Real-Time Visual Tracking of the Surgeon's Face for Laparoscopic Surgery

Authors:
Atsushi Nishikawa;Toshinori Hosoi;Kengo Koara;Daiji Negoro;Ayae Hikita;Shuichi Asano;Fumio Miyazaki;Mitsugu Sekimoto;Yasuhiro Miyake;Masayoshi Yasui;Morito Monden
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Venue:
MICCAI '01 Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention
Year:
2001

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Abstract

We have developed an image-based human-machine interface that tracks the surgeon's face robustly in real-time(30Hz) and does not require to use any body-contacted sensing devices. Based on this face tracker we have developed a new robotic laparoscope positioning system for solo surgery. Our system completely frees the surgeon's hands and feet from the laparoscope guiding task. To evaluate the performance of the proposed system and its applicability to clinical use, an in vivo experiment was carried out in which a surgeon used the system to perform a laparoscopic cholecystectomy on a pig.