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Spatially varying effects of predictors for the survival prediction of nonmetastatic colorectal Cancer

BMC Cancer, 2018
Background An increasing number of studies have identified spatial differences in colorectal cancer survival. However, little is known about the spatially varying effects of predictors in survival prediction modeling studies of colorectal cancer that ...
Yu Tian, Jun Li, Tianshu Zhou, Danyang Tong, Shengqiang Chi, Xiangxing Kong, Kefeng Ding, Jingsong Li   +7 more
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Application study of surgical instruments information management system in sports medicine specialty

Scientific Reports
The management of surgical instruments is related to the safety and efficiency of surgical operations, and a surgical instruments information management system (SIIMS) has been developed.
Jin Tang, Min Zhuang, Ping Lin, Zichen Wang, Jinzhong Zhao   +4 more
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Surface EMG-based Surgical Instrument Classification for Dynamic Activity Recognition in Surgical Workflows

Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering, 2019
We introduce a wearable-based recognition system for the classification of natural hand gestures during dynamic activities with surgical instruments.
Bieck Richard, Fuchs Reinhard, Neumuth Thomas   +2 more
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Robot Autonomy for Surgery

, 2017
Autonomous surgery involves having surgical tasks performed by a robot operating under its own will, with partial or no human involvement. There are several important advantages of automation in surgery, which include increasing precision of care due to ...
Das, Nikhil, Yip, Michael
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Intraoperative Surgical Navigation and Instrument Localization Using a Supervised Learning Transformer Network

IEEE Access
Accurate tracking of surgical instruments is critical for the effectiveness of computer-assisted interventions to enhance visual information and reduce tissue injury risks.
Junjun Huang, Tianran He, Juan Xu, Weiting Wu, Wei Wu   +4 more
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Real-time surgical instrument tracking in robot-assisted surgery using multi-domain convolutional neural network

Healthcare Technology Letters, 2019
Image-based surgical instrument tracking in robot-assisted surgery is an active and challenging research area. Having a real-time knowledge of surgical instrument location is an essential part of a computer-assisted intervention system.
Liang Qiu, Changsheng Li, Changsheng Li, Hongliang Ren   +3 more
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Fast and Reliable Autonomous Surgical Debridement with Cable-Driven Robots Using a Two-Phase Calibration Procedure

, 2018
Automating precision subtasks such as debridement (removing dead or diseased tissue fragments) with Robotic Surgical Assistants (RSAs) such as the da Vinci Research Kit (dVRK) is challenging due to inherent non-linearities in cable-driven systems.
Canny, John, Fox, Roy, Goldberg, Ken, Krishnan, Sanjay, McKinley, Stephen, Seita, Daniel   +5 more
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Surgical instrument counting: Current practice and staff perspectives on technological support

Human Factors in Healthcare
Background: Surgical instrument counting is a manual, attention-intensive task of the operating room (OR) nurse. Many labour-saving technologies have been proposed, but implementation remains challenging.
A.M. Kooijmans, L. de Rouw, M. van der Elst, J.J. van den Dobbelsteen   +3 more
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Providing adhesion for a miniture mobile intra-abdominal device based on biomimetic principles [PDF]

, 2009
This paper investigates the surface adhesion characteristics required for a miniature mobile device to move around the abdominal cavity. Such a device must be capable of adhering to the tissue lining and move freely across the upper surface of the ...
Gaskell, P.H., Jayne, D., Liskiewicz, T., Morina, A., Neville, A., Taylor, G.   +5 more
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Improve OR-schedule to reduce number of required beds [PDF]

, 2012
After surgery most of the surgical patients have to be admitted in a ward in the hospital. Due to financial reasons and an decreasing number of available nurses in the Netherlands over the years, it is important to reduce the bed usage as much as ...
Bosch, Joel M., Essen, J. Theresia van, Hans, Erwin W., Houdenhoven, Mark van, Hurink, Johann L.   +4 more
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