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looking, such as the automation of an entire surgical
task, where a clinician must rely on the robot for the
execution of the action itself. Automation in surgical
robotics does not exist in clinical practice today but if
Database Search and Filtering
First, we manually visited the research centers' websites, as
listed on the dVRK Wiki [4] (see Figure S1). Whenever the
link was active, papers were collected from the laboratory's
website; if inactive, the name of the principal investigator
was used to locate the laboratory's website and the relative,
available list of publications. This first refined research
generated a cluster of 101 publications.
We then extended this collection using the results from
Google Scholar [10] with the query " da Vinci Research Kit. "
The research time interval was set between 2012 (the origin
of the dVRK community [4]) and 2021, producing 523 results.
The results were further processed and refined by removing
outliers where the dVRK was not actually mentioned in the
" Methods " section of the work (that means it was just cited
but not used in the experimental work) as well as filtering out
master theses, duplicates, and the works where the full text
of the paper in English was not available online. This research
finally generated 247 papers.
The last paper-harvesting search was performed on https://
www.dimensions.ai/ [11], looking for the same " da Vinci
Research Kit " string, and generating 394 results. The same
paper-filtering process, as carried out for the results from Google
Scholar, was performed, resulting in 234 publications. By this
stage, these three screened data sets of papers (i.e., from the
dVRK Wiki, Google Scholar, and https://www.dimensions.ai/)
have been cross checked to ensure no duplications in the final
collection of dVRK-related papers. Two-hundred and fifty-three
publications were obtained as the final number.
realized could lead to systems that could help improve
surgical workflow or optimize the performance of certain
tasks. It also represents an opportunity to develop
more advanced safety standardization or quality and
dVRK Wiki Page
1) Website Links
2) PI Profile Web Page
Google Scholar:
" da Vinci Research Kit "
Dimensions.ai:
" da Vinci Research Kit "
N = 195
N = 523
N = 394
Pier-Reviewed Papers Published in International Conferences or Journals
1) The dVRK is Actually a
" Method "
2) Master Theses and
Books Filtered Out
3) English Full Text
Available
N = 101
N = 247
1) The dVRK is Actually a
" Method "
2) Master Theses and
Books Filtered Out
3) English Full Text
Available
N = 234
Cross Check
(Avoid Duplicates)
Final Papers Included in the Systematic Review
N = 253
Figure S1. The PRISMA flow diagram associated with the paper search and selection of this systematic review.
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Screening
Identification

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