Development and evaluation of an actuated MRI-compatible robotic system for MRI-guided prostate intervention

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 273-284

  Krieger, Axel ^a,b   Song, Sang Eun ^a   Bongjoon Cho, Nathan ^a   Iordachita, Iulian I ^a   Guion, Peter ^a,c   Fichtinger, Gabor ^d   Whitcomb, Louis L ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b Sentinelle Medical Inc   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Image guided intervention; MRI; prostate cancer; robot manipulators

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY STUDY; BIOPSY NEEDLE; IMAGE-GUIDED INTERVENTION; INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES; MAXIMUM ERROR; MRI COMPATIBILITY; MRI COMPATIBLE; NEEDLE INSERTION; NEEDLE PLACEMENT; NO REDUCTION; PATIENT COMFORT; PATIENT MOTIONS; PROSTATE CANCERS; RADIO FREQUENCIES; REAL-TIME MRI; ROBOT MANIPULATOR; ROBOTIC DEVICES; ROBOTIC SYSTEMS; SIGNALTONOISE RATIO (SNR); SNR DEGRADATION; TARGETING ACCURACY;

DISEASES; MACHINE DESIGN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ROBOT APPLICATIONS; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; SHIELDING; SIGNAL SYSTEMS; UROLOGY;

NEEDLES;

EID: 84866521984     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2011.2163523     Document Type: Conference Paper

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