Surgery

ASO Author Reflections: Robotic Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection for Metastatic Melanoma-A Minimally Invasive Approach to a Difficult Problem.

Re: The Learning Curve for Robot-Assisted Partial Nephrectomy: Impact of Surgical Experience on Perioperative Outcomes.

Artificial Intelligence in Aortic Surgery: The Rise of the Machine.

The first concept of Artificial Intelligence (AI) came into attention during 1920s and currently it is rapidly being integrated in our daily clinical ...

Deep visual nerve tracking in ultrasound images.

Ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia (UGRA) becomes a standard procedure in surgical operations and pain management, offers the advantages of nerve l...

Machine learning-based coronary artery disease diagnosis: A comprehensive review.

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most common cardiovascular disease (CVD) and often leads to a heart attack. It annually causes millions of deaths...

A review of computer vision for semi-autonomous control of assistive robotic manipulators (ARMs).

The advances in artificial intelligence have started to reach a level where autonomous systems are becoming increasingly popular as a way to aid peop...

In-Bore Transrectal MRI-Guided Biopsy With Robotic Assistance in the Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer: An Analysis of 57 Patients.

The objective of our study was to analyze the feasibility and potential role of robotic-assisted transrectal MRI-guided biopsy for the diagnosis of p...

Novel evaluation of surgical activity recognition models using task-based efficiency metrics.

PURPOSE: Surgical task-based metrics (rather than entire procedure metrics) can be used to improve surgeon training and, ultimately, patient care thro...

Toward Safe Retinal Microsurgery: Development and Evaluation of an RNN-Based Active Interventional Control Framework.

OBJECTIVE: Robotics-assisted retinal microsurgery provides several benefits including improvement of manipulation precision. The assistance provided t...

Robotic Sensing and Stimuli Provision for Guided Plant Growth.

Robot systems are actively researched for manipulation of natural plants, typically restricted to agricultural automation activities such as harvest, ...

Non-Invasive Modulation and Robotic Mapping of Motor Cortex in the Developing Brain.

Mapping the motor cortex with transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) has potential to interrogate motor cortex physiology and plasticity but carries ...

Robotic technology for palliative and supportive care: Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.

BACKGROUND: Medical robots are increasingly used for a variety of applications in healthcare. Robots have mainly been used to support surgical procedu...

A case of robotic assisted percutaneous coronary intervention of the left main coronary artery in a patient with very late baffle stenosis after surgical correction of anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery.

A 34-year-old woman with history of surgical correction (Takeuchi procedure) of anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) pres...

HALS, EVAR and robot-assisted surgery as minimally invasive approaches for abdominal aneurysm treatment.

Computational and artificial neural network based study of functional SNPs of human LEPR protein associated with reproductive function.

Genetic polymorphisms are mostly associated with inherited diseases, detecting and analyzing the biological significance of functional single-nucleoti...

Prediction of early colorectal cancer metastasis by machine learning using digital slide images.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Prediction of lymph node metastasis (LNM) for early colorectal cancer (CRC) is critical for determining treatment strategie...

A Radical Proposition: Opioid-sparing Prostatectomy.

Radical prostatectomy has largely become a procedure requiring a single day in the hospital with improving convalescence. Pre-operative counseling on ...

Artificial neural network models to predict nodal status in clinically node-negative breast cancer.

BACKGROUND: Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is standard staging procedure for nodal status in breast cancer, but lacks therapeutic benefit for patie...

Exoskeletons for Personal Use After Spinal Cord Injury.

Before the development of robotic exoskeletons, mobility options beyond a wheelchair were very limited for most people lacking leg movement due to spi...

Long-term mesh erosion rate following abdominal robotic reconstructive pelvic floor surgery: a prospective study and overview of the literature.

INTRODUCTION AND HYPOTHESIS: The use of synthetic mesh in transvaginal pelvic floor surgery has been subject to debate internationally. Although mesh ...