Article intro - JHU Eye Robot
Another great article from the Hopkins group: Deep-learning based autonomous retinal vein cannulation on an ex vivo porcine eye with breathing compensation by Peiyao Zhang, Peter Gehlbach, Russell H. Taylor, Iulian Iordachita and Marin Kobilarov . Published in Science Robotics (2025 Dec vol 10(109)). Abstract Retinal vein cannulation (RVC) is an emerging method for treating retinal vein occlusion (RVO). The success of this procedure depends on surgeon expertise and, recently, robotic assistance. This paper proposes an autonomous RVC workflow leveraging deep learning and computer vision. Two Steady-Hand Eye Robots (SHERs) controlled a 100-micrometer metal needle and a medical spatula to execute precise tasks. Three convolutional neural networks were trained to predict needle movement direction and identify contact and puncture events. A surgical microscope with an intraoperative optical coherence tomography (iOCT) system captured the surgical field through a microsco...
