Ken Masamune

Hiroki Kamiuchi, Ken Masamune, Kenta Kuwana, Takeyoshi Dohi, Keri Kim, Hiromasa Yamashita, Toshio Chiba: A beam-splitter-type 3-D endoscope for front view and front-diagonal view images. Int. J. Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery 8(1): 111-120 (2013)

Tetsuya Horiuchi, E. Erdem Tuna, Ken Masamune, M. Cenk Cavusoglu: Heart motion measurement with three dimensional sonomicrometry and acceleration sensing. IROS 2012: 4143-4149

Siyang Zuo, Takeshi Ohdaira, Kenta Kuwana, Yoshihiro Nagao, Satoshi Ieiri, Makoto Hashizume, Takeyoshi Dohi, Ken Masamune: Developing Essential Rigid-Flexible Outer Sheath to Enable Novel Multi-piercing Surgery. MICCAI (1) 2012: 26-33

Huy Hoang Tran, Hideyuki Suenaga, Kenta Kuwana, Ken Masamune, Takeyoshi Dohi, Susumu Nakajima, Hongen Liao: Augmented Reality System for Oral Surgery Using 3D Auto Stereoscopic Visualization. MICCAI (1) 2011: 81-88

Siyang Zuo, Ken Masamune, Kenta Kuwana, Morimasa Tomikawa, Satoshi Ieiri, Takeshi Ohdaira, Makoto Hashizume, Takeyoshi Dohi: Nonmetallic Rigid-Flexible Outer Sheath with Pneumatic Shapelocking Mechanism and Double Curvature Structure. MICCAI (1) 2011: 169-177

Huy Hoang Tran, Kenta Kuwana, Hongen Liao, Ken Masamune, Takeyoshi Dohi, Susumu Nakajima: An image restoration method for extracting features from three-dimensional auto-stereoscopic integral photography images. SIGGRAPH Posters 2011: 28

Hongen Liao, Hirotaka Ishihara, Huy Hoang Tran, Ken Masamune, Ichiro Sakuma, Takeyoshi Dohi: Precision-guided surgical navigation system using laser guidance and 3D autostereoscopic image overlay. Comp. Med. Imag. and Graph. 34(1): 46-54 (2010)

Noriaki Yamanaka, Hiromasa Yamashita, Ken Masamune, Hongen Liao, Toshio Chiba, Takeyoshi Dohi: A Coaxial Laser Endoscope with Arbitrary Spots in Endoscopic View for Fetal Surgery. MICCAI (1) 2009: 83-90

Hiromasa Yamashita, Siyang Zuo, Ken Masamune, Hongen Liao, Takeyoshi Dohi: Nonmagnetic Rigid and Flexible Outer Sheath with Pneumatic Interlocking Mechanism for Minimally Invasive Surgical Approach. MICCAI (1) 2009: 418-425

Ken Masamune, Tetsuya Horiuchi, Masahiro Mizutani, Hiromasa Yamashita, Hiroyuki Tsukihara, Noboru Motomura, Shin-ichi Takamoto, Hongen Liao, Takeyoshi Dohi: Novel Endoscope System with Plasma Flushing for Off-Pump Cardiac Surgery. MICCAI (1) 2009: 451-458

Takehito Teraguchi, Hiromasa Yamashita, Ken Masamune, Takeyoshi Dohi, Hongen Liao: Three-dimensional auto-stereoscopic animated image with a long viewing distance using high-precision image correction. SIGGRAPH Posters 2009

Ali Gooya, Hongen Liao, Kiyoshi Matsumiya, Ken Masamune, Yoshitaka Masutani, Takeyoshi Dohi: A Variational Method for Geometric Regularization of Vascular Segmentation in Medical Images. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing 17(8): 1295-1312 (2008)

Siyang Zuo, Noriaki Yamanaka, Ikuma Sato, Ken Masamune, Hongen Liao, Kiyoshi Matsumiya, Takeyoshi Dohi: MRI-Compatible Rigid and Flexible Outer Sheath Device with Pneumatic Locking Mechanism for Minimally Invasive Surgery. MIAR 2008: 210-219

Noriaki Yamanaka, Hiromasa Yamashita, Kiyoshi Matsumiya, Hongen Liao, Ken Masamune, Toshio Chiba, Takeyoshi Dohi: Surgical Manipulator with Balloon for Stabilizing Fetus in Utero under Ultrasound Guidance. MIAR 2008: 260-269

Nicholas Herlambang, Hongen Liao, Kiyoshi Matsumiya, Ken Masamune, Takeyoshi Dohi: Real-Time Autostereoscopic Visualization of Registration-Generated 4D MR Image of Beating Heart. MIAR 2008: 349-358

Hongen Liao, Hirotaka Ishihara, Huy Hoang Tran, Ken Masamune, Ichiro Sakuma, Takeyoshi Dohi: Fusion of Laser Guidance and 3-D Autostereoscopic Image Overlay for Precision-Guided Surgery. MIAR 2008: 367-376

Ken Masamune, Ikuma Sato, Hongen Liao, Takeyoshi Dohi: Non-metal Slice Image Overlay Display System Used Inside the Open Type MRI. MIAR 2008: 385-392

Ali Gooya, Hongen Liao, Kiyoshi Matsumiya, Ken Masamune, Takeyoshi Dohi: Effective Statistical Edge Integration Using a Flux Maximizing Scheme for Volumetric Vascular Segmentation in MRA. IPMI 2007: 86-97

Hongen Liao, Kazuhisa Yoshimura, Tomoki Utsugida, Kiyoshi Matsumiya, Ken Masamune, Takeyoshi Dohi: Surgical manipulator with linkage mechanism for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. IROS 2007: 1266-1271

Noriaki Yamanaka, Kiyoshi Matsumiya, Ken Masamune, Takeyoshi Dohi, Hiromasa Yamashita, Toshio Chiba, Hongen Liao: Balloon-based manipulator with multiple linkages for intrauterine surgery. IROS 2007: 1278-1283

Kitaro Yoshimitsu, Fujio Miyawaki, Teruyoshi Sadahiro, Kentaro Ohnuma, Yasuhiro Fukui, Daijo Hashimoto, Ken Masamune: Development and evaluation of the second version of scrub nurse robot (SNR) for endoscopic and laparoscopic surgery. IROS 2007: 2288-2294

Ali Gooya, Hongen Liao, Kiyoshi Matsumiya, Ken Masamune, Takeyoshi Dohi: A Shape Induced Anisotropic Flowfor Volumetric Vascular Segmentation in MRA. ISBI 2007: 664-667

Nicholas Herlambang, Hongen Liao, Kiyoshi Matsumiya, Ken Masamune, Takeyoshi Dohi: Physically Accurate B-Spline Based Non-Rigid Registration Using Variable Spring Model. ISBI 2007: 748-751

Teruyoshi Sadahiro, Mitsumasa Hamazaki, Fujio Miyawaki, Kitaro Yoshimitsu, Ken Masamune: Laparoscopic skill measurement with COP to realize a HAM Scrub Nurse Robot system. SMC 2007: 2983-2988

Ali Gooya, Hongen Liao, Kiyoshi Matsumiya, Ken Masamune, Takeyoshi Dohi: Pulsative Flow Segmentation in MRA Image Series by AR Modeling and EM Algorithm. MIAR 2006: 356-363

Hongen Liao, Hirokazu Suzuki, Kiyoshi Matsumiya, Ken Masamune, Takeyoshi Dohi, Toshio Chiba: Fetus Support Manipulator with Flexible Balloon-Based Stabilizer for Endoscopic Intrauterine Surgery. MICCAI (1) 2006: 412-419

Junichi Tokuda, Shigehiro Morikawa, Hasnine A. Haque, Tetsuji Tsukamoto, Kiyoshi Matsumiya, Hongen Liao, Ken Masamune, Takeyoshi Dohi: New 4-D Imaging for Real-Time Intraoperative MRI: Adaptive 4-D Scan. MICCAI (1) 2006: 454-461

Akihiko Yagi, Kiyoshi Matsumiya, Ken Masamune, Hongen Liao, Takeyoshi Dohi: Rigid-Flexible Outer Sheath Model Using Slider Linkage Locking Mechanism and Air Pressure for Endoscopic Surgery. MICCAI (1) 2006: 503-510

Gabor Fichtinger, Anton Deguet, Ken Masamune, Emese Balogh, Gregory S. Fischer, Hervé Mathieu, Russell H. Taylor, S. James Zinreich, Laura M. Fayad: Image overlay guidance for needle insertion in CT scanner. IEEE Trans. Biomed. Engineering 52(8): 1415-1424 (2005)

Gabor Fichtinger, Anton Deguet, Ken Masamune, Emese Balogh, Gregory S. Fischer, Hervé Mathieu, Russell H. Taylor, Laura M. Fayad, S. James Zinreich: Needle Insertion in CT Scanner with Image Overlay - Cadaver Studies. MICCAI (2) 2004: 795-803

Hiroaki Naganou, Hiroshi Iseki, Ken Masamune: MRI Compatible Modular Designed Robot for Interventional Navigation - Prototype Development and Evaluation. MICCAI (2) 2004: 1069-1070

Ken Masamune, Gabor Fichtinger, Anton Deguet, Daisuke Matsuka, Russell H. Taylor: An Image Overlay System with Enhanced Reality for Percutaneous Therapy Performed Inside CT Scanner. MICCAI (2) 2002: 77-84

Nobuhiko Miyata, Etsuko Kobayashi, Daeyoung Kim, Ken Masamune, Ichiro Sakuma, Naoki Yahagi, Takayuki Tsuji, Hiroshi Inada, Takeyoshi Dohi, Hiroshi Iseki, Kintomo Takakura: Micro-grasping Forceps Manipulator for MR-Guided Neurosurgery. MICCAI (1) 2002: 107-113

Ken Masamune, Takafumi Inagaki, Nobuharu Takai, Ichiro Sakuma, Takeyoshi Dohi: MRI compatible manipulator: image distortion estimation and correction method. CARS 2001: 1249-1250

Ken Masamune, Yoshitaka Masutani, Susumu Nakajima, Ichiro Sakuma, Takeyoshi Dohi, Hiroshi Iseki, Kintomo Takakura: Three-Dimensional Slice Image Overlay System with Accurate Depth Perception for Surgery. MICCAI 2000: 395-402

Susumu Nakajima, Sumihisa Orita, Ken Masamune, Ichiro Sakuma, Takeyoshi Dohi, Kozo Nakamura: Surgical Navigation System with Intuitive Three-Dimensional Display. MICCAI 2000: 403-411

Ryoichi Nakamura, Etsuko Kobayashi, Ken Masamune, Ichiro Sakuma, Takeyoshi Dohi, Naoki Yahagi, Takayuki Tsuji, Daijo Hashimoto, Mitsuo Shimada, Makoto Hashizume: Multi-DOF Forceps Manipulator System for Laparoscopic Surgery. MICCAI 2000: 653-660

Etsuko Kobayashi, Ken Masamune, Ichiro Sakuma, Takeyoshi Dohi: A Wide-Angle View Endoscope System Using Wedge Prisms. MICCAI 2000: 661-668

Etsuko Kobayashi, Ken Masamune, Takeyoshi Dohi, Daijo Hashimoto: A New Laparoscope Manipulator with an Optical Zoom. MICCAI 1998: 207-214

Ken Masamune, L. H. Ji, Makoto Suzuki, Takeyoshi Dohi, Hiroshi Iseki, Kintomo Takakura: A Newly Developed Stereotactic Robot with Detachable Drive for Neurosurgery. MICCAI 1998: 215-222

Yoshitaka Masutani, Ken Masamune, Takeyoshi Dohi: Region-Growing Based Feature Extraction Algorithm for Tree-Like Objects. VBC 1996: 161-171

Ken Masamune, Marcel Sonderegger, Hiroshi Iseki, Kintomo Takakura, Makoto Suzuki, Takeyoshi Dohi: Robots for stereotactic neurosurgery. Advanced Robotics 10(4): 391-401 (1995)

Yoshitaka Masutani, Ken Masamune, Makoto Suzuki, Takeyoshi Dohi, Hiroshi Iseki, Kintomo Takakura: Computer Aided Surgery (CAS) System for Stereotactic Neurosurgery. CVRMed 1995: 247-251