Cooperative robotic gamma imaging: Enhancing US-guided needle biopsy
Esposito M, Busam B, Hennersperger C, Rackerseder J, Lu A, Navab N, Frisch B (2015)
Publication Type: Conference contribution
Publication year: 2015
Journal
Publisher: Springer Verlag
Book Volume: 9350
Pages Range: 611-618
Conference Proceedings Title: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Event location: Munich, DEU
ISBN: 9783319245706
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-24571-3_73
Abstract
Sentinel lymph node (sLN) biopsy mostly requires an invasive surgical intervention to remove sLNs under radioguidance. We present an alternative method where live ultrasound is combined with live robotic gamma imaging to provide real-time anatomical and nuclear guidance of punch biopsies. The robotic arm holding a gamma camera is equipped with a system for inside-out tracking to directly retrieve the relative position of the US transducer with respect to itself. Based on this, the system cooperatively positions the gamma camera parallel to the US imaging plane selected by the physician for real-time multi-modal visualization. We validate the feasibility of this approach with a dedicated gelatine/agar biopsy phantom and show that lymph nodes separated by at least 10 mm can be distinguished.
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APA:
Esposito, M., Busam, B., Hennersperger, C., Rackerseder, J., Lu, A., Navab, N., & Frisch, B. (2015). Cooperative robotic gamma imaging: Enhancing US-guided needle biopsy. In Joachim Hornegger, Alejandro F. Frangi, William M. Wells, Alejandro F. Frangi, Nassir Navab, Joachim Hornegger, Nassir Navab, William M. Wells, William M. Wells, Alejandro F. Frangi, Joachim Hornegger, Nassir Navab (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) (pp. 611-618). Munich, DEU: Springer Verlag.
MLA:
Esposito, Marco, et al. "Cooperative robotic gamma imaging: Enhancing US-guided needle biopsy." Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2015, Munich, DEU Ed. Joachim Hornegger, Alejandro F. Frangi, William M. Wells, Alejandro F. Frangi, Nassir Navab, Joachim Hornegger, Nassir Navab, William M. Wells, William M. Wells, Alejandro F. Frangi, Joachim Hornegger, Nassir Navab, Springer Verlag, 2015. 611-618.
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