AIMC Topic: Needles

Clear Filters Showing 41 to 50 of 127 articles

Enhancement of instrumented ultrasonic tracking images using deep learning.

International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery
PURPOSE: Instrumented ultrasonic tracking provides needle localisation during ultrasound-guided minimally invasive percutaneous procedures. Here, a post-processing framework based on a convolutional neural network (CNN) is proposed to improve the spa...

Magnetically actuated gearbox for the wireless control of millimeter-scale robots.

Science robotics
The limited force or torque outputs of miniature magnetic actuators constrain the locomotion performances and functionalities of magnetic millimeter-scale robots. Here, we present a magnetically actuated gearbox with a maximum size of 3 millimeters f...

Phantom and Animal Study of a Robot-Assisted, CT-Guided Targeting System using Image-Only Navigation for Stereotactic Needle Insertion without Positional Sensors.

Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR
PURPOSE: To evaluate the feasibility and accuracy of a robotic system to integrate and map computed tomography (CT) and robotic coordinates, followed by automatic trajectory execution by a robotic arm. The system was hypothesized to achieve a targeti...

Machine Learning-Enabled Prediction of 3D-Printed Microneedle Features.

Biosensors
Microneedles (MNs) introduced a novel injection alternative to conventional needles, offering a decreased administration pain and phobia along with more efficient transdermal and intradermal drug delivery/sample collecting. 3D printing methods have e...

Needle path planning in semiautonomous and teleoperated robot-assisted epidural anaesthesia procedure: A proof of concept.

The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS
BACKGROUND: Epidural anaesthesia is a Percutaneous Procedure (PP) which plays a crucial role in surgical procedures, where accurate needle insertion is still challenging. The objective of this work is to present a Tuohy needle path planning, which al...

An admittance-controlled amplified force tracking scheme for collaborative lumbar puncture surgical robot system.

The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS
BACKGROUND: The accurate sensing and display of the delicate needle-tissue interaction force to the operator is desirable for needle insertion procedures. It not only plays a significant role in the surgical treatment effect, but also has a great sig...

Epidural anesthesia needle guidance by forward-view endoscopic optical coherence tomography and deep learning.

Scientific reports
Epidural anesthesia requires injection of anesthetic into the epidural space in the spine. Accurate placement of the epidural needle is a major challenge. To address this, we developed a forward-view endoscopic optical coherence tomography (OCT) syst...

Starting CT-guided robotic interventional oncology at a UK centre.

The British journal of radiology
OBJECTIVE: A commercially available CT-guided robot offers enhanced abilities in planning, targeting, and confirming accurate needle placement. In this short communication, we describe our first UK experience of robotic interventional oncology proced...

Robotic assistance for percutaneous needle insertion in the kidney: preclinical proof on a swine animal model.

European radiology experimental
BACKGROUND: We evaluated the accuracy, safety, and feasibility of a computed tomography (CT)-guided robotic assistance system for percutaneous needle placement in the kidney.

Force and Velocity Based Puncture Detection in Robot Assisted Retinal Vein Cannulation: In-Vivo Study.

IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering
OBJECTIVE: Retinal vein cannulation is a technically demanding surgical procedure and its feasibility may rely on using advanced surgical robots equipped with force-sensing microneedles. Reliable detection of the moment of venous puncture is importan...