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Visual servoing in medical robotics: a survey. Part II: tomographic imaging modalities – techniques and applications
Author(s) -
Azizian Mahdi,
Najmaei Nima,
Khoshnam Mahta,
Patel Rajni
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the international journal of medical robotics and computer assisted surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.556
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1478-596X
pISSN - 1478-5951
DOI - 10.1002/rcs.1575
Subject(s) - visual servoing , artificial intelligence , modality (human–computer interaction) , computer vision , computer science , robotics , visualization , medical imaging , modalities , computed tomographic , tomographic reconstruction , medical physics , radiology , medicine , robot , iterative reconstruction , computed tomography , social science , sociology
Background Intraoperative application of tomographic imaging techniques provides a means of visual servoing for objects beneath the surface of organs. Methods The focus of this survey is on therapeutic and diagnostic medical applications where tomographic imaging is used in visual servoing. To this end, a comprehensive search of the electronic databases was completed for the period 2000–2013. Results Existing techniques and products are categorized and studied, based on the imaging modality and their medical applications. This part complements Part I of the survey, which covers visual servoing techniques using endoscopic imaging and direct vision. Conclusion The main challenges in using visual servoing based on tomographic images have been identified. ‘Supervised automation of medical robotics’ is found to be a major trend in this field and ultrasound is the most commonly used tomographic modality for visual servoing. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.