Toward teleoperated needle steering under continuous MRI guidance for prostate percutaneous interventions.

Journal: The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS
Published Date: Sep 1, 2016

Abstract

BACKGROUND: To propose a human-operated in-room master-slave bevel-tip needle steering system under continuous MRI guidance for prostate biopsy, in which the patient is kept in the scanner at all times and the process of needle placement is under continuous control of the physician.

Authors

  • Reza Seifabadi
    Department of Mechanical and Material Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.
  • Fereshteh Aalamifar
    Laboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics (LCSR), The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
  • Iulian Iordachita
    Laboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics (LCSR), The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
  • Gabor Fichtinger
    Department of Mechanical and Material Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.

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