This special issue represents a significant collaboration between the Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering (JSMBE) and the Japan Society of Computer Aided Surger...

The demand for surgical robots has increased in recent years, accompanying the growing attention to minimally invasive surgery. To support the development of compact and cost-effec...

Colonoscopy is the most effective procedure for cancer screening. However, insertion of a colonoscope into the large intestine remains challenging because of the complex and highly...

In the treatment of esophageal cancer, the high postoperative complication rate is an issue because of the extensive lymph node resection for curative purposes. To optimize the ext...

Modern hepatectomies are planned along anatomical segments of the liver, and intraoperative injection of indocyanine green enables visualization of these segments using near-infrar...

Minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery is widely used because it reduces patient burden compared with open surgery, and robotic assistance has further improved surgical precision ...

A thermal endoscope capable of controlling tumor temperature has been developed to achieve minimally invasive endoscopic photothermal therapy (PTT) with high therapeutic efficacy. ...

This study investigated methods for accurately determining the appropriate timing for changing ostomy appliance using image processing and machine learning. In ostomy users, if uri...

Laparoscopic surgery is technically demanding and requires extensive training to master. Simulation-based training methods provide the advantage of repeated practice in a virtual e...