Shape sensing techniques for continuum robots in minimally invasive surgery: A survey

C Shi, X Luo, P Qi, T Li, S Song… - IEEE Transactions …, 2016‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Continuum robots provide inherent structural compliance with high dexterity to access the
surgical target sites along tortuous anatomical paths under constrained environments and …

Augmented reality in surgical navigation: a review of evaluation and validation metrics

S Malhotra, O Halabi, SP Dakua, J Padhan, S Paul… - Applied Sciences, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Pre-operative imaging has been used earlier to guide traditional surgical navigation
systems. There has been a lot of effort in the last decade to integrate augmented reality into …

Extended reality “X-reality” for prosthesis training of upper-limb amputees: a review on current and future clinical potential

A Gaballa, RS Cavalcante, E Lamounier… - … on Neural Systems …, 2022‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The rejection rates of upper-limb prosthetic devices in adults are high, currently averaging
26% and 23% for body-powered and electric devices, respectively. While many factors …

Collaborative virtual reality for laparoscopic liver surgery training

V Chheang, P Saalfeld, T Huber… - … and virtual reality …, 2019‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Virtual reality (VR) has been used in many medical training systems for surgical procedures.
However, the current systems are limited due to inadequate interactions, restricted …

A mixed-reality system for breast surgical planning

SL Perkins, MA Lin, S Srinivasan… - … symposium on mixed …, 2017‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
One quarter of women who undergo breast lumpectomy to treat early-stage breast cancer in
the United States undergo a repeat surgery due to concerns that residual tumor was left …

Optimization of cloud task processing with checkpoint-restart mechanism

S Di, Y Robert, F Vivien, D Kondo, CL Wang… - Proceedings of the …, 2013‏ - dl.acm.org
In this paper, we aim at optimizing fault-tolerance techniques based on a
checkpointing/restart mechanism, in the context of cloud computing. Our contribution is three …

Three-dimensional intravascular reconstruction techniques based on intravascular ultrasound: A technical review

C Shi, X Luo, J Guo, Z Najdovski… - IEEE journal of …, 2017‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) imaging provides two-dimensional (2-D) real-time luminal
and transmural cross-sectional images of intravascular vessels with detailed pathological …

Head-mounted display-based augmented reality for image-guided media delivery to the heart: a preliminary investigation of perceptual accuracy

M Doughty, NR Ghugre - Journal of Imaging, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
By aligning virtual augmentations with real objects, optical see-through head-mounted
display (OST-HMD)-based augmented reality (AR) can enhance user-task performance. Our …

A deep learning harmonization of multi-vendor MRI for robust intervertebral disc segmentation

C Kim, SM Park, S Lee, D Lee - IEEE Access, 2024‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provides enhanced soft tissue contrast and high spatial
resolution. However, the relationship between intensity values among soft tissues in MRI is …

Merging virtual and physical experiences: extended realities in cardiovascular medicine

TY Tsai, Y Onuma, A Złahoda-Huzior… - European Heart …, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
Technological advancement and the COVID-19 pandemic have brought virtual learning and
working into our daily lives. Extended realities (XR), an umbrella term for all the immersive …