Network Delay Forecast and Master-Slave Consistency Enhancement for Remote Surgical Robots.

Journal: The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: The inevitable network delay can directly impact the process of remote surgeries and affect the master-slave motion consistency, and sudden changes in delay can compromise surgical safety.

Authors

  • Jinhua Li
    Key Lab for Mechanism Theory and Equipment Design of Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.
  • Chi Zhang
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
  • Bo Guan
    Key Laboratory of Mechanism Theory and Equipment Design of Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, 135 Yaguan Road, Tianjin, 300350, China.
  • Haitao Niu
    Department of Urology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, 16 Jiangsu Road, Qingdao, 266000, China. niuht0532@126.com.
  • Jianchang Zhao
    Key Laboratory of Mechanism Theory and Equipment Design, Ministry of Education, Tianjin, China.