Open AccessAUTOMATIC MICROINJECTION SYSTEM USING STEREOSCOPIC MICROSCOPE
Author(s) -
Junko Sakiyama,
Hideki Yamamoto
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
computing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.184
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 2312-5381
pISSN - 1727-6209
DOI - 10.47839/ijc.1.1.72
Subject(s) - micromanipulator , microinjection , computer vision , artificial intelligence , head (geology) , computer science , stereoscopy , microscope , position (finance) , anatomy , biomedical engineering , optics , geology , engineering , physics , medicine , finance , geomorphology , economics , endocrinology
In this paper, we describe a visual feedback system using a stereoscopic microscope that controls a micromanipulator so that a needle head may pierce a target as much length as desired. At first, we developed an image processing algorithm for the tip of needle head to touch the target. Secondarily, we developed an algorithm for prediction of the tip position of the needle head within the target. By performing a preoperation, the shape of the needle head is preserved as a reference pattern. When the needle head piercing the target, the shape of the needle head within the target is predicted by pattern matching. Thus, we developed a microinjection system that axially pierces the target. Experimental results show that the proposed system may be useful in micromanipulation such as microinjection to brain areas in neuroanatomy.