This article establishes a comprehensive review of all the different methods proposed by the
literature concerning augmented reality in intra-abdominal minimally invasive surgery (also …

During the minimally-invasive liver surgery, only the partial surface view of the liver is
usually provided to the surgeon via the laparoscopic camera. Therefore, it is necessary to …

Purpose In surgical navigation, pre-operative organ models are presented to surgeons
during the intervention to help them in efficiently finding their target. In the case of soft tissue …

We present a method for estimating visual and haptic force feedback on robotic surgical
systems that currently do not include significant force feedback for the operator. Our …

Developing accurate and real-time algorithms for a non-invasive three-dimensional
representation and reconstruction of internal patient structures is one of the main research …

Background The laparoscopic approach to liver resection may reduce morbidity and hospital
stay. However, uptake has been slow due to concerns about patient safety and oncological …

During image guided liver surgery, soft tissue deformation can cause considerable error
when attempting to achieve accurate localization of the surgical anatomy through image-to …

Non-rigid registration is a key component in soft-tissue navigation. We focus on laparoscopic
liver surgery, where we register the organ model obtained from a preoperative CT scan to …

In deformable registration, the Riemannian framework–Large Deformation Diffeomorphic
Metric Mapping, or LDDMM for short–has inspired numerous techniques for comparing …

This paper introduces a new approach for the control of a robotic system interacting with
deformable structures. The method is applied to needle insertion procedures, which are …