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ArticleProceedings of the ... IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Localization and Control of Magnetic Suture Needles in Cluttered Surgical Site with Blood and Tissue.

Will Pryor, Yotam Barnoy, Suraj Raval, Xiaolong Liu, Lamar Mair, Daniel Lerner, Onder Erin, Gregory D Hager, Yancy Diaz-Mercado, Axel Krieger

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Article in Proceedings of the ... IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Will Pryor *Department of Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21211 USA.
Yotam Barnoy *Department of Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21211 USA.
Suraj RavalDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 USA.
Xiaolong LiuDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21211 USA.
Lamar MairWeinberg Medical Physics, Inc., North Bethesda, MD 20852 USA.
Daniel LernerDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 USA.
Onder ErinDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21211 USA.
Gregory D HagerDepartment of Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21211 USA.
Yancy Diaz-MercadoDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 USA.
Axel KriegerDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21211 USA.
Johns Hopkins University · USUniversity of Maryland, College Park · USJohns Hopkins Medicine · USWeinberg Medical Physics (United States) · US

Funding

Next Generation of Surgical Imaging and Robotics for Supervised Autonomous Soft Tissue SurgeryR01EB020610 · NIBIB · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI HSIEH, MICHAEL HARRISON, KANG, JIN U · 2016 to 2019
$1.5M
NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB020610
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Real-time visual localization of needles is necessary for various surgical applications, including surgical automation and visual feedback. In this study we investigate localization and autonomous robotic control of needles in the context of our magneto-suturing system. Our system holds the potential for surgical manipulation with the benefit of minimal invasiveness and reduced patient side effects. However, the nonlinear magnetic fields produce unintuitive forces and demand delicate position-based control that exceeds the capabilities of direct human manipulation. This makes automatic needle localization a necessity. Our localization method combines neural network-based segmentation and classical techniques, and we are able to consistently locate our needle with 0.73 mm RMS error in clean environments and 2.72 mm RMS error in challenging environments with blood and occlusion. The average localization RMS error is 2.16 mm for all environments we used in the experiments. We combine this localization method with our closed-loop feedback control system to demonstrate the further applicability of localization to autonomous control. Our needle is able to follow a running suture path in (1) no blood, no tissue; (2) heavy blood, no tissue; (3) no blood, with tissue; and (4) heavy blood, with tissue environments. The tip position tracking error ranges from 2.6 mm to 3.7 mm RMS, opening the door towards autonomous suturing tasks.

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Autonomous ControlComputer Vision for Medical RoboticsImage SegmentationMagnetic ManipulationNeedle LocalizationSurgical RoboticsSuture Needle

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PMID35223133
PMCPMC8871455
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