Ultrasound guidance in minimally invasive robotic procedures

Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) is usually associated with a long learning curve due to technical limitations faced by surgeons in dealing with limited field of view and complete lack of depth perception (Vitiello et al., 2013) (Elgezua et al., 2013). Introduction of robotic technology to MIS has been proposed to bring accuracy and precision and the early clinical adoption of robots in surgery dates back to 1980s. By 1994 voice controlled camera holding robots were demonstrated to work in symbiosis with surgeons performing complex laparoscopic surgery (Sackier& Wang, 1994).

Source: Medical Image Analysis - January 10, 2019 Category: Radiology Authors: Maria Antico, Fumio Sasazawa, Liao Wu, Anjali Jaiprakash, Jonathan Roberts, Ross Crawford, Ajay K. Pandey, Davide Fontanarosa Source Type: research