Semi-autonomous electrosurgery for tumor resection using a multi-degree of freedom electrosurgical tool and visual servoing
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
12-13-2017
Journal
IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
Volume
2017-September
DOI
10.1109/IROS.2017.8206210
Abstract
© 2017 IEEE. This paper specifies a surgical robot performing semi-autonomous electrosurgery for tumor resection and evaluates its accuracy using a visual servoing paradigm. We describe the design and integration of a novel, multi-degree of freedom electrosurgical tool for the smart tissue autonomous robot (STAR). Standardized line tests are executed to determine ideal cut parameters in three different types of porcine tissue. STAR is then programmed with the ideal cut setting for porcine tissue and compared against expert surgeons using open and laparoscopic techniques in a line cutting task. We conclude with a proof of concept demonstration using STAR to semi-autonomously resect pseudo-tumors in porcine tissue using visual servoing. When tasked to excise tumors with a consistent 4mm margin, STAR can semi-autonomously dissect tissue with an average margin of 3.67 mm and a standard deviation of 0.89mm.
APA Citation
Opfermann, J., Leonard, S., Decker, R., Uebele, N., Bayne, C., Joshi, A., & Krieger, A. (2017). Semi-autonomous electrosurgery for tumor resection using a multi-degree of freedom electrosurgical tool and visual servoing. IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2017-September (). http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2017.8206210