A New Handheld Electromagnetic Cortical Stimulator for Brain Mapping during Open Skull Neurosurgery: A Feasibility Study
Buzzi, Jacopo ; De Momi, Elena ; Baratelli, Francesco Maria ; Giacometti, Marco ; Fiocchi, Serena ; Parazzini, Marta ; Ravazzani, Paolo ; Ferrigno, Giancarlo
Neural stimulation
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Neural stimulation – Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)
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Brain functional imaging – Evoked potentials
Transcranial magnetic stimulations have provided invaluable tools for investigating nervous system functions in a preoperative context; in this…
Recognition of User’s Activity for Adaptive Cooperative Assistance in Robotic Surgery
Nessi, Federico ; Beretta, Elisa ; Ferrigno, Giancarlo ; De Momi, Elena
Surgical robotics
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Machine learning and control in biorobotics
During hands-on robotic surgery it is advisable to know how and when to provide the surgeon with different assistance levels with respect to…
Recovery of Arterial and Venous Contrast Transit Dynamics in CT Brain Angiography: A Feasibility Study
Barra, Beatrice ; De Momi, Elena ; Ferrigno, Giancarlo ; Baselli, Giuseppe ; Cardinale, Francesco
Iterative image reconstruction
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Contrast-enhanced X-ray imaging
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Image segmentation
Three-dimensional rendering of brain vasculature is a major reference both in brain surgery planning and Image Guided Surgery. It is currently…
Redundancy Optimization Strategy for Hands-On Robotic Surgery
Barra, Beatrice ; Beretta, Elisa ; Nessi, Federico ; Ferrigno, Giancarlo ; De Momi, Elena
Surgical robotics
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Computer-assisted surgery
During hands-on cooperative surgery, the use of a redundant robot allows to address encumbrance issues in the Operating Room (OR), which…
Robot Assisted Stapedotomy Ex Vivo with an Active Handheld Instrument
Vendrametto, Tobia ; McAfee, Jacob S. ; Hirsch, Barry E. ; Riviere, Cameron N. ; Ferrigno, Giancarlo ; De Momi, Elena
Motion cancellation in surgical robotics
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Surgical robotics
Micron is a fully handheld active micromanipulator that helps to improve position accuracy and precision in microsurgery by cancelling hand…
