Massimiliano Filipozzi
Development of a novel angular sensor for medical tracking systems.
Rel. Marco Knaflitz. Politecnico di Torino, Master of science program in Mechatronic Engineering, 2019
Abstract
Minimally Invasive Surgery procedures, which were, in the past, usually performed via manual intervention of human beings, are nowadays more often supported by robotic system, enabling to overcome the limitations that surgeons can encounter. Since the safety of these types of procedures strongly depends on their achievable precision, the sensors responsible for the tracking of the robotic system are required to be highly accurate and reliable. The MIRACLE (Minimally Invasive Robot-Assisted Computer-guided LaserosteotomE) project, which is conducted at the University of Basel, aims to develop a surgical platform including a robotic endoscope that allows contact-free bone surgery using laser light. Because state-of-the-art optical tracking systems require line-of-sight, these kinds of sensors are not a feasible option in the frame of the MIRACLE project.
For this reason, part of the research of MIRACLE is focused on the development of a new tracking concept to control the position and the orientation of the laser end effector as well as the entire shape of the endoscope, inside the patient's body
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