Robot-assisted needle placement in open-MRI: system architecture, integration and validation.
Robot-assisted needle placement in open-MRI: system architecture, integration and validation.
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Robot-assisted needle placement in open-MRI: system architecture, integration and validation.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 2006;119:126-31
Authors: DiMaio SP, Pieper S, Chinzei K, Hata N, Balogh E, Fichtinger G, Tempany CM, Kikinis R
This work describes an integrated system for planning and performing percutaneous procedures-such as prostate biopsy-with robotic assistance under MRI-guidance. The physician interacts with a planning interface in order to specify the set of desired needle trajectories, based on anatomical structures and lesions observed in the patient's MR images. All image-space coordinates are automatically computed, and used to position a needle guide by means of an MRI-compatible robotic manipulator, thus avoiding the limitations of the traditional fixed needle template. Direct control of real-time imaging aids visualization of the needle as it is manually inserted through the guide. Results from in-scanner phantom experiments are provided.
PMID: 16404030 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]