The mission of EndoCAS is to play a leading role in the field of computer assisted surgery (CAS) for endoscopic applications at national and international level.
The objectives of EndoCAS are to address key knowledge, technology, and systems design barriers that must be overcome in the development of CAS systems. Furthermore, by working closely with industry and clinician end users, our goal is to promote the rapid transfer of these results into practical use, also providing evidence of their social and economic benefits, and to help in educating a new generation of engineers, clinicians, and researchers needed to support this innovative field.
The areas of activities addressed by the Centre are:
- Basic research in the field of medical imaging and image-based modeling, surgical planning and simulation, augmented reality, robotic and mechatronics, bioengineering, finalized to the development and integration of CAS systems
- Frontier clinical practice with novel CAS systems of demonstrated effectiveness in the minimal invasive surgery domains;
- Education: surgical training with innovative educational materials and simulators; education in biomedical engineering;
- Service delivery: analysis of the effectiveness and cost-benefit ratio, and validation of commercial and custom-made devices and systems for CAS;
- Industrial exploitation: exploitation of acquired know-how so to encourage production and industrialization of the developed prototypes and novel devices, thus promoting large-scale clinical employment.
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