5 accepted papers
In spinal surgery, ensuring surgical precision and safety is paramount. Traditionally, surgeons have relied on their experience to determine when to cease milling as the cutter approaches the spinal cord; However, improper technique during this process can lead to complications, such as vertebral pl
To optimize the cutting depth in robotic-assisted laminectomy, we present a real-time method to adjust the preoperatively planned feed rate in the depth direction of the robot cutting trajectory. Not only the linearity between the harmonic amplitude of the milling acoustic signal and the cutting dep…
Surgical navigation is challenging on complicated multi-branch structures such as intrarenal collecting systems or bronchi. The objective of this work is to help surgeons quickly establish the corresponding relationship between intraoperative endoscopic images and preoperative CT data. An endoscopic…
Bone milling is widely used in many hard tissue surgical procedures, and the main concern is the mechanical damage to some important tissues induced by the high-speed rotating tool. In this study, the behavior of the human auditory system is analyzed. Following this, a commercially available microph…
One of the major challenge in spine surgery is successfully cutting the desired bony structure while avoiding injury to the vital anatomy such as the spinal cord. This paper presents a vibration signal processing method to discriminate different types of tissue in robot-assisted spine surgery. Durin…