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BIBE
2008
IEEE
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13 years 6 months ago
Medical needle steering for lung biopsy: Experimental results in tissue phantoms using a robotic needle driver
- Needle steering is a commonly used technique in the medical field as it enables physicians to more precisely reach the target tissue. In this paper we describe our interest in ne...
Jienan Ding, Dan Stoianovici, Doru Petrisor, Pierr...
ICRA
2005
IEEE
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13 years 10 months ago
Design Considerations for Robotic Needle Steering
— Many medical procedures involve the use of needles, but targeting accuracy can be limited due to obstacles in the needle’s path, shifts in target position caused by tissue de...
Robert J. Webster III, Jasenka Memisevic, Allison ...
IJRR
2010
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13 years 1 months ago
Mechanics of Flexible Needles Robotically Steered through Soft Tissue
The tip asymmetry of a bevel-tip needle results in the needle naturally bending when it is inserted into soft tissue. This enables robotic needle steering, which can be used in me...
Sarthak Misra, Kyle B. Reed, Benjamin W. Schafer, ...
MICCAI
2004
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
Flexible Needle Steering and Optimal Trajectory Planning for Percutaneous Therapies
Flexible needle insertion into viscoelastic tissue is modeled in this paper with a linear beam supported by virtual springs. Using this simplified model, the forward and inverse ki...
Daniel Glozman, Moshe Shoham
ICRA
2008
IEEE
131views Robotics» more  ICRA 2008»
13 years 11 months ago
Towards a needle driver robot for radiofrequency ablation of tumors under continuous MRI
— This paper presents an initial design and feasibility study for a 1-DOF Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) compatible needle driver robot for radiofrequency ablation (RFA). This ...
Rebecca Kokes, Kevin Lister, Rao Gullapalli, Bao Z...