TY - GEN
T1 - An approach to MR-guided interventions with a manually-operated manipulator
AU - Christoforou, Eftychios G.
AU - Keroglou, Christoforos
AU - Tsekos, Nikolaos V.
AU - Andreou, Eleni
AU - Pitris, Constantinos
AU - Eracleous, Eleni
AU - Seimenis, Ioannis
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - The aim of the present work was to develop and test the methodology, along with the relevant software and hardware tools required, to facilitate a needle targeting intervention using a manually-actuated, MR-compatible manipulation system. The manipulator is deployed inside a high-field, cylindrical MR scanner and allows real-time guidance of an intervention. The methodology effectively combines the performance of an off-line feasibility study for a minimally invasive procedure, on-line stereotactic planning for the preoperative positioning of the interventional tool and intraoperative real-time monitoring of the actual intervention. The approach that was followed is explained and an experimental phantom study is presented, which demonstrates its effectiveness.
AB - The aim of the present work was to develop and test the methodology, along with the relevant software and hardware tools required, to facilitate a needle targeting intervention using a manually-actuated, MR-compatible manipulation system. The manipulator is deployed inside a high-field, cylindrical MR scanner and allows real-time guidance of an intervention. The methodology effectively combines the performance of an off-line feasibility study for a minimally invasive procedure, on-line stereotactic planning for the preoperative positioning of the interventional tool and intraoperative real-time monitoring of the actual intervention. The approach that was followed is explained and an experimental phantom study is presented, which demonstrates its effectiveness.
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U2 - 10.1109/ITAB.2010.5687603
DO - 10.1109/ITAB.2010.5687603
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:79951604965
SN - 9781424465606
T3 - Proceedings of the IEEE/EMBS Region 8 International Conference on Information Technology Applications in Biomedicine, ITAB
BT - ITAB 2010 - 10th International Conference on Information Technology and Applications in Biomedicine
T2 - 10th International Conference on Information Technology and Applications in Biomedicine: Emerging Technologies for Patient Specific Healthcare, ITAB 2010
Y2 - 2 November 2010 through 5 November 2010
ER -