The author has already proposed an algorithm to perform depth image generation directly
from Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) on a Graphics Processing …

We have developed the liver surgical navigation system composed of three subsystems: the
liver position and orientation estimator, the surgical knife position estimator and the liver …

We are developing a surgical support system for liver abdominal surgery to prevent surgical
accidents. Our support system can detect proximity of certain body parts and can make a …

We are developing a liver surgical navigation system that uses a 3D liver model of the
patient. As the liver contains several types of blood vessels, surgeons can sterically check …

We propose a surgical navigation system aimed at conducting Depth–Depth Matching
(DDM) between virtual and real organ images. The depth image of virtual organs modeled …

Recently, we have observed that the digital potential function defined by the difference
between the real and virtual organ depth images is globally stable where the real and virtual …

Human-Computer Interaction is a Thematic Area of the International Conference on Human-
Computer Interaction (HCII). The HCI field is today undergoing a wave of significant …

In this study, we propose a smart transcription algorithm for translation and/or rotation
motions. This algorithm has two phases: calculating the differences between real and virtual …

As we have been developing a liver surgical navigation system that uses a scanned 3D liver
model of the patient, we have pointed the necessity of the efficient posture estimation from …

We have developed some liver posture estimation methods for achieving a liver surgical
navigation system that can support surgeons who needs to know very precise information …