AIMC Topic: Endoscopes

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A novel semi-automatic snake robot for natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery: preclinical tests in animal and human cadaver models (with video).

Surgical endoscopy
BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS: Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) is an emerging surgical technique. We aimed to design, create, and evaluate a new semi-automatic snake robot for NOTES.

First use of a computer-assisted operator-controlled flexible endoscope for transoral surgery.

The Laryngoscope
Transoral robotic surgery (TORS) has become an accepted treatment option for head and neck cancer. However, anatomical limitations and a relevant financial burden require alternative developments in this field. To this end, a patient presenting with ...

A novel flexible hyper-redundant surgical robot: prototype evaluation using a single incision flexible access pelvic application as a clinical exemplar.

Surgical endoscopy
INTRODUCTION: The flexible endoscope is increasingly being considered as a surgical tool to enable innovative natural orifice or flexible access techniques. These experiences have exposed unique advantages but also significant challenges. Major curre...

Multi-view vision system for laparoscopy surgery.

International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery
PURPOSE: A global endoscopic view of the surgical field could help avoid complications such as perforation of occluded organs and may reduce the endoscope displacements and also the usual time of laparoscopic procedure using a conventional endoscopy ...

Design and Evaluation of an Omnidirectional Wheel-Driven Endoscope-Assisted Robotic System Based on Motion Capture Control.

The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS
BACKGROUND: In endoscopic surgery, surgeons collaborate with assistants to manipulate the endoscope and instruments, making it impossible to perform the surgery independently.

DACVNet: Dual Attention Concatenation Volume Net for Stereo Endoscope 3D Reconstruction.

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Depth estimation is a crucial task in endoscopy for three-dimensional reconstruction, surgical navigation, and augmented reality visualization. Stereo scope based depth estimation which involves capturing two images from different viewpoints, is a pr...

Robotic Endoscope Control - State of the Art of Voice Control and Other Options for Laparoscopic Camera Robot Guidance.

Surgical technology international
In video-based surgery (VBS), the surgeon is no longer the master of his or her view. Visualization of the surgical field is mediated by a video camera guided by an assistant. The separation of visualization and surgical activities leads to significa...

Is a Fundamental Design Change for Gastrointestinal Endoscopes Required?

Journal of clinical gastroenterology
Since the first fiberoptic instruments, gastrointestinal endoscopy has shaped the field of gastroenterology and is now a key diagnostic and therapeutic tool. Compared with the initial fiberoptic endoscopes state-of-the-art optical chips (or charge-co...

Robotics in flexible endoscopy: current status and future prospects.

Current opinion in gastroenterology
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Advanced endoscopy procedures are technically challenging and require extensive training. Recent technological advances made in computer science and robotics have the potential to enhance the performance of complex intraluminal and...