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    Area of Science:

    • Robotics
    • Surgical Technology
    • Computer Vision

    Background:

    • Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) often requires a dedicated assistant for laparoscope control, potentially increasing cognitive load for surgeons.
    • Existing teleoperated and automated camera systems have limitations in surgeon control and performance.
    • There is a need for intelligent systems that enhance surgeon focus and control in Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery (RAMIS).

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To propose an automatic laparoscope zoom factor control framework for RAMIS.
    • To develop the perception module capable of extracting surgical tool geometry for zoom control without artificial markers.
    • To analyze surgical video data to determine optimal zoom parameters based on tool behavior.

    Main Methods:

    • Developed a perception framework to extract geometric characteristics of surgical tools.
    • Analyzed the Cholec80 dataset, a gallbladder removal surgery dataset, to understand tool movement patterns.
    • Quantitatively identified common laparoscope zoom ranges and tooltip position heatmaps during surgery.

    Main Results:

    • Successfully extracted surgical tool geometric features for automated zoom control.
    • Established an acceptable range and frequency of tooltip positions from the Cholec80 dataset.
    • Quantified common zoom ranges and generated tooltip heatmaps, providing data for the control framework.

    Conclusions:

    • The proposed perception framework effectively utilizes surgical tool geometry for automatic laparoscope zoom control.
    • Analysis of the Cholec80 dataset provides crucial insights into tool dynamics for optimizing zoom functionality.
    • This approach aims to improve surgeon focus and control in RAMIS by automating camera adjustments.