Title :
Automatic guidance of an assistant robot in laparoscopic surgery
Author :
Casals, A. ; Amat, J. ; Laporte, E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Autom. Control, Univ. Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Abstract :
A robotic arm which automatically guides the camera in the laparoscopic surgery is presented. The goal of this work is to generate adequate camera control strategies to track the working scene during a surgical procedure. The system is based on the computer vision analysis of the laparoscopic image that allows the surgeon to identify the scene´s relevant point from the surgical instruments
Keywords :
computer vision; position control; robots; surgery; video cameras; assistant robot; automatic guidance; computer vision; laparoscopic surgery; position control; surgical instruments; Automatic generation control; Cameras; Computer vision; Image analysis; Laparoscopes; Layout; Minimally invasive surgery; Robot vision systems; Robotics and automation; Surges;
Conference_Titel :
Robotics and Automation, 1996. Proceedings., 1996 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Minneapolis, MN
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2988-0
DOI :
10.1109/ROBOT.1996.503886
