@inproceedings{753b95791e12427a807465ed35c65754,
title = "Virtual Fixtures for Robotic Cardiac Surgery",
abstract = "We are developing virtual fixtures for the internal mammary artery (IMA) harvest portion of robot-assisted coronary artery bypass graft procedures. A preoperative CT scan will be processed to define the location of the IMA. In surgery, the patient.s anatomy will be registered to the image data, then a virtual fixture will constrain the instrument.s motions, as commanded by the surgeon, to appropriate paths adjacent to the artery. As a preliminary test, a virtual wall is implemented on a commercial surgical robot system. Results from a dissection task show that execution is faster and more precise than with conventional freehand techniques.",
author = "Shinsuk Park and Howe, {Robert D.} and Torchiana, {David F.}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2001.; 4th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2001 ; Conference date: 14-10-2001 Through 17-10-2001",
year = "2001",
doi = "10.1007/3-540-45468-3_252",
language = "English",
isbn = "3540426973",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
pages = "1419--1420",
editor = "Niessen, {Wiro J.} and Viergever, {Max A.}",
booktitle = "Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention - MICCAI 2001 - 4th International Conference, Proceedings",
}