A compact robotic apparatus and method for 3-D ultrasound guided prostate therapy

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6509, Issue PART 2, 2007, Pages

  Bax, Jeffrey ^a,b   Gardi, Lori ^a   Montreuil, Jacques ^a   Smith, David ^a   Fenster, Aaron ^a,b  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Image guided therapy; Medical robotics; Prostate brachytherapy; Ultrasound guidance

Indexed keywords

ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; ROBOTICS; SURGERY; ULTRASONICS;

IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY; MEDICAL ROBOTICS; PROSTATE BRACHYTHERAPY; ULTRASOUND GUIDANCE;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 35148828303     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.708987     Document Type: Conference Paper

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