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+-   Surgeons to control Da Vinci robot with their eyes-> on Saturday March 22 2008, @09:47AM trogador

Submitted by trogador on Saturday March 22 2008, @09:47AM
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trogador writes "Researchers from Imperial College London are improving the Da Vinci surgical robot by installing an eye-tracker, which allows surgeons to control the robot's knife simply by looking at the patient's tissues on the screen. Tracking the eyes can generate a 3D map, which in turn can make moving organs — like a beating heart — appear to stand still for easier operation. Other features include "see-through" tissues on the surgeon's screen (so tumors can be seen underneath tissues) and "no-cut" zones, places where the robot doesn't allow the surgeon to cut by mistake. Says ICL Professor Guang Zhong Yang, "We want to empower the robot and make it more autonomous.""
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