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Bayesian Retraction Optimization for Tissue Attachment Mapping in Surgical Dissection
July 21, 2026 ยท Grace Period ยท ๐ IROS 2026
Authors
Shing-Hei Ho, Bao Thach, Toan Vo, James M. Ferguson, Alan Kuntz
arXiv ID
2607.19174
Category
cs.RO: Robotics
Citations
0
Venue
IROS 2026
Abstract
With growing surgeon shortages, automating surgical sub-tasks such as tissue dissection offers a promising step toward reducing workload and expanding patient access. Prior work has relied on hand-crafted incision policies that cannot quantify uncertainty or has relied on simulation-based methods that require strong modeling assumptions. We instead view tissue attachment identification as an inherently probabilistic problem and propose a Bayesian approach that avoids explicit tissue modeling. Our method uses a Sequential Bayesian Hilbert Map (SBHM) to represent the likelihood that each tissue point is attached to the underlying resection surface. An ensemble of learned classifiers predicts attachment likelihoods from spatial data acquired during robotic tissue retraction, with each classifier serving as a noisy information source to update the SBHM. To plan the next retraction, we devise Bayesian Retraction Optimization (BRO) to select the most informative action under safety constraints. As the SBHM refines over time, regions with high attachment likelihood are selectively incised. We validate our method in simulation across diverse tissue geometries and acquisition strategies, and demonstrate zero-shot transfer to real robotic dissection experiments.
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