Towards human-controlled, real-time shape sensing based flexible needle steering for MRI-guided percutaneous therapies.

Journal: The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS
PMID: 27487833

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Accurate needle placement into soft tissue is essential to percutaneous prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment procedures.

Authors

  • Meng Li
    Co-Innovation Center for the Sustainable Forestry in Southern China; Cerasus Research Center; College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China.
  • Gang Li
    The Centre for Cyber Resilience and Trust, Deakin University, Australia.
  • Berk Gonenc
  • Xingguang Duan
    School of Mechatronical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China.
  • Iulian Iordachita
    Laboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics (LCSR), The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.

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