In robotic-assisted partial nephrectomy, surgeons remove a part of a kidney often due to the presence of a mass. A drop-in ultrasound probe paired to a surgical robot is deployed to execute multiple swipes over the kidney surface to localise the mass and define the margins of resection. This sub-task is challenging and must be performed by a highly-skilled surgeon. Automating this sub-task may reduce cognitive load for the surgeon and improve patient outcomes. The eventual goal of this work is to autonomously move the ultrasound probe on the surface of the kidney taking advantage of the use of the Pneumatically Attachable Flexible (PAF) rail system, a soft robotic device used for organ scanning and repositioning. First, we integrate a shape-sensing optical fibre into the PAF rail system to evaluate the curvature of target organs in robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery. Then, we investigate the impact of the PAF rail’s material stiffness on the curvature sensing accuracy, considering that soft targets are present in the surgical field. We found overall curvature sensing accuracy to be between 1.44% and 7.27% over the range of curvatures present in adult kidneys. Finally, we use shape sensing to plan the trajectory of the da Vinci surgical robot paired with a drop-in ultrasound probe and autonomously generate an Ultrasound scan of a kidney phantom.


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    Titel :

    Organ curvature sensing using pneumatically attachable flexible rails in robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery


    Beteiligte:
    McDonald-Bowyer, A (Autor:in) / Dietsch, S (Autor:in) / Dimitrakakis, E (Autor:in) / Coote, JM (Autor:in) / Lindenroth, L (Autor:in) / Stoyanov, D (Autor:in) / Stilli, A (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2023-01-01


    Anmerkungen:

    Frontiers in Robotics and AI , 9 , Article 1099275. (2023)


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch



    Klassifikation :

    DDC:    629



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