can be used to observe a wide area without moving or bending the endoscope. The system consists of a laparoscope with zoom facility...
Etsuko Kobayashi, Ken Masamune, Ichiro Sakuma, Tak...
The spatial relationship between the corticospinal tracts and a brain tumor is important for planning the surgical strategy. Although the white matter tracts can be manually outlin...
Michael Kaus, Arya Nabavi, C. T. Mamisch, William ...
This paper deals with the correction of distortions in EPI acquisitions. Echo-planar imaging (EPI) data is used in functional resonance imaging (fMRI) and in diffusion tensor MRI (...