ArticleInternational journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery2024
Beyond the manual touch: situational-aware force control for increased safety in robot-assisted skullbase surgery.
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- Robotic-Assisted Surgery in Skull-Base Procedures: Advances, Applications, and Emerging Innovations.International archives of otorhinolaryngology · 2026Article
- A scoping review of human digital twins in healthcare applications and usage patterns.NPJ digital medicine · 2025Article
- A cooperatively controlled robotic system with active constraints for enhancing efficacy in bilateral sagittal split osteotomy.International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery · 2025Article
- ENTRI: Enhanced Navigational Toolkit for Robotic Interventions.IEEE transactions on medical robotics and bionics · 2024Article
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Abstract
purposeSkullbase surgery demands exceptional precision when removing bone in the lateral skull base. Robotic assistance can alleviate the effect of human sensory-motor limitations. However, the stiffness and inertia of the robot can significantly impact the surgeon's perception and control of the tool-to-tissue interaction forces.
methodsWe present a situational-aware, force control technique aimed at regulating interaction forces during robot-assisted skullbase drilling. The contextual interaction information derived from the digital twin environment is used to enhance sensory perception and suppress undesired high forces.
resultsTo validate our approach, we conducted initial feasibility experiments involving a medical and two engineering students. The experiment focused on further drilling around critical structures following cortical mastoidectomy. The experiment results demonstrate that robotic assistance coupled with our proposed control scheme effectively limited undesired interaction forces when compared to robotic assistance without the proposed force control.
conclusionsThe proposed force control techniques show promise in significantly reducing undesired interaction forces during robot-assisted skullbase surgery. These findings contribute to the ongoing efforts to enhance surgical precision and safety in complex procedures involving the lateral skull base.
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