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most citedComputer Vision for Increased Operative Efficiency via Identification of Instruments in the Neurosurgical Operating Room: A Proof-of-Concept Study

3 citations · 4 across the 6 of their papers we have counts for

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7 papers

cs.RO2026

OCTN: Neural OCT Representations for Robot-Guided Precision Intervention

Ravi Prakash, Ryan P. McNabb, Patrick J. Codd +1

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) offers compact, contactless, micron-scale imaging suitable for intraoperative guidance, but native OCT volumes are discretely sampled, anisotropi…

eess.SP2025

PalpAid: Multimodal Pneumatic Tactile Sensor for Tissue Palpation

Devi Yuliarti, Ravi Prakash, Hiu Ching Cheung +3

The tactile properties of tissue, such as elasticity and stiffness, often play an important role in surgical oncology when identifying tumors and pathological tissue boundaries. Th…

cs.RO2025

TumorMap: A Laser-based Surgical Platform for 3D Tumor Mapping and Fully-Automated Tumor Resection

Guangshen Ma, Ravi Prakash, Beatrice Schleupner +10

Surgical resection of malignant solid tumors is critically dependent on the surgeon's ability to accurately identify pathological tissue and remove the tumor while preserving surro…

cs.RO2025

See, Plan, Cut: MPC-Based Autonomous Volumetric Robotic Laser Surgery with OCT Guidance

Ravi Prakash, Vincent Y. Wang, Arpit Mishra +5

Robotic laser systems offer the potential for sub-millimeter, non-contact, high-precision tissue resection, yet existing platforms lack volumetric planning and intraoperative feedb…

cs.CV2025

SurgXBench: Explainable Vision-Language Model Benchmark for Surgery

Jiajun Cheng, Xianwu Zhao, Sainan Liu +5

Innovations in digital intelligence are transforming robotic surgery with more informed decision-making. Real-time awareness of surgical instrument presence and actions (e.g., cutt…

cs.RO2024★ 1 cited

Sampling-Based Model Predictive Control for Volumetric Ablation in Robotic Laser Surgery

Vincent Y. Wang, Ravi Prakash, Siobhan R. Oca +3

Laser-based surgical ablation relies heavily on surgeon involvement, restricting precision to the limits of human error. The interaction between laser and tissue is governed by var…

eess.IV2023★ 3 cited

Computer Vision for Increased Operative Efficiency via Identification of Instruments in the Neurosurgical Operating Room: A Proof-of-Concept Study

Tanner J. Zachem, Sully F. Chen, Vishal Venkatraman +8

Objectives Computer vision (CV) is a field of artificial intelligence that enables machines to interpret and understand images and videos. CV has the potential to be of assistance…