Abstract
Robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery has many advantages compared to conventional open surgery and also certain drawbacks: it causes less operative trauma and faster recovery times but does not allow for direct tumour palpation as is the case in open surgery. This article reviews state-of-the-art intra-operative tumour localisation methods used in robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery and in particular methods that employ force-based sensing, tactile-based sensing, and medical imaging techniques. The limitations and challenges of these methods are discussed and future research directions are proposed.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 509-522 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part H, Journal of Engineering in Medicine |
Volume | 228 |
Issue number | 5 |
Early online date | 7 May 2014 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - May 2014 |
Keywords
- Haptic feedback
- minimally invasive surgery
- palpation
- tumour localisation
- TISSUE ABNORMALITY IDENTIFICATION
- OF-THE-ART
- TACTILE DISPLAY
- REAL-TIME
- SURGICAL SIMULATION
- PALPATION
- FORCE
- FEEDBACK
- SYSTEM
- REGISTRATION