Publications

2016

Paolo D Parchi, Gisberto Evangelisti, Valentina Cervi, Lorenzo Andreani, Marina Carbone, Sara Condino, Vincenzo Ferrari, Michele Lisanti
Patient’s Specific Template for Spine Surgery
Computer-Assisted Musculoskeletal Surgery (book) pages 199-215
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2015

S Sinceri, M Carbone, M Marconi, A Moglia, M Ferrari, V Ferrari
Basic Endovascular Skills Trainer: A surgical simulator for the training of novice practitioners of endovascular procedures
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2015 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE, Pages 5102-5105
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M Francesconi, C Freschi, S Sinceri, M Carbone, C Cappelli, L Morelli, V Ferrari, M Ferrari
New training methods based on mixed reality for interventional ultrasound: Design and validation
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2015 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE, Pages 5098-5101
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Andrea Moglia, Vincenzo Ferrari, Luca Morelli, Mauro Ferrari, Franco Mosca, Alfred Cuschieri
A Systematic Review of Virtual Reality Simulators for Robot-assisted Surgery
European urology
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Fabrizio Cutolo, Giovanni Badiali, Vincenzo Ferrari
Human-PnP: Ergonomic AR Interaction Paradigm for Manual Placement of Rigid Bodies
Augmented Environments for Computer-Assisted Interventions Volume 9365 of the series Lecture Notes in Computer Science pp 50-60
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S Condino, G Turini, S Parrini, A Stecco, F Busoni, V Ferrari, M Ferrari, M Gesi
A semiautomatic method for in vivo three-dimensional quantitative analysis of fascial layers mobility based on 3D ultrasound scans
International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery
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Turini G, Condino S, Stecco A, Ferrari V, Ferrari M, Gesi M
A 3D Sparse Motion Field Filtering for Quantitative Analysis of Fascial Layers Mobility based on 3D Ultrasound Scans
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2015 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE; 2015 26-30 Aug.
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Morelli L, Guadagni S, Di Franco G, Palmeri M, Caprili G, D’Isidoro C, Pisano R, Moglia A, Ferrari V, Di Candio G, Mosca F
Use of the new Da Vinci Xi® during robotic rectal resection for cancer: technical considerations and early experience
International journal of colorectal disease 30 (9), 1281-1283
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Ferrari V, Moglia A, Ferrari M
Analytic description of the image to patient torso registration problem in image guided interventions
Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Informatics 1 (1), p35
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Ferrari V, Viglialoro RM, Nicoli P, Cutolo F, Condino S, Carbone M, Siesto M, Ferrari M
Augmented reality visualization of deformable tubular structures for surgical simulation
Int J Med Robotics Comput Assist Surg, doi: 10.1002/rcs.1681.
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GL Presti, M Carbone, D Ciriaci, D Aramini, M Ferrari, V Ferrari
Assessment of DICOM Viewers Capable of Loading Patient-specific 3D Models Obtained by Different Segmentation Platforms in the Operating Room
Journal of digital imaging
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2014

Ferrari V
Letter to the Editor on “Designing a Wearable Navigation System for Image-Guided Cancer Resection Surgery”
Annals of biomedical engineering 42 (12), 2600-2601
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Viglialoro R, Condino S, Gesi M, Ferrari M, Ferrari V
Augmented Reality simulator for laparoscopic cholecystectomy training.
Salento AVR; 2014; Lecce, Italy.
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Stecco A, Busoni F, Stecco C, Mattioli-Belmonte M, Soldani P, Condino S, et al.
Comparative ultrasonographic evaluation of the Achilles paratenon in symptomatic and asymptomatic subjects: an imaging study. Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy.
2014 Jul 22.
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Parrini S, Zhang L, Condino S, Ferrari V, Caramella D, Ferrari M, editors.
Automatic Carotid Centerline Extraction from Three-Dimensional Ultrasound Doppler Images.
36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society EMBC; 2014; Chicago.
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Parrini S, Cutolo F, Freschi C, Ferrari M, Ferrari V, editors.
Augmented Reality System for Freehand Guide of Magnetic Endovascular Devices.
36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society EMBC; 2014; Chicago.
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Pacioni A, Carbone M, Freschi C, Viglialoro R, Ferrari V, Ferrari M.
Patient-specific ultrasound liver phantom: materials and fabrication method.
International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery. 2014 Oct 1.
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Natale G, Condino S, Soldani P, Fornai F, Mattioli Belmonte M, Gesi M.
Natale et. al.’s response to Stecco’s fascial nomenclature editorial.
Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies. 2014.
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Mura M, Ciuti G, Ferrari V, Dario P, Menciassi A.
Ultrasound-based tracking strategy for endoluminal devices in cardiovascular surgery.
Int J Med Robot. 2014 Aug 22.
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Moglia A, Morelli L, Pisano R, Ferrari V, Caramella D, Boggi U, et al.
EndoCAS (center for computer-assisted surgery).
Journal of surgical education. 2014;71(3):440-3.
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Moglia A, Ferrari V, Morelli L, Melfi F, Ferrari M, Mosca F, Cuschieri A.
Distribution of innate ability for surgery amongst medical students assessed by an advanced virtual reality surgical simulator.
Surgical Endoscopy 2014;28(6):1830-7.
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Lo Presti G, Freschi C, Sinceri S, Morelli G, Ferrari M, Ferrari V, editors.
Virtual Reality surgical navigation system for Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate.
Salento AVR; 2014; Lecce, Italy
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Freschi C, Parrini S, Dinelli N, Ferrari M, Ferrari V.
Hybrid simulation using mixed reality for interventional ultrasound imaging training.
International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery. 2014 Sep 12
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Ferrari V, Cutolo F, Calabrò EM, Ferrari M, editors.
HMD Video See Through AR with Unfixed Cameras Vergence.
International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality – ISMAR; 2014; Munich, Germany.
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Cutolo F, Parchi PD, Ferrari V, editors.
Video See Through AR Head-Mounted Display for Medical Procedures.
International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality – ISMAR; 2014; Munich, Germany.
Badiali G, Ferrari V, Cutolo F, Freschi C, Caramella D, Bianchi A, et al.
Augmented reality as an aid in maxillofacial surgery: Validation of a wearable system allowing maxillary repositioning.
Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery. 2014 Sep 11.
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Zhang L, Parrini S, Freschi C, Ferrari V, Condino S, Ferrari M, Caramella D.
3D ultrasound centerline tracking of abdominal vessels for endovascular navigation.
Int J Comput Assist Radiol Surg. 2014 Jan;9(1):127-35.
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2013

Freschi C, Ferrari V, Melfi F, Ferrari M, Mosca F, Cuschieri A.
Technical review of the da Vinci surgical telemanipulator.
Int J Med Robot 2013 Dec;9(4):396-406.
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Condino S, Calabrò EM, Alberti A, Parrini S, Cioni R, Berchiolli RN, Gesi M, Ferrari V, Ferrari M.
Simultaneous Tracking of Catheters and Guidewires: Comparison to Standard Fluoroscopic Guidance for Arterial Cannulation.
Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2013 Oct 7.
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Carbone M, Lo Presti G, Cappelli C, Ferrari V, Ferrari M, Caramella D.
An integrated platform for an effective liver surgical planning through segmentation of multiphase CT datasets.
IJCARS Volume 6, Supplement 1 June 2013.
Ferrari V, Parchi P, Condino S, Carbone M, Baluganti A, Ferrari M, Mosca F, Lisanti M.
An optimal design for patient-specific templates for pedicle spine screws placement.
Int J Med Robot. 2013 Sep;9(3):298-304.
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Ferrari V, Parchi P, Condino S, Carbone M, Baluganti A, Ferrari M, Mosca F, Lisanti M.
An optimal design for patient-specific templates for pedicle spine screws placement.
Int J Med Robot. 2013 Sep;9(3):298-304.
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Lupi G, Lo Presti G, Ferrari V, Ferrari M, Caramella D, Vannozzi R.
Rapid prototyping of cerebral arteries: a perfect scenario to develop innovative endovascular devices.
in Proceedings of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS) (2013).
Viglialoro R, Condino S, Carbone M, Ferrari V, Ferrari M.
A Fabrication Strategy to build physical patient-specific simulators for endovascular procedures.
Vascular Research in Italy Conference, Bologna, September 27, 2013.

2012

Carbone M, Turini G, Petroni G, Niccolini M, Menciassi A, Ferrari M, Mosca F, Ferrari V.
Computer guidance system for single-incision bimanual robotic surgery.
Comput Aided Surg. 2012;17(4):161-71.
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Condino S, Ferrari V, Freschi C, Alberti A, Berchiolli R, Mosca F, Ferrari M.
Electromagnetic navigation platform for endovascular surgery: how to develop sensorized catheters andguidewires.
Int J Med Robot. 2012 Sep;8(3):300-10.
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Turini G, Moglia A, Ferrari V, Ferrari M, Mosca F.
Patient-specific surgical simulator for the pre-operative planning of single-incision laparoscopic surgery with bimanual robots.
Comput Aided Surg. 2012;17(3):103-12.
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Carbone M, Turini G, Petroni G, Niccolini M, Menciassi A, Ferrari M, Mosca F, Ferrari V.
Computer guidance system for single-incision bimanual robotic surgery.
Comput Aided Surg. 2012;17(4):161-71.
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Ferrari V, Carbone M, Cappelli C, Boni L, Melfi F, Ferrari M, Mosca F, Pietrabissa A.
Value of multidetector computed tomography image segmentation for preoperative planning in general surgery.
Surg Endosc. 2012 Mar;26(3):616-26.
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Lo Presti G, Ferrari V, Ferrari M, Mosca F, Giannessi F, Ruffoli R.
Segmentation procedure for the generation of a 3D model and solid replica of a human skull.
Ital J of Anatomy and Embryol. 2012:17, Supplement 2, 99.
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Fornaciari G, Giufra V, Sabato M, Minozzi S, Caramella D, Ferrari V, Ventura L, Schenal G, Mosca F.
Application of segmentation and 3D rendering techniques in the mummies of Cangrande della Scala (1291-1329) and S. Giacomo della Marca (1391-1476).
in Proceedings of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS) (2012).
Fornaciari G, Minozzi S, Bagnoli J, Giufra V, Paribeni E, Ferrari V, Caramella D, Mosca, F.
Multislice Computed Tomography (MSCT) and 3D reconstruction of Etruscan Funerary Urns in Archaeology.
in Proceedings of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS) (2012).
Foti D, Ferrari V, Lauretti DL, Ferrari M, Mosca F, Vannozzi R.
Evaluation of new approaches for intraforaminal disc prolapse removal using 3D surgical planning.
in Proceedings of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS) (2012).
Lupi G, Carbone M, Ferrari V, Ferrari M, Mosca F, Vannozzi, R.
Improvements of MDCT images applied to clipped cerebral aneurysms.
in Proceedings of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS) (2012).
Piazza R, Condino S, Carbone M, Mattei L, Ferrari V, Di Puccio F, Forte P, Caramella D, Mosca F.
Materials characterization for elastosonographic phanthoms.
in Proceedings of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS) (2012).
Carbone M, Condino S, Mattei L, Forte P, Ferrari V, Mosca F.
Anthropomorphic ultrasound elastography phantoms—Characterization of silicone materials to build breast elastography phantoms.
in Proceedings of Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC)/August 2012, pag 492-494.
Carbone M, Cappelli C, Ferrari V, Signori S, De Lio N, Perrone V, Mosca F, Boggi U.
Patient-Specific 3D surgical planning to perform cutting edge robotic surgery.
The Hamlyn Symposium of Medical Robotics July 2012.
Viglialoro R, Ferrari V, Carbone M, Condino S, Porcelli F, Di Puccio F, Ferrari M, Mosca F.
A physical patient specific simulator for cholecystectomy training.
in Proceedings of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS) (2012).

2011

Condino S, Carbone M, Ferrari V, Faggioni L, Peri A, Ferrari M, Mosca F.
How to build patient-specific synthetic abdominal anatomies. An innovative approach from physical toward hybrid surgical simulators.
Int J Med Robot. 2011 Jun;7(2):202-13.
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Condino S. Carbone M, Ferrari V, Alberti A, Cioni R, Caramella D, Mosca F, Ferrari M.
Fabrication strategy to build a patient specific physical simulators for endovascular training
in Proceedings of the International Congress and Exhibition. IJCARS Volume 6, Supplement 1 / June (2011).
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Condino S, Carbone M, Ferrari V, Faggioni L, Peri A, Ferrari M, Mosca F.
How to build patient-specific synthetic abdominal anatomies. An innovative approach from physical toward hybrid surgical simulators.
Int J Med Robot. 2011 Jun;7(2):202-13.
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Moglia A, Turini G, Ferrari V, Ferrari M, Mosca F.
Patient specific surgical simulator for the evaluation of the movability of bimanual robotic arms.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 2011;163:379-85.
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Silvestri M, Simi M, Cavallotti C, Vatteroni M, Ferrari V, Freschi C, Valdastri P, Menciassi A, Dario P. Autostereoscopic three-dimensional viewer evaluation through comparison with conventional interfaces in laparoscopic surgery.
Surg Innov. 2011 Sep;18(3):223-30.
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Tognarelli S, Pensabene V, Condino S, Valdastri P, Menciassi A, Arezzo A, Dario P.
A pilot study on a new anchoring mechanism for surgical applications based on mucoadhesives.
Minim Invasive Ther Allied Technol. 2011 Jan;20(1):3-13.
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Condino S. Carbone M, Ferrari V, Alberti A, Cioni R, Caramella D, Mosca F, Ferrari M.
Fabrication strategy to build a patient specific physical simulators for endovascular training.
in Proceedings of the International Congress and Exhibition. IJCARS Volume 6, Supplement 1 / June (2011).
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Ferrari V, Condino S, Carbone M, Neri E, Caramella D, Bartolozzi C, Ferrari M, Mosca F.
Use of volumetric images to obtain patient-specific synthetic anatomies and guide endovascular instruments.
in ECR Today 2011- Daily Congress Newspaper (2011).
Abstract
Ferrari V, Ferrari M, Mosca F.
Video see-through in the clinical practice.
in EICS4Med 2011: 1st International Workshop on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems for Medicine and Health Care (2011).
Ferrari V, Parchi P, Condino S, Carbone M, Baluganti A, Ferrari M, Mosca F, Lisanti M.
Optimal design of patient specific templates for pedicle spine screw placement
in Annual Meeting of CAOS-International (2011).
Sala A, Turini G, Ferrari M, Mosca F, Ferrari V.
Integration of biomechanical parameters in tetrahedral mass-spring models for virtual surgery simulation.
in Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, vol. 2011 (2011): 4550-4.

2010

Condino S, Freschi C, Ferrari V, Berchiolli R, Mosca F, Ferrari M.
Electromagnetic navigation system for endovascular surgery.
in Proceedings of the International Congress and Exhibition. IJCARS Volume 5, Supplement 1 / June (2010).
Ferrari V, Carbone M, Cappelli C, Boni L, Cuschieri A, Pietrabissa A, Mosca F.
Improvements of MDCT images segmentation for surgical planning in general surgery – practical examples
in Proceedings of the International Congress and Exhibition. IJCARS Volume 5, Supplement 1 / June (2010).
Pietrabissa A, Morelli L, Ferrari M, Peri A, Ferrari V, Moglia A, Pugliese L, Guarracino F, Mosca F.
Mixed reality for robotic treatment of a splenic artery aneurysm.
Surg Endosc. 2010 May;24(5):1204.
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Ferrari V, Freschi C, Megali G, Caramella D, Pietrabissa A, Mosca F.
Research and clinical application of Computer Assisted Surgery technologies at EndoCAS.
in ECR Today 2010- Daily Congress Newspaper (2010).
Freschi C, Ferrari V, Porcelli F, Peri A, Pugliese L, Morelli L, Ferrari M, Mosca F.
An Augmented Reality Navigation Guidance for High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Treatment.
in Conf Proc ICABB, International Conference on Applied Bionics and Biomechanics 2010.
Lisanti M, Parchi P, Andreani L, Ferrari V, Condino S, Moglia A, Ferrari M, Mosca F.
Use of CT segmentation, rapid prototyping and virtual procedure simulation in difficult cases of hip replacement surgery.
in Annual Meeting of CAOS-International (2010).

2009

Ferrari V, Megali G, Pietrabissa A, Mosca F.
Laparoscope 3D auto-localization
in Proceedings of the International Congress and Exhibition. IJCARS Volume 4, Supplement 1 / June (2009).
Ferrari V, Megali G, Troia E, Pietrabissa A, Mosca F.
A 3-D mixed-reality system for stereoscopic visualization of medical dataset.
IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2009 Nov;56(11):2627-33.
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Moglia A, Pietrabissa A, Cuschieri A.
Capsule endoscopy.
BMJ. 2009 Sep 11;339:b3420.
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Pietrabissa A, Ferrari M, Berchiolli R, Morelli L, Pugliese L, Ferrari V, Mosca F.
Laparoscopic treatment of splenic artery aneurysms.
J Vasc Surg. 2009 Aug;50(2):275-9.
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Ferrari V, Megali G, Pietrabissa A, Mosca F.
Laparoscope 3D auto-localization.
in Proceedings of the International Congress and Exhibition. IJCARS Volume 4, Supplement 1 / June (2009).
Freschi C, Troia E, Ferrari V, Megali G, Pietrabissa A, Mosca F.
Ultrasound guided robotic biopsy using augmented reality and human-robot cooperative control.
Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2009;2009:5110-3.
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2008

Ferrari V, Cappelli C, Megali G, Pietrabissa A.
An anatomy driven approach for generation of 3D models from multi-phase CT images
in Proceedings of the International Congress and Exhibition. IJCARS Volume 3, Supplement 1 / June (2008).
Megali G, Ferrari V, Freschi C, Morabito B, Cavallo F, Turini G, Troia E, Cappelli C, Pietrabissa A, Tonet O, Cuschieri A, Dario P, Mosca F.
EndoCAS navigator platform: a common platform for computer and robotic assistance in minimally invasive surgery.
Int J Med Robot. 2008 Sep;4(3):242-51.
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Piccigallo M, Focacci F, Tonet O, Megali G, Quaglia C, Dario P.
Hand-held robotic instrument for dextrous laparoscopic interventions.
Int J Med Robot. 2008 Dec;4(4):331-8.
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Ferrari V, Megali G, Cappelli C, Pietrabissa A.
Introduction of abdominal patient specific virtual models in daily clinical practice.
in Primo Congresso Nazionale di Bioingegneria (2008).

2007

Tonet O, Thoranaghatte RU, Megali G, Dario P.
Tracking endoscopic instruments without a localizer: a shape-analysis-based approach.
Comput Aided Surg. 2007 Jan;12(1):35-42.
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Ferrari V, Megali G, Cappelli C, Troia E, Cavallo F, Pietrabissa, A.
Improving daily clinical practice with 3D patient-specific anatomical models: limits, methodologies and our experience.
in 6th International Conference on the Management of Healthcare and Medical Technology – HCTM (2007).

2006

Cavallo F, Megali G, Sinigaglia S, Tonet O, Dario P.
A biomechanical analysis of surgeon’s gesture in a laparoscopic virtual scenario.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 2006;119:79-84.
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Megali G, Sinigaglia S, Tonet O, Dario P.
Modelling and evaluation of surgical performance using hidden Markov models.
IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2006 Oct;53(10):1911-9.
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Tonet O, Focacci F, Piccigallo M, Cavallo F, Uematsu M, Megali G, Dario P.
Comparison of control modes of a hand-held robot for laparoscopic surgery.
Med Image Comput Comput Assist Interv. 2006;9(Pt 1):429-36.
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Tonet O, Ramesh TU, Megali G, Dario P.
Tracking endoscopic instruments without localizer: image analysis-based approach.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 2006;119:544-9.
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2005

Megali G, Tonet O, Dario P, Vascellari A, Marcacci M.
Computer-assisted training system for knee arthroscopy.
Int J Med Robot. 2005 Sep;1(3):57-66.
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