Recent technological developments have resulted in the availability of miniaturised spectral
imaging sensors capable of operating in the multi-(MSI) and hyperspectral imaging (HSI) …

As computer vision algorithms increase in capability, their applications in clinical systems
will become more pervasive. These applications include: diagnostics, such as colonoscopy …

Real-time simultaneous localization and dense map** is very helpful for providing virtual
reality and augmented reality for surgeons or even surgical robots. In this letter, we propose …

In minimal invasive surgery, it is important to rebuild and visualize the latest deformed shape
of soft-tissue surfaces to mitigate tissue damages. This letter proposes an innovative …

Intraoperative segmentation and tracking of minimally invasive instruments is a prerequisite
for computer-and robotic-assisted surgery. Since additional hardware like tracking systems …

Conventional SLAM techniques strongly rely on scene rigidity to solve data association,
ignoring dynamic parts of the scene. In this work we present Semi-Direct DefSLAM (SD …

The Siamese network method is widely applied in the field of object tracking. The
transformer-based tracker achieves state-of-the-art tracking results. However, these methods …

Intraoperative monitoring of tissue oxygen saturation (StO2) has potentially important
applications in procedures such as organ transplantation or colorectal surgery, where …

Image-guided surgery has been proven to enhance the accuracy and safety of minimally
invasive surgery (MIS). Nonrigid deformation tracking of soft tissue is one of the main …

Surgical guidance and decision making could be improved with accurate and real-time
measurement of intra-operative data including shape and spectral information of the tissue …