Colonoscopy Navigation using End-to-End Deep Visuomotor Control: A User Study

Ameya Pore,Martina Finocchiaro,Diego Dall'Alba,Albert Hernansanz,Gastone Ciuti,Alberto Arezzo,Arianna Menciassi,Alicia Casals,Paolo Fiorini,Ameya Pore,Martina Finocchiaro,Diego Dall'Alba,Albert Hernansanz,Gastone Ciuti,Alberto Arezzo,Arianna Menciassi,Alicia Casals,Paolo Fiorini

Flexible Endoscopes (FEs) for colonoscopy present several limitations due to their inherent complexity, resulting in patient discomfort and lack of intuitiveness for clinicians. Robotic FEs with autonomous control represent a viable solution to reduce the workload of endoscopists and the training time while improving the procedure outcome. Prior works on autonomous endoscope FE control use heurist...