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Autonomous pick-and-place using the dVRK.

D'Ettorre, C; Stilli, A; Dwyer, G; Tran, M; Stoyanov, D; (2021) Autonomous pick-and-place using the dVRK. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery 10.1007/s11548-021-02397-y. (In press). Green open access

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Abstract

PURPOSE: Robotic-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN) is a tissue-preserving approach to treating renal cancer, where ultrasound (US) imaging is used for intra-operative identification of tumour margins and localisation of blood vessels. With the da Vinci Surgical System (Sunnyvale, CA), the US probe is inserted through an auxiliary access port, grasped by the robotic tool and moved over the surface of the kidney. Images from US probe are displayed separately to the surgical site video within the surgical console leaving the surgeon to interpret and co-registers information which is challenging and complicates the procedural workflow. METHODS: We introduce a novel software architecture to support a hardware soft robotic rail designed to automate intra-operative US acquisition. As a preliminary step towards complete task automation, we automatically grasp the rail and position it on the tissue surface so that the surgeon is then able to manipulate manually the US probe along it. RESULTS: A preliminary clinical study, involving five surgeons, was carried out to evaluate the potential performance of the system. Results indicate that the proposed semi-autonomous approach reduced the time needed to complete a US scan compared to manual tele-operation. CONCLUSION: Procedural automation can be an important workflow enhancement functionality in future robotic surgery systems. We have shown a preliminary study on semi-autonomous US imaging, and this could support more efficient data acquisition.

Type: Article
Title: Autonomous pick-and-place using the dVRK.
Location: Germany
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1007/s11548-021-02397-y
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11548-021-02397-y
Language: English
Additional information: This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made.
Keywords: Computer-assisted interventions, Motion planning, Robotic surgery, Surgical automation
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Surgery and Interventional Sci
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Surgery and Interventional Sci > Department of Surgical Biotechnology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Computer Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Med Phys and Biomedical Eng
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10128157
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