Introduction: Nowadays, mass screening campaigns for colorectal cancer diagnosis in the
early and curable stage is essential yet limited due to many reasons, for example …

In the field of multimodal human–computer interaction (HCI), hand (and finger) motion
tracking remains a critical challenge because it is the input means of visual reproduction and …

Magnetic tracking technology is emerging to provide an occlusion-free tracking scheme for
the estimation of full pose (position and orientation) of various instruments. This brings …

Wire-driven flexible robots are efficient devices for minimally invasive surgery, since they
can work well in complex and confined environments. However, the real-time positional and …

The positioning and orientation system consists of three-axis generating coils and three-axis
sensor coils in quasi-static magnetic field. The three-axis generating coils are fixed …

We have implemented a new noninvasive multiobjective tracking system, which can be used
for localization of an endoscope and monitoring of heart valve prostheses and …

Goal: In the context of robot-assisted laminectomy surgery, an analytical force model is
introduced to guarantee procedural safety. The aim of the method is to intraoperatively …

Background: Worldwide propagation of minimally invasive surgeries (MIS) is hindered by
their drawback of indirect observation and manipulation, while monitoring of surgical …

Previous magnetic dipole localization algorithms using gradient data attempt to find the
position of the magnetic source at the measurement time only. Based on the direct inversion …

Recent achievements in active capsule endoscopy have allowed controlled inspection of the
bowel by magnetic guidance. Capsule localization represents an important enabling …