CPS: Small: Virtually Transparent Epidermal Imagery

本研究的目的是开发一种能够以实时高清晰度将体内手术区域直接显示在患者皮肤上的信息物理系统。这个系统会给外科医生一个？X光吗由于它们直接透过皮肤观察，因此可以改善患者的视觉体验，并消除了微创手术中腹腔镜造成的空间瓶颈和额外疤痕。该方法是开发微型摄像机：不占用手术工具所需的空间，不给患者造成额外的疤痕，并传输无线高清视频图像。一个虚拟视图生成系统将投影全景视频从所有相机的权利点的病人？的身体与几何和色彩失真补偿。一个外科医生摄像机交互系统将被调查，让外科医生控制与手势识别和手指跟踪的观点。将开发新技术，通过体内/体外介质实现零延迟高清无线视频传输。图像视点对准和失真补偿在真实的时间也将被研究。结果将是微创手术的潜在范式转变。 拟议的工作有利于数百万手术能够通过一个单一的切口在腹部进行，通过提供几乎透明的皮肤给外科医生谁将享受所有的视觉好处的开放腔手术，而没有所有相关的风险给病人。这项研究的目的是非常？亲自动手并立即适用于外展活动，可以激发青年，少数民族学生和其他人对科学，医学和工程事业。

The objective of this research is to develop a cyber-physical system capable of displaying the in vivo surgical area directly onto patients' skin in real-time high definition. This system will give surgeons an ?x-ray? vision experience, since they see directly through the skin, and remove a spatial bottleneck and additional scarring caused by laparoscopes in minimally invasive surgery. The approach is to develop micro-cameras that: occupy no space required by surgical tools, produce no additional scarring to the patient, and transfer wireless high-definition video images. A virtual view generating system will project the panoramic videos from all cameras to the right spot on the patient?s body with geometry and color distortion compensation. A surgeon-camera-interaction system will be investigated to allow surgeons to control viewpoint with gesture recognition and finger tracking. Novel techniques will be developed for zero-latency high-definition wireless video transfer through the in vivo/ex vivo medium. Image viewpoint alignment and distortion compensation in real time will also be investigated. The results will be a potential paradigm shift in minimally invasive surgery. The proposed work benefits the millions of surgeries capable of being performed through a single incision in the abdomen by providing virtually transparent skin to surgeons who will enjoy all the visual benefits of open-cavity surgery without all the associated risks to the patient. The goals of this research are extremely ?hands-on? and immediately applicable to outreach activities that can excite youth, minority students, and others about the science, medicine a and engineering careers.