Automated Endoscopic Camera Guidance: A Knowledge-Based System towards Robot Assisted Surgery
Conference: ISR/Robotik 2014 - 45th International Symposium on Robotics; 8th German Conference on Robotics
06/02/2014 - 06/03/2014 at München, Germany
Proceedings: ISR/Robotik 2014
Pages: 6Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
Bihlmaier, Andreas; Woern, Heinz (Institute for Anthropomatics and Robotics, Robotics and Automation Lab (IPR), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany)
Abstract:
Conventional minimally invasive surgeries require that the surgeon shares the confined space around the OR table with a camera assistant. His main task is to guide the endoscopic camera in such a way that a good camera image of the operative site becomes available to the surgeon. The purpose of our research is to achieve the video quality provided by a human assistant and surpass it by means of a knowledge-based robotic system.