On May 29, 2023, Hanglok co-sponsored and
deeply participated in the Workshop "Robot-assisted Medical Imaging", which is hosted by Professor Nassir Navab and Dr. Jiang
Zhongliang from Technical University of Munich, Germany.
At the
meeting, Professor Salcudean, who is from the University of British Columbia in
Canada made a detailed analysis of the integration and application of
ultrasound imaging in image-guided robot-assisted surgery, he proposed that the
surface mapping of organ targets will benefit more efficient visualization
technology, and ultrasound images may provide imaging effects equivalent to
MRI. Professor Mahdi Tavakoli, from the University of Alberta, Canada, shared a
presentation entitled "Robotic Surgical Assistance Systems for Ultrasound
Scanning and Guidance" in which he proposed an automatic control principle
to solve the problem of needle deformation during prostate radiotherapy
intervention. Professor Arianna Menciassi, from the High School of Sant 'Anna
in Pisa, Italy, presented AI-assisted robotic platform guided transcarotid
revascularization, including preoperative 3D vessel reconstruction and catheter
trajectory generation, intraoperative image-based robot and patient
registration, and automatic catheter implantation. Professor Nassir Navab
focused on automated robotic 3D ultrasound technology, in which the doctor
manually selects the start and end positions of the scan, and the robot
automatically holds the ultrasound probe at an Angle perpendicular to the
surface of the abdomen for scanning and 3D imaging of the area. On this basis,
Dr. Jiang introduced more technical details, including the optimization of the
direction of the ultrasonic probe and the automatic ultrasonic examination of
blood vessel structure. Prof. Stamatia Giannarou shared a variety of image
optimization methods in laparoscopic surgery, including contact force
estimation from tissue deformation in images, depth information estimation of
endoscopic images, endoscopic image fluoroscopy under instrument occlusion, and
a marker design for surgical instrument tracking.
In addition, Dr. Wolfgang Wein, CEO of
ImFusion, explained details about his company's products related to image
annotation, fusion and navigation software. Mikael Brudfors, senior architect
at Nvidia, introduced his company's Nvidia Clara suite for life health and life
sciences, including tools such as HOLOSCAN, MONAI, FLARE and more. Professor
Danail Stoyanov, who is from UCL, shared analysis with guests about their
research work on instrument pose estimation, navigation positioning and target
recognition during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Dr. Jianjun Zhu of Hanglok was
invited to attend the meeting and gave a comprehensive introduction to some of
Hanglok's innovative work in the field of robot-assisted intervention.
（Dr. Zhu Jianjun fromHanglok Technology is doing a Poster
Presentation.）
It can be seen that robot research in the field
of interventional radiology has gradually become a new hot spot in the field of
scientific research and technology, and academicians and professors in many
fields and interventional doctors also hope to explore new ideas of interventional
medicine together and solve more engineering problems together.
（Group photo of ICRA Workshop
attendees.）
The discussion about medical robots continued
into a themed dinner sponsored by Hanglok. The continuous and warm exchanges
on topics such as "how robot technology can be more widely used in
clinical practice and more beneficial to clinical practice, how medical robots
can be accurate and efficient at the same time, and how to balance robot
technology innovation and clinical safety" have also greatly promoted the
future cooperation intention among scientific researchers and between schools
and enterprises.
As an enterprise in Guangdong-Macao
Deep Cooperation Zone, Hanglok attaches great importance to
cutting-edge technologies and talents in the field of medical robots, and
always humorously learns from predecessors in the field of surgical robots and
communicates with advanced peers. In the future, the company will continue to
"solve the technical problems in the field of interventional radiology,"
as its own responsibility, and actively strengthen the Guangdong-Hong
Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area enterprises and the world's top universities to
establish a model of international school-enterprise cooperation.
（ICRA Workshop banquet sponsored byHanglok Technology.）
The next day, Dr. Zhu Jianjun and
Professor Zhu Lifeng from Southeast University also visited the Imperial
College Hamlin Center. Professor Stamatia Giannarou introduced the outstanding
achievements of the Hamlin Center in key technologies such as robot navigation,
teleoperation control, augmented reality, force sensing and image artificial
intelligence in recent year
（Visit to the Hamlyn Center at
Imperial College London.）
