Cardiac X-ray image-based haptic guidance for robot-assisted coronary intervention: a feasibility study.

Journal: International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery
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Abstract

PURPOSE: Effective and efficient haptic guidance is desirable for tele-operated robotic surgery because it has a potential to enhance surgeon's skills, especially in coronary interventions where surgeon loses both an eye-hand coordination and a direct sight to the organ. This paper proposes a novel haptic guidance procedure-both kinesthetic and cutaneous, which solely depends upon X-ray images, for tele-robotic system that assists an efficient navigation of the guidewire towards the target location during a coronary intervention.

Authors

  • Abdullah Tahir
    Department of Mechatronics and Control Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology Lahore, Faisalabad Campus, Lahore, Pakistan.
  • Hashim Iqbal
    Department of Mechatronics and Control Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology Lahore, Faisalabad Campus, Lahore, Pakistan.
  • Muhammad Usman
    Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan.
  • Asim Ghaffar
    Department of Mechatronics and Control Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology Lahore, Faisalabad Campus, Lahore, Pakistan. asim.ghaffar@uet.edu.pk.
  • Awais Hafeez
    Department of Mechatronics and Control Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology Lahore, Faisalabad Campus, Lahore, Pakistan.