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A novel manipulator with needle insertion forces feedback for robot-assisted lumbar puncture.

The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS Feb 16, 2021
BACKGROUND: The use of lumbar puncture for paediatric diagnosis and treatment, such as cerebrospinal fluid sampling and intracranial pressure measurements, is steadily increasing. However, the standard 'blind' technique makes it difficult to attain a...
Robotics Needles Spinal Puncture Humans Feedback
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Robotic assistance for quick and accurate image-guided needle placement.

Updates in surgery Jan 4, 2021
Computed tomography (CT) image-guided procedures including biopsy, drug delivery, and ablation are gaining increasing application in medicine. Robotic technology holds the promise for allowing surgeons, and other proceduralists, access to such CT-gui...
Humans Robotic Surgical Procedures Needles Phantoms, Imaging Tomography, X-Ray Computed Robotics
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Design and control of a bionic needle puncture robot.

The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS Nov 16, 2020
BACKGROUND: The application of minimally invasive interventional breast surgery is becoming more and more widespread. The accurate puncture of breast cancer needs to solve the problems of tissue deformation and target displacement.
Robotics Humans Punctures Bionics Needles Breast Neoplasms
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Deep learning-based digitization of prostate brachytherapy needles in ultrasound images.

Medical physics Oct 27, 2020
PURPOSE: To develop, and evaluate the performance of, a deep learning-based three-dimensional (3D) convolutional neural network (CNN) artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm aimed at finding needles in ultrasound images used in prostate brachytherapy.
Needles Brachytherapy Humans Male Artificial Intelligence Imaging, Three-Dimensional Deep Learning Ultrasonography Prostatic Neoplasms
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Automatic multi-needle localization in ultrasound images using large margin mask RCNN for ultrasound-guided prostate brachytherapy.

Physics in medicine and biology Oct 9, 2020
Multi-needle localization in ultrasound (US) images is a crucial step of treatment planning for US-guided prostate brachytherapy. However, current computer-aided technologies are mostly focused on single-needle digitization, while manual digitization...
Humans Male Prostatic Neoplasms Automation Needles Deep Learning Ultrasonography Brachytherapy Radiotherapy, Image-Guided
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Experimental study of the optimum puncture pattern of robot-assisted needle insertion into hyperelastic materials.

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part H, Journal of engineering in medicine Sep 2, 2020
The robot-assisted insertion surgery plays a crucial role in biopsy and therapy. This study focuses on determining the optimum puncture pattern for robot-assisted insertion, aiming at the matching problem of needle insertion parameters, thereby to re...
Punctures Needles Humans Robotic Surgical Procedures Robotics Biopsy
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Deep learning segmentation of general interventional tools in two-dimensional ultrasound images.

Medical physics Aug 30, 2020
PURPOSE: Many interventional procedures require the precise placement of needles or therapy applicators (tools) to correctly achieve planned targets for optimal diagnosis or treatment of cancer, typically leveraging the temporal resolution of ultraso...
Phantoms, Imaging Ultrasonography Male Deep Learning Liver Female Needles
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Needle tip force estimation by deep learning from raw spectral OCT data.

International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery Jul 22, 2020
PURPOSE: Needle placement is a challenging problem for applications such as biopsy or brachytherapy. Tip force sensing can provide valuable feedback for needle navigation inside the tissue. For this purpose, fiber-optical sensors can be directly inte...
Mechanical Phenomena Feedback Calibration Humans Deep Learning Needles Neural Networks, Computer Image Processing, Computer-Assisted Tomography, Optical Coherence Robotics
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Automatic needle tracking using Mask R-CNN for MRI-guided percutaneous interventions.

International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery Jul 16, 2020
PURPOSE: Accurate needle tracking provides essential information for MRI-guided percutaneous interventions. Passive needle tracking using MR images is challenged by variations of the needle-induced signal void feature in different situations. This wo...
Neural Networks, Computer Algorithms Prostate Humans Needles Male Image-Guided Biopsy Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Deep learning applications in automatic needle segmentation in ultrasound-guided prostate brachytherapy.

Medical physics Jul 16, 2020
PURPOSE: High-Dose-Rate (HDR) brachytherapy is one of the most effective ways to treat the prostate cancer, which is the second most common cancer in men worldwide. This treatment delivers highly conformal dose through the transperineal needle implan...
Ultrasonography, Interventional Prostate Brachytherapy Needles Deep Learning Prostatic Neoplasms Humans Male
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