Technion and UNC researchers develop algorithm for automated surgery
The Technion's Dr. Oren Salzman and Prof. Ron Alterovitz and Mengyu Fu of UNC developed an algorithm to safely steer surgical needles along computer-mapped trajectories.
Three views of the lung environment. The needle steers to targets (green) while avoiding anatomical obstacles including large blood vessels (red), bronchial tubes (brown) and the lung boundary (gray).(photo credit: COURTESY TECHNION)ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
