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.
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 ...
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...
International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery
May 14, 2014
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 ...
The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS
Jun 1, 2025
BACKGROUND: In endoscopic surgery, surgeons collaborate with assistants to manipulate the endoscope and instruments, making it impossible to perform the surgery independently.
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2024
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...
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...
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...
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...
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