This tutorial reviews image alignment and image stitching algorithms. Image alignment
algorithms can discover the correspondence relationships among images with varying …

Humans perceive the three-dimensional structure of the world with apparent ease. However,
despite all of the recent advances in computer vision research, the dream of having a …

An endoscope captures images of a Surgical site for display in a viewing area of a monitor.
When a tool is outside the viewing area, a GUI indicates the position of the tool by …

In one embodiment of the invention, a method for a mini mally invasive surgical system is
disclosed. The method includes capturing and displaying camera images of a sur gical site …

A medical robotic system includes articulated instruments extending out of a distal end of an
entry guide. Prior to pivoting the entry guide to re-orient it and the instruments, the …

Many applications require tracking of complex 3D objects. These include visual servoing of
robotic arms on specific target objects, Augmented Reality systems that require real-time …

We describe a learning-based method for recovering 3D human body pose from single
images and monocular image sequences. Our approach requires neither an explicit body …

In a coupled control mode, the Surgeon directly controls movement of an associated slave
manipulator with an input device while indirectly controlling movement of one or more non …

(57) ABSTRACT A medical robotic system includes an entry guide with surgical tools and a
camera extending out of its distal end. To supplement the view provided by an image …

We propose an efficient real-time solution for tracking rigid objects in 3D using a single
camera that can handle large camera displacements, drastic aspect changes, and partial …