Microsurgery robots: applications, design, and development

T Wang, H Li, T Pu, L Yang - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Microsurgical techniques have been widely utilized in various surgical specialties, such as
ophthalmology, neurosurgery, and otolaryngology, which require intricate and precise …

Deep learning based image processing for robot assisted surgery: a systematic literature survey

SM Hussain, A Brunetti, G Lucarelli, R Memeo… - IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The recent advancements in the surging field of Deep Learning (DL) have revolutionized
every sphere of life, and the healthcare domain is no exception. The enormous success of …

Real-time tool to layer distance estimation for robotic subretinal injection using intraoperative 4D OCT

M Sommersperger, J Weiss, M Ali Nasseri… - Biomedical Optics …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
The emergence of robotics could enable ophthalmic microsurgical procedures that were
previously not feasible due to the precision limits of manual delivery, for example, targeted …

[HTML][HTML] Evolution and applications of artificial intelligence to cataract surgery

DJ Lindegger, J Wawrzynski, GM Saleh - Ophthalmology Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Topic Despite significant recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) technology within
several ophthalmic subspecialties, AI seems to be underutilized in the diagnosis and …

Spotlight-based 3D instrument guidance for autonomous task in robot-assisted retinal surgery

M Zhou, J Wu, A Ebrahimi, N Patel, Y Liu… - IEEE robotics and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Retinal surgery is known to be a complicated and challenging task for an ophthalmologist
even for retina specialists. Image guided robot-assisted intervention is among the novel and …

Needle detection and localisation for robot‐assisted subretinal injection using deep learning

M Zhou, X Guo, M Grimm, E Lochner… - CAAI Transactions …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Subretinal injection is a complicated task for retinal surgeons to operate manually. In this
paper we demonstrate a robust framework for needle detection and localisation in robot …

Markerless suture needle tracking from a robotic endoscope based on deep learning

Y Jiang, H Zhou, GS Fischer - 2023 International Symposium …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Advancements in robot-assisted surgery have been rapidly growing since two decades ago.
More recently, the automation of robotic surgical tasks has become the focus of research. In …

RobOCTNet: Robotics and Deep Learning for Referable Posterior Segment Pathology Detection in an Emergency Department Population

A Song, JB Lusk, KM Roh, ST Hsu… - … Vision Science & …, 2024 - tvst.arvojournals.org
Purpose: To evaluate the diagnostic performance of a robotically aligned optical coherence
tomography (RAOCT) system coupled with a deep learning model in detecting referable …

iOCT-guided simulated subretinal injections: a comparison between manual and robot-assisted techniques in an ex-vivo porcine model

NA Maierhofer, AM Jablonka, H Roodaki… - Journal of Robotic …, 2023 - Springer
The purpose of this study is to compare robot-assisted and manual subretinal injections in
terms of successful subretinal blistering, reflux incidences and damage of the retinal pigment …

Surgical scene generation and adversarial networks for physics-based iOCT synthesis

M Sommersperger, A Martin-Gomez, K Mach… - Biomedical Optics …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
The development and integration of intraoperative optical coherence tomography (iOCT)
into modern operating rooms has motivated novel procedures directed at improving the …