MASAMUNE Ken    Department   Research Institutes and Facilities, Research Institutes and Facilities    Position   Professor
Article types	Original article
Language	English
Peer review	Peer reviewed
Title	Development and preliminary evaluation of an autonomous surgical system for oral and maxillofacial surgery
Journal	Formal name：The International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery ISSN code：1478596X
Domestic / Foregin	Foregin
Volume, Issue, Page	15(4),pp.e1997
Author and coauthor	MA Qingchuan†, KOBAYASHI Etsuko, WANG Junchen , HARA Kazuaki , SUENAGA Hideyuki , SAKUMA Ichiro, MASAMUNE Ken
Authorship	Last author
Publication date	2019/03/22
Summary	ORIGINAL ARTICLE Abstract Background Human‐related factors affect the accuracy and safety of the oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMS). This study proposed an autonomous surgical system aiming to conduct the OMS under the assistance and surveillance of the surgeon. Methods A markerless navigation module and a compact OMS robot were seamlessly integrated into this system. The specifications of each module and the working concept of the system were elaborated in this paper. A drilling experiment was conducted on five 3D‐printed mandible models to test the pose detecting capability and evaluate the operational performance. Results The experiment showed that this system could successfully guide the robot finishing the operation regardless of the mandible pose. The accuracy of software and hardware are acceptable and potential performance improvement can be achieved in positioning accuracy. Conclusion This system proposed a novel concept and a practical solution to decrease the human‐related factors on the OMS, which may change the role of the surgeon in the future operating room and finally benefit the outcomes of OMS.
DOI	10.1002/rcs.1997