We present a robotically assisted prostate brachytherapy system and test results in training phantoms. The system consists of a transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) and a spatially co-reg...
Gabor Fichtinger, Jonathan Fiene, Christopher W. K...
Abstract. Numerous studies have demonstrated the efficacy of imageguided needle-based therapy and biopsy in the management of prostate cancer. The accuracy of traditional prostate ...
Gregory S. Fischer, Simon P. DiMaio, Iulian Iordac...
Force information from needle insertions was measured and modeled for use in robot-assisted percutaneous therapies. Data was collected on bovine livers using the Johns Hopkins Uni...
— This paper addresses the use of robotic tissue manipulation in medical needle insertion procedures to improve targeting accuracy and to help avoid damaging sensitive tissues. T...
Meysam Torabi, Kris K. Hauser, Ron Alterovitz, Vin...
Robots can improve the accuracy of image-guided needle placement over traditional free-hand techniques. While many research groups have demonstrated this, widespread clinical adopt...
Emad Boctor, Robert J. Webster III, Michael A. Cho...