This paper contributes to a taxonomy of augmented reality and robotics based on a survey of
460 research papers. Augmented and mixed reality (AR/MR) have emerged as a new way to …

Abstract Three-dimensional (3D) integrated renal structures (IRS) segmentation targets
segmenting the kidneys, renal tumors, arteries, and veins in one inference. Clinicians will …

Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) remains technically demanding due to the difficulty of
tracking hidden critical structures within the moving anatomy of the patient. In this study, we …

Lymphadenectomy generally accompanies various oncology surgeries to remove infected
cancer cells. However, there are two limitations in robot-assisted lymphadenectomy: 1) …

Stereo reconstruction is an important tool for generating 3D surface observations of
deformable tissues that can be used to non-rigidly update intraoperative image guidance. As …

In endoscopic surgery, it is important to search for organs, tumors and blood vessels,
recognize their locations, and perform the surgery safely and quickly. Robot-assisted …

The Fundamental Mechatronics Research Institute at Osaka Electro-Communication
University (MERI) has a research structure that includes five divisions. The institute conducts …

All traditional surgical procedures cause a lot of harm to the patient, while the biggest
advantage of minimally invasive surgery is that the wound is small, the pain is small, and the …

In this study, we describe an evaluation of the positional accuracy of stereo Visual SLAM
with noisy feature points removed by blurring. We constructed an experimental environment …

We have been developing a surgical support system for Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic
Partial Nephrectomy (RAPN) using augmented reality (AR) technology since April 2014. In …