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International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery

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01-01-2017 | Original Article

Shared control of a medical robot with haptic guidance

Authors: Linfei Xiong, Chin Boon Chng, Chee Kong Chui, Peiwu Yu, Yao Li

Published in: International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery | Issue 1/2017

Abstract

Purpose

Tele-operation of robotic surgery reduces the radiation exposure during the interventional radiological operations. However, endoscope vision without force feedback on the surgical tool increases the difficulty for precise manipulation and the risk of tissue damage. The shared control of vision and force provides a novel approach of enhanced control with haptic guidance, which could lead to subtle dexterity and better maneuvrability during MIS surgery.

Methods

The paper provides an innovative shared control method for robotic minimally invasive surgery system, in which vision and haptic feedback are incorporated to provide guidance cues to the clinician during surgery. The incremental potential field (IPF) method is utilized to generate a guidance path based on the anatomy of tissue and surgical tool interaction. Haptic guidance is provided at the master end to assist the clinician during tele-operative surgical robotic task.

Results

The approach has been validated with path following and virtual tumor targeting experiments. The experiment results demonstrate that comparing with vision only guidance, the shared control with vision and haptics improved the accuracy and efficiency of surgical robotic manipulation, where the tool-position error distance and execution time are reduced.

Conclusions

The validation experiment demonstrates that the shared control approach could help the surgical robot system provide stable assistance and precise performance to execute the designated surgical task. The methodology could also be implemented with other surgical robot with different surgical tools and applications.

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Title: Shared control of a medical robot with haptic guidance
Authors: Linfei Xiong
Chin Boon Chng
Chee Kong Chui
Peiwu Yu
Yao Li
Publication date: 01-01-2017
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published in: International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery / Issue 1/2017
Print ISSN: 1861-6410
Electronic ISSN: 1861-6429
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11548-016-1425-0

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Shared control of a medical robot with haptic guidance

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