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

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Modeling and evaluation of hand-eye coordination of surgical robotic system on task performance.

The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS
BACKGROUND: Robotic-assisted minimally invasive surgery changes the direct hand and eye coordination in traditional surgery to indirect instrument and camera coordination, which affects the ergonomics, operation performance, and safety.

A single port surgical robot system with novel elbow joint mechanism for high force transmission.

The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS
BACKGROUND: Despite its evident clinical benefits, single-incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) imposes inherent limitations of collision between external arms and inadequate triangulation because multiple instruments are inserted through a single por...

Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery with a snake-mechanism using a movable pulley.

The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS
BACKGROUND: Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery is an emerging technique. We aimed to develop an advanced surgical robot mechanism for natural orifice surgery.

Design and evaluation of a variable stiffness manual operating platform for laparoendoscopic single site surgery (LESS).

The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS
BACKGROUND: Most of the existing robotic platforms for LESS have workspace and load capacity weaknesses, because of the limitation of one single incision. We have developed a LESS manual operating platform of which the stiffness of the insertion tube...

Experimental evaluation of magnified haptic feedback for robot-assisted needle insertion and palpation.

The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS
BACKGROUND: Haptic feedback has been proven to play a key role in enhancing the performance of teleoperated medical procedures. However, due to safety issues, commercially-available medical robots do not currently provide the clinician with haptic fe...

MRI guided focused ultrasound robotic system for animal experiments.

The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS
BACKGROUND: In this paper an MRI-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) robotic system was developed that can be used for conducting experiments in small animals.The target for this robotic system regarding motion was to move a therapeutic ultrasound tra...

Physiological motion modeling for organ-mounted robots.

The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS
BACKGROUND: Organ-mounted robots passively compensate heartbeat and respiratory motion. In model-guided procedures, this motion can be a significant source of information that can be used to aid in localization or to add dynamic information to static...

Development of an in vivo visual robot system with a magnetic anchoring mechanism and a lens cleaning mechanism for laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS).

The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS
BACKGROUND: Surgical robot systems which can significantly improve surgical procedures have been widely used in laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS). For a relative complex surgical procedure, the development of an in vivo visual robot system ...

An image-guided automated robot for MRI breast biopsy.

The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS
BACKGROUND: The IGAR (Image-guided Automated Robot) is a robotic platform capable of performing highly accurate clinical interventions under image guidance. The IGAR is unique in that it demonstrates MRI compatibility and maintains safe operation, ad...