5 accepted papers
Needle interventions are crucial in neurosurgery, requiring high precision and stability. This paper presents a 5-DoF head-mounted hydraulic needle robot designed for accurate and targeted needle insertion and neuroimaging in the deep brain. The robot is compact and lightweight by utilizing a hydrau…
In stereotactic brain biopsy, operating the needle accurately and taking the biopsy specimen safely are two major challenges for ensuring the success of the surgical procedure. Considering this fact, surgical robots offering high accuracy and precision have been developed for neurosurgery including
Percutaneous ablation is a standard therapy for most cases of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), which is a general type of primary liver cancer. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) offers high-contrast images of soft tissue to monitor the ablation procedure. However, the success of MRI-guided ablation st
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) guided intervention has drawn increasing attention over the last decade. It is accredited to the capability of monitoring any physiological change of soft tissue with the high-contrast MR images. This also gives rise to the demand for precise tele-manipulation of int
In this letter, we present an intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided robot for bilateral stereotactic procedures. Its compact design enables robot's operation within the constrained space of standard imaging head coil. magnetic resonance (MR) safe and high-performance hydraulic trans