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Navigation in Laparoscopic and Robotic Urologic Surgery

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Augmented reality for surgical navigation is considered to visually recognize organs in the surgical field, for example, additional information not perceptible in reality is presented in real time on the endoscope screen by superimposing information not directly visible macroscopically or endoscopically. It is a surgical assistance technology aiming at improvement of the objective of surgery.

In surgery navigation, it is necessary to prepare an organ tracking system to acquire information on the spatial position of the target in real time similar to the spatial position tracking system, like a satellite GPS.

In future, application for hologram display using a laser light, commentary characters and sound up-dating the target condition in real time, a system informing of the safety and risk to the operator through color codes and alarm sound will be expected. Also, complementation and improvement of judgment ability will be possible by introducing Artificial Intelligence (AI).

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  1. Department of Urology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

    Fumiya Hongo & Osamu Ukimura

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Hongo, F., Ukimura, O. (2019). Navigation in Laparoscopic and Robotic Urologic Surgery. In: Chan, Ey., Matsuda, T. (eds) Endourology Progress. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3465-8_38

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