Asaki Hattori
Papers
23
Total Citations
295
H-Index
9
About
Asaki Hattori is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of surgical robotics, augmented reality, and minimally invasive surgery, whose work has significantly shaped the landscape of computer-assisted surgical systems. With a career spanning over two decades, Hattori has made foundational contributions to robotic surgery integration, most notably through developing augmented reality navigation systems for abdominal surgery — his most cited work, garnering 86 citations — and advancing image-guided frameworks for platforms such as the da Vinci surgical system. Hattori's research has consistently addressed the practical challenges surgeons face in minimally invasive procedures, including limited depth perception and constrained workspaces, through innovative simulation and tele-training systems. His development of a scorpion-shaped endoscopic surgical robot for Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) demonstrated remarkable creative engineering, while his international tele-surgical experiments — including remote control between Japan and Thailand — underscored the global implications of his work. He has also contributed to preoperative planning with kinematics, haptics, and 3D organ shape recovery during laparoscopy. Collectively accumulating over 240 citations, Hattori's body of work represents a comprehensive and impactful effort to make robotic and computer-assisted surgery safer, more trainable, and more widely accessible.
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- 5Tele-surgical simulation system for training in the use of da Vinci surgery.22 citations · 2005
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- 7Intraoperative Fast 3D Shape Recovery of Abdominal Organs in Laparoscopy13 citations · 2002
- 8Tele-training simulation for the surgical robot system “da Vinci”12 citations · 2004
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