Needle insertion into soft tissue: A survey

N Abolhassani, R Patel, M Moallem - Medical engineering & physics, 2007 - Elsevier
Needle insertion in soft tissue has attracted considerable attention in recent years due to its
application in minimally invasive percutaneous procedures such as biopsies and …

A review of localization systems for robotic endoscopic capsules

TD Than, G Alici, H Zhou, W Li - IEEE transactions on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Obscure gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding, Crohn disease, Celiac disease, small bower tumors,
and other disorders that occur in the GI tract have always been challenging to be diagnosed …

Medical robotics and computer-integrated surgery

RH Taylor, A Menciassi, G Fichtinger, P Fiorini… - Springer handbook of …, 2016 - Springer
The growth of medical robotics since the mid-1980s has been striking. From a few initial
efforts in stereotactic brain surgery, orthopaedics, endoscopic surgery, microsurgery, and …

Real-time estimation of 3-D needle shape and deflection for MRI-guided interventions

YL Park, S Elayaperumal, B Daniel… - IEEE/ASME …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We describe a MRI-compatible biopsy needle instrumented with optical fiber Bragg gratings
for measuring bending deflections of the needle as it is inserted into tissues. During …

From passive tool holders to microsurgeons: safer, smaller, smarter surgical robots

C Bergeles, GZ Yang - IEEE Transactions on Biomedical …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Within only a few decades from its initial introduction, the field of surgical robotics has
evolved into a dynamic and rapidly growing research area with increasing clinical uptake …

MRI-compatible pneumatic robot for transperineal prostate needle placement

GS Fischer, I Iordachita, C Csoma… - IEEE/ASME …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can provide high-quality 3-D visualization of prostate
and surrounding tissue, thus granting potential to be a superior medical imaging modality for …

A review of medical robotics for minimally invasive soft tissue surgery

G Dogangil, BL Davies… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper provides an overview of recent trends and developments in medical robotics for
minimally invasive soft tissue surgery, with a view to highlight some of the issues posed and …

Localization strategies for robotic endoscopic capsules: a review

F Bianchi, A Masaracchia… - Expert review of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Nowadays, mass screening campaigns for colorectal cancer diagnosis in the
early and curable stage is essential yet limited due to many reasons, for example …

Magnetic resonance–compatible robotic and mechatronics systems for image-guided interventions and rehabilitation: a review study

NV Tsekos, A Khanicheh, E Christoforou… - Annu. Rev. Biomed …, 2007 - annualreviews.org
The continuous technological progress of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), as well as its
widespread clinical use as a highly sensitive tool in diagnostics and advanced brain …

MRI robots for needle-based interventions: systems and technology

R Monfaredi, K Cleary, K Sharma - Annals of biomedical engineering, 2018 - Springer
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provides high-quality soft-tissue images of anatomical
structures and radiation free imaging. The research community has focused on establishing …