Toward image-guided automated suture grasping under complex environments: A learning-enabled and optimization-based holistic framework

B Lu, B Li, W Chen, Y Jin, Z Zhao, Q Dou… - IEEE Transactions …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To realize a higher-level autonomy of surgical knot tying in minimally invasive surgery (MIS),
automated suture grasping, which bridges the suture stitching and looping procedures, is an …

Automated hooking of biomedical microelectrode guided by intelligent microscopic vision

F Qin, D Xu, D Zhang, W Pei, X Han… - … /ASME Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Biomedical microelectrode implantation is a promising approach to achieve invasive brain-
machine interface with high bandwidth and good biocompatibility. However, it is difficult to …

Camera orientation optimization in stereo vision systems for low measurement error

X Liu, W Chen, H Madhusudanan… - … ASME Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Stereo vision (SV) is widely used for noncontact three-dimensional industrial measurement.
In SV systems, camera orientation (the angles formed by the two cameras optical axes …

A unified monocular camera-based and pattern-free hand-to-eye calibration algorithm for surgical robots with RCM constraints

B Lu, B Li, Q Dou, Y Liu - IEEE/ASME Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With progressive advancements in modern technologies, image-guided automation, which
plans and manipulates particular tasks by utilizing visual cues, is becoming an emerging …

A learning-driven framework with spatial optimization for surgical suture thread reconstruction and autonomous grasping under multiple topologies and environmental …

B Lu, W Chen, YM Jin, D Zhang, Q Dou… - 2020 IEEE/RSJ …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Surgical knot tying is one of the most fundamental and important procedures in surgery, and
a high-quality knot can significantly benefit the postoperative recovery of the patient …

Robotic Scene Segmentation with Memory Network for Runtime Surgical Context Inference

Z Li, I Reyes, H Alemzadeh - 2023 IEEE/RSJ International …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Surgical context inference has recently garnered significant attention in robot-assisted
surgery as it can facilitate workflow analysis, skill assessment, and error detection. However …

A learning approach for suture thread detection with feature enhancement and segmentation for 3-D shape reconstruction

B Lu, XB Yu, JW Lai, KC Huang… - IEEE Transactions …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A vision-based system presents one of the most reliable methods for achieving an
automated robot-assisted manipulation associated with surgical knot tying. However, some …

A mechanism-image fusion approach to calibration of an ultrasound-guided dual-arm robotic brachytherapy system

J Xiong, C Xu, K Ibrahim, H Deng… - IEEE/ASME Transactions …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Implementation of robotic systems has significantly improved the flexibility and accuracy of
prostate brachytherapy. In our previous study, an ultrasound (US) guided dual-arm robotic …

A laser-guided solution to manipulate mobile robot arm terminals within a large workspace

F Li, Y Jiang, T Li - IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Globally accurate manipulation and localization of the terminal of a mobile robot arm within
a large workspace has always been a bottleneck problem. In this article, a planar-laser …

A method for a compliant robot arm to perform a bandaging task on a swaying arm: A proposed approach

J Li, W Sun, X Gu, J Guo, J Ota… - IEEE Robotics & …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Bandaging is a regular and indispensable nursing task in daily medical care. The task is
challenging for robots because it requires simultaneous control of the bandaging trajectory …