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ReviewFrontiers of medicine2020

State-of-the-art of intelligent minimally invasive surgical robots.

Masakatsu G Fujie, Bo Zhang

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Review in Frontiers of medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Semi-automatic puncture robotic system based on real-time multi-modal image fusion: preclinical evaluation.International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery · 2025
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  2. Review
  3. Semi-automatic robotic puncture system based on deformable soft tissue point cloud registration.International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery · 2025
    Article
  4. EVALUATION OF NEEDLE DRIVER DESIGNS FOR ROBOT-ASSISTED NEEDLE INSERTIONS UNDER MRI GUIDANCE.International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition : [proceedings]. International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition
    Article
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Masakatsu G FujieFuture Robotics Organization, Waseda University, Tokyo, 1620044, Japan.
Bo ZhangFuture Robotics Organization, Waseda University, Tokyo, 1620044, Japan. zhangbo1982@aoni.waseda.jp.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A number of developed countries are rapidly turning into super-aged societies. Consequently, the demand for reduced surgical invasiveness and enhanced efficiency in the medical field has increased due to the need to reduce the physical burden on older patients and shorten their recovery period. Intelligent surgical robot systems offer high precision, high safety, and reduced invasiveness. This paper presents a review of current intelligent surgical robot systems. The history of robots and three types of intelligent surgical robots are discussed. The problems with current surgical robot systems are then analyzed. Several aspects that should be considered in designing new surgical systems are discussed in detail. The paper ends with a summary of the work and a discussion of future prospects for surgical robot development.

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RoboticsAgedHumansMinimally Invasive Surgical Proceduresmedical robotorgan modelradiofrequency ablationrobot historysurgical robot

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