Ebook: Surgical Robotics: Systems Applications and Visions

Surgical robotics is a rapidly evolving field. With roots in academic research, surgical robotic systems are now clinically used across a wide spectrum of surgical procedures. Surgical Robotics: Systems Applications and Visions provides a comprehensive view of the field both from the research and clinical perspectives. This volume takes a look at surgical robotics from four different perspectives, addressing vision, systems, engineering development and clinical applications of these technologies. The book also: -Discusses specific surgical applications of robotics that have already been deployed in operating rooms -Covers specific engineering breakthroughs that have occurred in surgical robotics -Details surgical robotic applications in specific disciplines of surgery including orthopedics, urology, cardiac surgery, neurosurgery, ophthalmology, pediatric surgery and general surgery Surgical Robotics: Systems Applications and Visions is an ideal volume for researchers and engineers working in biomedical engineering.

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Surgical robotics is a rapidly evolving field. With roots in academic research, surgical robotic systems are now clinically used across a wide spectrum of surgical procedures. Surgical Robotics: Systems Applications and Visions provides a comprehensive view of the field both from the research and clinical perspectives. This volume takes a look at surgical robotics from four different perspectives, addressing vision, systems, engineering development and clinical applications of these technologies. The book also: -Discusses specific surgical applications of robotics that have already been deployed in operating rooms -Covers specific engineering breakthroughs that have occurred in surgical robotics -Details surgical robotic applications in specific disciplines of surgery including orthopedics, urology, cardiac surgery, neurosurgery, ophthalmology, pediatric surgery and general surgery Surgical Robotics: Systems Applications and Visions is an ideal volume for researchers and engineers working in biomedical engineering.

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Surgical robotics is a rapidly evolving field. With roots in academic research, surgical robotic systems are now clinically used across a wide spectrum of surgical procedures. Surgical Robotics: Systems Applications and Visions provides a comprehensive view of the field both from the research and clinical perspectives. This volume takes a look at surgical robotics from four different perspectives, addressing vision, systems, engineering development and clinical applications of these technologies. The book also: -Discusses specific surgical applications of robotics that have already been deployed in operating rooms -Covers specific engineering breakthroughs that have occurred in surgical robotics -Details surgical robotic applications in specific disciplines of surgery including orthopedics, urology, cardiac surgery, neurosurgery, ophthalmology, pediatric surgery and general surgery Surgical Robotics: Systems Applications and Visions is an ideal volume for researchers and engineers working in biomedical engineering.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Future Directions in Robotic Surgery....Pages 3-11
Military Robotic Combat Casualty Extraction and Care....Pages 13-32
Telemedicine for the Battlefield: Present and Future Technologies....Pages 33-68
Overcoming Barriers to Wider Adoption of Mobile Telerobotic Surgery: Engineering, Clinical and Business Challenges....Pages 69-102
Front Matter....Pages 103-103
Accurate Positioning for Intervention on the Beating Heart Using a Crawling Robot....Pages 105-121
Miniature In Vivo Robots for NOTES....Pages 123-138
A Compact, Simple, and Robust Teleoperated Robotic Surgery System....Pages 139-158
Raven: Developing a Surgical Robot from a Concept to a Transatlantic Teleoperation Experiment....Pages 159-197
The da Vinci Surgical System....Pages 199-217
RIO: Robotic-Arm Interactive Orthopedic System MAKOplasty: User Interactive Haptic Orthopedic Robotics....Pages 219-246
Robotic Surgery: Enabling Technology?....Pages 247-255
Enabling Medical Robotics for the Next Generation of Minimally Invasive Procedures: Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery with Single Port Access....Pages 257-270
Wireless Intraocular Microrobots: Opportunities and Challenges....Pages 271-311
Single and Multiple Robotic Capsules for Endoluminal Diagnosis and Surgery....Pages 313-354
Visual Guidance of an Active Handheld Microsurgical Tool....Pages 355-368
Swimming Micro Robots for Medical Applications....Pages 369-395
Flagellated Bacterial Nanorobots for Medical Interventions in the Human Body....Pages 397-416
Front Matter....Pages 417-417
Force Feedback and Sensory Substitution for Robot-Assisted Surgery....Pages 419-448
Tactile Feedback in Surgical Robotics....Pages 449-468
Robotic Techniques for Minimally Invasive Tumor Localization....Pages 469-496
Front Matter....Pages 417-417
Motion Tracking for Beating Heart Surgery....Pages 497-524
Towards the Development of a Robotic System for Beating Heart Surgery....Pages 525-556
Robotic Needle Steering: Design, Modeling, Planning, and Image Guidance....Pages 557-582
Macro and Micro Soft-Tissue Biomechanics and Tissue Damage: Application in Surgical Robotics....Pages 583-618
Objective Assessment of Surgical Skills....Pages 619-649
Front Matter....Pages 651-651
Telesurgery: Translation Technology to Clinical Practice....Pages 653-660
History of Robots in Orthopedics....Pages 661-677
Robotic-Assisted Urologic Applications....Pages 679-700
Applications of Surgical Robotics in Cardiac Surgery....Pages 701-722
Robotics in Neurosurgery....Pages 723-742
Applications of Surgical Robotics in Pediatric General Surgery....Pages 743-759
Applications of Surgical Robotics in Gynecologic Surgery....Pages 761-789
Applications of Surgical Robotics in General Surgery....Pages 791-812
Back Matter....Pages 813-819

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Surgical robotics is a rapidly evolving field. With roots in academic research, surgical robotic systems are now clinically used across a wide spectrum of surgical procedures. Surgical Robotics: Systems Applications and Visions provides a comprehensive view of the field both from the research and clinical perspectives. This volume takes a look at surgical robotics from four different perspectives, addressing vision, systems, engineering development and clinical applications of these technologies. The book also: -Discusses specific surgical applications of robotics that have already been deployed in operating rooms -Covers specific engineering breakthroughs that have occurred in surgical robotics -Details surgical robotic applications in specific disciplines of surgery including orthopedics, urology, cardiac surgery, neurosurgery, ophthalmology, pediatric surgery and general surgery Surgical Robotics: Systems Applications and Visions is an ideal volume for researchers and engineers working in biomedical engineering.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Future Directions in Robotic Surgery....Pages 3-11
Military Robotic Combat Casualty Extraction and Care....Pages 13-32
Telemedicine for the Battlefield: Present and Future Technologies....Pages 33-68
Overcoming Barriers to Wider Adoption of Mobile Telerobotic Surgery: Engineering, Clinical and Business Challenges....Pages 69-102
Front Matter....Pages 103-103
Accurate Positioning for Intervention on the Beating Heart Using a Crawling Robot....Pages 105-121
Miniature In Vivo Robots for NOTES....Pages 123-138
A Compact, Simple, and Robust Teleoperated Robotic Surgery System....Pages 139-158
Raven: Developing a Surgical Robot from a Concept to a Transatlantic Teleoperation Experiment....Pages 159-197
The da Vinci Surgical System....Pages 199-217
RIO: Robotic-Arm Interactive Orthopedic System MAKOplasty: User Interactive Haptic Orthopedic Robotics....Pages 219-246
Robotic Surgery: Enabling Technology?....Pages 247-255
Enabling Medical Robotics for the Next Generation of Minimally Invasive Procedures: Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery with Single Port Access....Pages 257-270
Wireless Intraocular Microrobots: Opportunities and Challenges....Pages 271-311
Single and Multiple Robotic Capsules for Endoluminal Diagnosis and Surgery....Pages 313-354
Visual Guidance of an Active Handheld Microsurgical Tool....Pages 355-368
Swimming Micro Robots for Medical Applications....Pages 369-395
Flagellated Bacterial Nanorobots for Medical Interventions in the Human Body....Pages 397-416
Front Matter....Pages 417-417
Force Feedback and Sensory Substitution for Robot-Assisted Surgery....Pages 419-448
Tactile Feedback in Surgical Robotics....Pages 449-468
Robotic Techniques for Minimally Invasive Tumor Localization....Pages 469-496
Front Matter....Pages 417-417
Motion Tracking for Beating Heart Surgery....Pages 497-524
Towards the Development of a Robotic System for Beating Heart Surgery....Pages 525-556
Robotic Needle Steering: Design, Modeling, Planning, and Image Guidance....Pages 557-582
Macro and Micro Soft-Tissue Biomechanics and Tissue Damage: Application in Surgical Robotics....Pages 583-618
Objective Assessment of Surgical Skills....Pages 619-649
Front Matter....Pages 651-651
Telesurgery: Translation Technology to Clinical Practice....Pages 653-660
History of Robots in Orthopedics....Pages 661-677
Robotic-Assisted Urologic Applications....Pages 679-700
Applications of Surgical Robotics in Cardiac Surgery....Pages 701-722
Robotics in Neurosurgery....Pages 723-742
Applications of Surgical Robotics in Pediatric General Surgery....Pages 743-759
Applications of Surgical Robotics in Gynecologic Surgery....Pages 761-789
Applications of Surgical Robotics in General Surgery....Pages 791-812
Back Matter....Pages 813-819
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