Recently, spine surgery has gradually evolved from conventional open surgery to minimally invasive surgery, and endoscopic spine surgery (ESS) has become an important procedure in minimally invasive spine surgery. With improvements in the optics, spi...
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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Jul 1, 2020
In endoscopic surgery, it is necessary to understand the three-dimensional structure of the target region to improve safety. For organs that do not deform much during surgery, preoperative computed tomography (CT) images can be used to understand the...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2019
In this paper, we propose a clustering method with temporal ordering information for endoscopic image sequences. It is difficult to collect a sufficient amount of endoscopic image datasets to train machine learning techniques by manual labeling. The ...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2019
In urology endoscopic procedures, the Ureteral Orifice (UO) finding is crucial but may be challenging for inexperienced doctors. Generally, it is difficult to identify UOs intraoperatively due to the presence of a large median lobe, obstructing tumor...