title: Laser-pointing endoscope system for natural 3D interface between robotic equipments and surgeons.
abstract: Precise measurements of reference points would be mandatory of robotic equipments would be introduced in operation rooms. We develop a real-time laser-pointing endoscope using an optical galvano scanner and a 955fps high-speed camera. This system provides the scanned 3D image of the liver under the endoscopic surgery and a touch screen interface so that surgeons can intuitively indicate points of interest with precise 3D position. Some results of in-vivo experiments on a liver of pig are shown to verify the effectiveness of the proposed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechano-Informatics, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyoku, Tokyo 113-8656 Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hayashibe
mesh_terms: D019723:Endoscopes; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D007834:Lasers; D012371:Robotics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014584:User-Computer Interface