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A comprehensive multimodality heart motion prediction algorithm for robotic-assisted beating heart surgery
Saeed Mansouri1, Farzam Farahmand1,2, Gholamreza Vossoughi1
1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.
Background:
An essential requirement for performing robotic-assisted surgery on a freely beating heart is a prediction algorithm that can estimate the future heart trajectory.
Method:
Heart motion, respiratory volume (RV) and electrocardiogram (ECG) signal were measured from two dogs during thoracotomy surgery. A comprehensive multimodality prediction algorithm was developed based on the multivariate autoregressive model to incorporate the heart trajectory and cardiorespiratory data with multiple inherent measurement rates explicitly.
Results:
Experimental results indicated strong relationships between the dominant frequencies of heart motion with RV and ECG. The prediction algorithm revealed a high steady state accuracy, with the root mean square (RMS) errors in the range of 82 to 162 μm for a 300-second interval, less than half of that of the best competitor.
Conclusion:
The proposed multimodality prediction algorithm is promising for practical use in robotic assisted beating heart surgery, considering its capability of providing highly accurate predictions in long horizons.
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