Neurosurgical robots in China: State of the art and future prospect

Siyu Zhou; Yuan Gao; Renpeng Li; Huizhi Wang; Moxuan Zhang; Yuzhu Guo; Weigang Cui; Kayla Giovanna Brown; Chunlei Han; Lin Shi; Huanguang Liu; Jianguo Zhang; Yang Li; Fangang Meng

doi:10.1016/j.isci.2023.107983

Neurosurgical robots in China: State of the art and future prospect

iScience. 2023 Sep 21;26(11):107983. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107983. eCollection 2023 Nov 17.

Authors

Siyu Zhou^{1

2

3}, Yuan Gao^{1

2

3}, Renpeng Li^{1

2

3}, Huizhi Wang^{1

2

3}, Moxuan Zhang^{1

2

3}, Yuzhu Guo⁴, Weigang Cui⁴, Kayla Giovanna Brown^{1

2

3}, Chunlei Han^{2

3}, Lin Shi^{2

3}, Huanguang Liu^{2

3}, Jianguo Zhang^{2

3}, Yang Li⁴, Fangang Meng^{1

2

3

5}

Affiliations

¹ Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100070, China.
² Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100070, China.
³ Beijing Key Laboratory of Neurostimulation, Beijing 100070, China.
⁴ School of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China.
⁵ Chinese Institute for Brain Research, Beijing 102206, China.

Abstract

Neurosurgical robots have developed for decades and can effectively assist surgeons to carry out a variety of surgical operations, such as biopsy, stereo-electroencephalography (SEEG), deep brain stimulation (DBS), and so forth. In recent years, neurosurgical robots in China have developed rapidly. This article will focus on several key skills in neurosurgical robots, such as medical imaging systems, automatic manipulator, lesion localization techniques, multimodal image fusion technology, registration method, and vascular imaging technology; introduce the clinical application of neurosurgical robots in China, and look forward to the potential improvement points in the future based on our experience and research in the field.

Keywords: Neurosurgery; Robotics; Surgical equipment.

Publication types

Review