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 …

One of the main challenges for computer-assisted surgery (CAS) is to determine the intra-
operative morphology and motion of soft-tissues. This information is prerequisite to the …

In recent years, digital endoscopy has established as key technology for medical screenings
and minimally invasive surgery. Since then, various research communities with manifold …

Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) methods provide real-time estimation of 3-D
models from the sole input of a handheld camera, routinely in mobile robotics scenarios …

Intra-operative imaging techniques for obtaining the shape and morphology of soft-tissue
surfaces in vivo are a key enabling technology for advanced surgical systems. Different …

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 …

The recent availability of dynamic, dense, and low-cost range imaging has gained
widespread interest in health care. It opens up new opportunities and has an increasing …

Recovering surgical scene structure in laparoscope surgery is crucial step for surgical
guidance and augmented reality applications. In this paper, a quasi dense reconstruction …

Traditional endoscopic treatment methods restrict the surgeon's field of view. New
approaches to laparoscopic visualization have emerged due to the advent of robot-assisted …

Single-view depth estimation can be remarkably effective if there is enough ground-truth
depth data for supervised training. However, there are scenarios, especially in medicine in …