One of the main challenges for computer-assisted surgery (CAS) is to determine the intra-
operative morphology and motion of soft-tissues. This information is prerequisite to the …

Robotic surgery pushes the frontiers of innovation in healthcare technology towards
improved clinical outcomes. We discuss the evolution to five generations of robotic surgical …

Minimally invasive surgery, including laparoscopic and thoracoscopic procedures, benefits
patients in terms of improved postoperative outcomes and short recovery time. The …

Abstract The emergence of Minimal Access Surgery (MAS) as a paradigm in modern
healthcare treatment has created new challenges and opportunities for automated image …

Novel endoscopic biophotonic diagnostic technologies have the potential to non-invasively
detect the interior of a hollow organ or cavity of the human body with subcellular resolution …

With recent advances in biophotonics, techniques such as narrow band imaging, confocal
laser endomicroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy, and optical coherence tomography, can …

Augmented reality (AR) is an emerging technology with the potential to transform learning.
By digitally adding or removing information from the physical world, AR creates a sense that …

Gastric cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Early
diagnosis significantly increases the chances of survival; therefore, improved assisted …

Significance: Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) allows discrimination of tissue type. Its
application is limited by the inability to mark the scanned tissue and the lack of real-time …

Introduction: Natural orifices transluminal endoscopic surgery (notes) procedures are limited
by a number of factors including closure of the internal entry point, loss of triangulation, and …