Journal article
Automatic Brachytherapy Seed Placement Under MRI Guidance
Abstract
The paper presents a robotic method of performing low dose rate prostate brachytherapy under magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) guidance. The design and operation of a fully automated MR compatible seed injector is presented. This is used with the MrBot robot for transperineal percutaneous prostate access. A new image-registration marker and algorithms are also presented. The system is integrated and tested with a 3T MRI scanner. Tests compare …
Authors
Patriciu A; Petrisor D; Muntener M; Mazilu D; Schar M; Stoianovici D
Journal
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 54, No. 8, pp. 1499–1506
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Publication Date
8 2007
DOI
10.1109/tbme.2007.900816
ISSN
0018-9294