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Two Dimensional Position-Based Visual Servoing for Soft Tissue Endomicroscopy


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Probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy (pCLE) is a vital technology to realize in-vivo imaging of the organ surface in real-time. However, the field of view (FOV) of p...Show More

Abstract:

Probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy (pCLE) is a vital technology to realize in-vivo imaging of the organ surface in real-time. However, the field of view (FOV) of pCLE is too small to get a full picture of targeted tissues for diagnosing. It is recognized that collecting the image stream and assembling the images in a large mosaic can overcome FOV limitations. Many studies have been carried out to develop robust and fast methods for image processing to get a clear mosaic. However, it is still difficult to obtain high-quality images consistently due to the presence of tissue deformations on soft tissue surfaces. The control of probe movement is still a key research challenge. In this work, a position-based visual servoing scheme is proposed to achieve high accuracy and gap-less mosaics for soft tissue endomicroscopy. Experimental results show that the proposed control scheme with visual servoing can obtain a large and accurate spiral mosaic (approximately 7 mm2) without gaps. Compared to open-loop control, the obtained trajectory better matches with the target one, with the error of circular trajectory reduced by 31.79% and the error of spiral trajectory reduced by 46.86% on average. The proposed control scheme has a high potential to achieve a large and accurate mosaic for soft tissue endomicroscopy.
Published in: IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters ( Volume: 6, Issue: 3, July 2021)
Page(s): 5728 - 5735
Date of Publication: 28 May 2021

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