Catheter tracking has become an integral part of interventional radiology. Over the last
decades, researchers have significantly contributed to theoretical and technical catheter …

Surgical navigation technology provides minimally invasive surgery (MIS) with the relative
pose relationships amongst medical images, surgical instruments, and lesions. On the other …

Existing electronically integrated catheters rely on the manual assembly of separate
components to integrate sensing and actuation capabilities. This strongly impedes their …

Sensor miniaturization enables applications such as minimally invasive medical procedures
or patient monitoring by providing process feedback in situ. Ideally, miniature sensors …

Many clinical procedures would benefit from direct and intuitive real-time visualization of
anatomy, surgical plans, or other information crucial to the procedure. Three-dimensional …

Despite the substantial progress achieved in the development and integration of augmented
reality (AR) in surgical robotic and autonomous systems (RAS), the center of focus in most …

This paper presents the performance analysis of the system for real-time reconstruction of
the shape of the rigid medical needle used for minimally invasive surgeries. The system is …

With the continuous development of digital medicine, minimally invasive precision and
safety have become the primary development trends in hepatobiliary surgery. Due to the …

Scientists around the world have long aimed to produce miniature robots that can be
controlled inside the human body to aid doctors in identifying and treating diseases. Such …

In the field of computer-and robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery, enormous progress
has been made in recent years based on the recognition of surgical instruments in …