Frontiers of medical robotics: from concept to systems to clinical translation

J Troccaz, G Dagnino, GZ Yang - Annual review of biomedical …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Medical robotics is poised to transform all aspects of medicine—from surgical intervention to
targeted therapy, rehabilitation, and hospital automation. A key area is the development of …

Evolution and current applications of robot-assisted fracture reduction: a comprehensive review

JX Zhao, C Li, H Ren, M Hao, LC Zhang… - Annals of biomedical …, 2020 - Springer
Robots in orthopedic surgery have been developed rapidly for decades and bring significant
benefits to the patients and healthcare providers. However, robotics in fracture reduction …

When the end effector is a laser: A review of robotics in laser surgery

HC Lee, NE Pacheco, L Fichera… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Combining laser technology with robotic precision and accuracy promises to introduce
significant advances in minimally invasive surgical interventions. Lasers have already …

Preclinical performance evaluation of a robotic endoscope for non-contact laser surgery

D Kundrat, R Graesslin, A Schoob, DT Friedrich… - Annals of Biomedical …, 2021 - Springer
Despite great efforts, transoral robotic laser surgery has not been established clinically.
Patient benefits are yet to be proven to accept shortcomings of robotic systems. In particular …

In-vivo validation of a novel robotic platform for endovascular intervention

G Dagnino, D Kundrat, TMY Kwok… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Objective: In-vivo validation on animal setting of a pneumatically propelled robot for
endovascular intervention, to determine safety and clinical advantage of robotic …

Toward assistive technologies for focus adjustment in teleoperated robotic non-contact laser surgery

D Kundrat, A Schoob, T Piskon… - … on medical robotics …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the last decade, focused laser radiation has become an alternative instrumentation for soft
tissue surgery due to precise ablation with simultaneous coagulation. However, adjustment …

Vision-based real-time position control of a semi-automated system for robot-assisted joint fracture surgery

G Dagnino, I Georgilas, P Tarassoli, R Atkins… - International journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Purpose Joint fracture surgery quality can be improved by robotic system with high-accuracy
and high-repeatability fracture fragment manipulation. A new real-time vision-based system …

Intra-operative fiducial-based CT/fluoroscope image registration framework for image-guided robot-assisted joint fracture surgery

G Dagnino, I Georgilas, S Morad, P Gibbons… - International journal of …, 2017 - Springer
Purpose Joint fractures must be accurately reduced minimising soft tissue damages to avoid
negative surgical outcomes. To this regard, we have developed the RAFS surgical system …

Image-based robotic system for enhanced minimally invasive intra-articular fracture surgeries

G Dagnino, I Georgilas, P Köhler… - … on Robotics and …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Robotic assistance can bring significant improvements to orthopedic fracture surgery:
facilitate more accurate fracture fragment repositioning without open access and obviate …

[HTML][HTML] Stereo vision-based tracking of soft tissue motion with application to online ablation control in laser microsurgery

A Schoob, D Kundrat, LA Kahrs, T Ortmaier - Medical image analysis, 2017 - Elsevier
Recent research has revealed that image-based methods can enhance accuracy and safety
in laser microsurgery. In this study, non-rigid tracking using surgical stereo imaging and its …