Ultrasound (US) acquisition in standard clinical procedures requires manual operation of the
probe based on the interpretation of the image. A robotic system for autonomous US …

In modern radiotherapy, verification of the treatment to ensure the target receives the
prescribed dose and normal tissues are optimally spared has become essential. Several …

The fusion of tracked ultrasound with CT has benefits for a variety of clinical applications,
however extensive manual effort is usually required for correct registration. We developed …

Advances in ultrasound system development have led to a substantial improvement of
image quality and to an increased use of ultrasound in clinical practice. Nevertheless …

Objective: Spinal fusion surgeries require accurate placement of pedicle screws in anatomic
corridors without breaching bone boundaries. We are develo** a combined ultrasound …

Radiotherapy is recognized globally as a mainstay of treatment in most solid tumors and is
essential in both curative and palliative settings. Ionizing radiation is frequently combined …

The fields of medical image analysis and computer-aided interventions deal with reducing
the large volume of digital images (X-ray, computed tomography, magnetic resonance …

Real-time ultrasound image acquisition is a pivotal resource in the medical community, in
spite of its limited image quality. This poses challenges to image registration methods …

There is wide disparity in the practice of brachytherapy for cervical cancer around the world.
Although select well-resourced centers advocate use of MRI for all insertions, planar X-ray …

For many image-guided interventions there exists a need to compute the registration
between preprocedure image (s) and the physical space of the intervention. Real-time …