{"title":"Laboratory Investigation:Automated Instrument Tracking in Robotically Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery","authors":"D. Uecker, Yulun Wang, Cheolwhan Lee, Yulun Wang","doi":"10.3109/10929089509106338","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/10929089509106338","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes a practical and reliable image analysis and tracking algorithm to achieve automated instrument localization and scope maneuvering in robotically assisted laparoscopic surgery. Laparoscopy is a minimally invasive surgical procedure that utilizes multiple small incisions on the patient's body through which the surgeon inserts tools and a videoscope in order to conduct an operation. The scope relays images of internal organs to a camera, and the images are displayed on a video screen. The surgeon performs the operation by viewing the scope images rather than performing the traditional “open” procedure, where a large incision is made on the patient's body for direct viewing.The current mode of laparoscopy employs an assistant to hold the scope and position it in response to the surgeon's verbal commands. However, this results in suboptimal visual feedback, because the scope is often aimed incorrectly and vibrates due to hand trembling. We have developed a robotic laparoscope positioner to...","PeriodicalId":79505,"journal":{"name":"Journal of image guided surgery","volume":"1 1","pages":"308-325"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/10929089509106338","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69617546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Warfield, J. Dengler, J. Zaers, C. Guttmann, W. Wells, G. Ettinger, J. Hiller, R. Kikinis
{"title":"Laboratory Investigation:Automatic Identification of Gray Matter Structures from MRI to Improve the Segmentation of White Matter Lesions","authors":"S. Warfield, J. Dengler, J. Zaers, C. Guttmann, W. Wells, G. Ettinger, J. Hiller, R. Kikinis","doi":"10.3109/10929089509106339","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/10929089509106339","url":null,"abstract":"The segmentation of MRI scans of patients with white matter lesions (WML) is difficult because the MRI characteristics of WML are similar to those of gray matter. Intensity-based statistical classification techniques misclassify some WML as gray matter and some gray matter as WML.We developed a fast elastic matching algorithm that warps a reference data set containing information about the location of the gray matter into the approximate shape of the patient's brain. The region of white matter was segmented after segmenting the cortex and deep gray matter structures. The cortex was identified by using a three-dimensional, region-growing algorithm that was constrained by anatomical, intensity gradient, and tissue class parameters. White matter and WML were then segmented without interference from gray matter by using a two-class minimum-distance classifier.Analysis of double-echo spin-echo MRI scans of 16 patients with clinically determined multiple sclerosis (MS) was carried out. The segmentation of the c...","PeriodicalId":79505,"journal":{"name":"Journal of image guided surgery","volume":"1 1","pages":"326-338"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/10929089509106339","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69617601","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}