Title :
Image analysis for automated tracking in robot-assisted endoscopic surgery
Author :
Lee, Cheolwhan ; Wang, Yuan-Fang ; Uecker, Darrin R. ; Wang, Yulun
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
This paper describes a practical and reliable image analysis and tracking algorithm to achieve automated instrument localization and scope manoeuvring in endoscopic surgery
Keywords :
surgery; automated instrument localization; automated tracking; image analysis; robot-assisted endoscopic surgery; scope manoeuvring; Automatic control; Endoscopes; Image analysis; Image motion analysis; Image sequence analysis; Image sequences; Robotics and automation; Surgery; Surges; Surgical instruments;
Conference_Titel :
Pattern Recognition, 1994. Vol. 1 - Conference A: Computer Vision & Image Processing., Proceedings of the 12th IAPR International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Jerusalem
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-6265-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICPR.1994.576232
