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New framework SurfSurg6D enhances surgical instrument pose estimation

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Researchers have introduced SurfSurg6D, a novel dense-correspondence framework designed to improve surgical instrument pose estimation. This method addresses challenges like textureless instruments, occlusions, and limited annotated data by proposing a new dataset, SynSurg6D, to diversify pose distributions. Experiments on multiple datasets show that SurfSurg6D offers a robust solution for precise RGB-only pose estimation, outperforming existing techniques. AI

IMPACT Enhances precision in surgical robotics and skill assessment through improved instrument tracking.

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New framework SurfSurg6D enhances surgical instrument pose estimation

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  1. arXiv cs.CV TIER_1 English(EN) · Daiyun Shen, Shuojue Yang, Chang Han Low, Qian Li, Mengya Xu, Qi Dou, Yueming Jin ·

    SurfSurg6D: Geometry Consistent Dense Correspondence for Textureless Surgical Instrument Pose Estimation

    arXiv:2605.25598v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Surgical instrument pose estimation provides crucial information for promising applications, including autonomous robotic surgery, skill assessment, and standardization of surgical workflow. However, this task remains highly challen…

  2. arXiv cs.CV TIER_1 English(EN) · Yueming Jin ·

    SurfSurg6D: Geometry Consistent Dense Correspondence for Textureless Surgical Instrument Pose Estimation

    Surgical instrument pose estimation provides crucial information for promising applications, including autonomous robotic surgery, skill assessment, and standardization of surgical workflow. However, this task remains highly challenging due to high precision requirements, frequen…

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