Level I/II autonomy in robotically navigated lithotripsy: comprehensive system evaluation and performance assessment.

Background: Laser lithotripsy is a minimally invasive procedure performed by a urologist using a ureteroscope, a device composed of a flexible laser fiber and a camera. The camera is used to physically view and manually target the stone ablated by the laser. The procedure involves the risk of uninte...

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Publicado en:Minimally Invasive Therapy & Allied Technologies Vol. 34; no. 6; pp. 484 - 493
Autores principales: Athanasiou, Lambros, Senthil Kumar, Manivannan, King, Franklin, Wollin, Daniel A., Hata, Nobuhiko
Formato: pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Dec2025
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          Athanasiou, Lambros
          Senthil Kumar, Manivannan
          King, Franklin
          Wollin, Daniel A.
          Hata, Nobuhiko
        affil: Collaborative Innovation Center, Canon Medical Research USA, Inc, Cambridge, MA, USA
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          Lithotripsy
          Robotic Surgical Procedures
          Automation
          Ureteroscopy
          Urinary Calculi Surgery
          Task Performance and Analysis Evaluation
          Catheters
          Image Processing, Computer Assisted
          Human
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          Hospitals
          Pilot Studies
          Phantoms, Imaging
          Regression
          Videorecording
          Data Curation
          User-Computer Interface
          Systems Integration
          Equipment Design
          Light Adverse Effects
          Printing, Three-Dimensional
          Computer Simulation
      ab: Background: Laser lithotripsy is a minimally invasive procedure performed by a urologist using a ureteroscope, a device composed of a flexible laser fiber and a camera. The camera is used to physically view and manually target the stone ablated by the laser. The procedure involves the risk of unintentional trauma caused by the laser when the stones are out of target due to their retro-pulsive movement. Methods: To minimize clinical complications, we propose a Level I/II autonomous system in robotic lithotripsy. The system consists of a robotic catheter and an integrated U-Net segmentation method. The system aims to automatically target the stones during lithotripsy and guide ureteroscope navigation autonomously. Results: The proposed system is designed and validated using a phantom specifically manufactured to investigate the feasibility of autonomous stone ablation. An overall target accuracy of 99.97% (leave-one-out: 99.971 min, 99.975 max) was reported. Conclusions: We successfully implemented a stone targeting method and integrated it with our robotic system to evaluate the level of success in autonomously targeting the stones. The results, indicate that autonomy in robot assisted lithotripsy is feasible.
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