Computer-Assisted and Robotic Endoscopy

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-X

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2. Discarding Non Informative Regions for Efficient Colonoscopy Image Analysis

   • Jorge Bernal, Debora Gil, Carles Sánchez, F. Javier Sánchez

   Pages 1-10

3. Video-Specific SVMs for Colonoscopy Image Classification

   • Siyamalan Manivannan, Ruixuan Wang, Maria P. Trujillo, Jesus Arbey Hoyos, Emanuele Trucco

   Pages 11-21

4. Impact of Keypoint Detection on Graph-Based Characterization of Blood Vessels in Colonoscopy Videos

   • Joan M. Núñez, Jorge Bernal, Miquel Ferrer, Fernando Vilariño

   Pages 22-33

5. A Novel Approach on the Colon Wall Segmentation and Its’ Application

   • Huafeng Wang, Wenfeng Song, Lihong Li, Yuan Cao, Haixia Pan, Ming Ma et al.

   Pages 34-45

6. Cerebral Ventricle Segmentation from 3D Pre-term IVH Neonate MR Images Using Atlas-Based Convex Optimization

   • Wu Qiu, Jing Yuan, Martin Rajchl, Jessica Kishimoto, Eranga Ukwatta, Sandrine de Ribaupierre et al.

   Pages 46-54

7. Fully Automatic CT Segmentation for Computer-Assisted Pre-operative Planning of Hip Arthroscopy

   • Chengwen Chu, Cheng Chen, Guoyan Zheng

   Pages 55-63

8. A Comparative Study of Ego-Motion Estimation Algorithms for Teleoperated Robotic Endoscopes

   • Gustavo A. Puerto-Souza, Aaron N. Staranowicz, Charreau S. Bell, Pietro Valdastri, Gian-Luca Mariottini

   Pages 64-76

9. Image-Based Navigation for a Robotized Flexible Endoscope

   • Nanda van der Stap, C. H. Slump, Ivo A. M. J. Broeders, Ferdi van der Heijden

   Pages 77-87

10. Is Multi-model Feature Matching Better for Endoscopic Motion Estimation?

    • Xiang Xiang, Daniel Mirota, Austin Reiter, Gregory D. Hager

    Pages 88-98

11. Algorithms for Automated Pointing of Cardiac Imaging Catheters

    • Paul M. Loschak, Laura J. Brattain, Robert D. Howe

    Pages 99-109

12. Endoscopic Sheffield Index for Unsupervised In Vivo Spectral Band Selection

    • Sebastian J. Wirkert, Neil T. Clancy, Danail Stoyanov, Shobhit Arya, George B. Hanna, Heinz-Peter Schlemmer et al.

    Pages 110-120

13. Towards Personalized Biomechanical Model and MIND-Weighted Point Matching for Robust Deformable MR-TRUS Registration

    • Yi Wang, Dong Ni, Jing Qin, Muqing Lin, Xiaoyan Xie, Ming Xu et al.

    Pages 121-130

14. Back Matter

    Pages 131-131

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Workshop on Computer Assisted and Robotic Endoscopy, CARE 2014, held in conjunction with MICCAI 2014, in Boston, MA, USA, in September 2014. The 12 papers presented focus on recent technical advances associated with computer vision; graphics; robotics and medical imaging; external tracking systems; medical device control systems; information processing techniques; endoscopy; planning and simulation.

• computer vision
• endoscopic video computing
• endoscopy planning and simulation
• endoscopy skill train and evaluation
• human factors in endoscopic interventions
• interventional imaging
• navigated endoscopic systems
• robotic endoscopy surgery
• stereoscopy
• surgical tracking and navigation
• ultrasound
• virtual and mixed reality
• virtual endoscopy
• visualization and user interface techniques

• Robarts Research Institute, London, Canada

  Xiongbiao Luo

• KUKA Laboratories GmbH, Augsburg, Germany

  Tobias Reichl

• Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA

  Daniel Mirota

• Intuitive Surgical, Sunnyvale, USA

  Timothy Soper

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