TY - GEN
T1 - A flat-panel ultrasound robot to align an abdominal ultrasound probe during laparoscopic partial nephrectomy
AU - Gumprecht, Jan D.J.
AU - Geiger, Florian B.
AU - Lueth, Tim C.
AU - Stolzenburg, Jens Uwe
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - There were over 28.000 kidney tumor incidences in Germany in 2010. Minimally invasive (laparoscopic) removal of these tumors has become more and more popular. Intraoperative imaging during these procedures is mainly performed with videolaparoscopes. However, they provide only superficial images of the operating field increasing the challenge to remove the tumor. Conventional sonographic approaches may overcome this problem but require an additional assistant to guide the probe. To eliminate the need for an additional assistant, we developed a new robot with four degrees of freedom to motorize a sonographic probe. The robot can be installed in the operating room table and is directly controlled by the surgeon with telemanipulation. In experiments we showed that the accuracy of the kinematic is above the resolution of the sonographic probe.
AB - There were over 28.000 kidney tumor incidences in Germany in 2010. Minimally invasive (laparoscopic) removal of these tumors has become more and more popular. Intraoperative imaging during these procedures is mainly performed with videolaparoscopes. However, they provide only superficial images of the operating field increasing the challenge to remove the tumor. Conventional sonographic approaches may overcome this problem but require an additional assistant to guide the probe. To eliminate the need for an additional assistant, we developed a new robot with four degrees of freedom to motorize a sonographic probe. The robot can be installed in the operating room table and is directly controlled by the surgeon with telemanipulation. In experiments we showed that the accuracy of the kinematic is above the resolution of the sonographic probe.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84887275959&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1115/IMECE2012-87280
DO - 10.1115/IMECE2012-87280
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84887275959
SN - 9780791845189
T3 - ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)
SP - 83
EP - 92
BT - ASME 2012 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2012
T2 - ASME 2012 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2012
Y2 - 9 November 2012 through 15 November 2012
ER -