Autonomy for surgical robots: Concepts and paradigms

T Haidegger - IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Robot-assisted and computer-integrated surgery provides innovative, minimally invasive
solutions to heal complex injuries and diseases. The dominant portion of these surgical …

Image-guided interventional robotics: Lost in translation?

G Fichtinger, J Troccaz, T Haidegger - Proceedings of the IEEE, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Interventional robotic systems have been deployed with all existing imaging modalities in an
expansive portfolio of therapies and surgeries. Over the years, literature reviews have …

Review of clinical and technological consideration for MRI-guided robotic prostate brachytherapy

SS Dhaliwal, T Chettibi, S Wilby… - … on Medical Robotics …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Low Dose Rate Brachytherapy (LDR-BT) is a technique for treating localized prostate cancer
by implanting radioactive seeds. In conventional practice, the delivery of seeds is performed …

Multi-needle detection in 3D ultrasound images using unsupervised order-graph regularized sparse dictionary learning

Y Zhang, X He, Z Tian, JJ Jeong, Y Lei… - IEEE transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Accurate and automatic multi-needle detection in three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound (US) is
a key step of treatment planning for US-guided brachytherapy. However, most current …

Modular robotic platform for precision neurosurgery with a bio-inspired needle: System overview and first in-vivo deployment

R Secoli, E Matheson, M Pinzi, S Galvan, A Donder… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Over the past 10 years, minimally invasive surgery (MIS) has shown significant benefits
compared to conventional surgical techniques, with reduced trauma, shorter hospital stays …

3-D path-following control for steerable needles with fiber Bragg gratings in multi-core fibers

A Donder, FR y Baena - IEEE Transactions on Biomedical …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Steerable needles have the potential for accurate needle tip placement even when the
optimal path to a target tissue is curvilinear, thanks to their ability to steer, which is an …

Needle placement errors: do we need steerable needles in interventional radiology?

TL De Jong, NJ Van De Berg, L Tas… - Medical Devices …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Accurate and precise needle placement is of utmost importance in interventional
radiology. However, targeting can be challenging due to, eg, tissue motion and deformation …

Integrating robot‐assisted ultrasound tracking and 3D needle shape prediction for real‐time tracking of the needle tip in needle steering procedures

B Konh, B Padasdao, Z Batsaikhan… - … International Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Needle insertions have been used in several minimally invasive procedures for
diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. Real‐time position of the needle tip is an important …

Curve fitting-based dynamic path planning and tracking control for flexible needle insertion

B Zhao, S Shao, L Lei, X Wang, X Yang… - … on Medical Robotics …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Needle insertion is widely used in modern clinical practice, and flexible needles enable
surgeons to adjust the needle insertion path to avoid obstacles and compensate for target …

An admittance-controlled robotic assistant for semi-autonomous breast ultrasound scanning

J Carriere, J Fong, T Meyer, R Sloboda… - … on medical robotics …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ultrasound imaging has been shown to successfully diagnose and provide visual assistance
during treatment of breast cancer. However, human operators (ie, technicians and clinicians) …