This paper reports an interactive software interface for visualization, planning, and monitoring of intra-prostatic needle placement procedures performed with a robotic assistant device inside standard cylindrical high-field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner. We use anatomical visualization and image processing techniques to plan the process and apply active tracking coils to localize the robot in real-time to monitor its motion relative to the anatomy. The interventional system is in Phase-I clinical trials for prostate biopsy and marker seed placement. The system concept, mechanical design, and in-vivo canine studies have been presented earlier [6,10,14]. The software architecture and three-dimensional application software interface discussed in this paper are new additions. This software was tested on pre-recorded patient data. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2004.
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Balogh, E., Deguet, A., Susil, R. G., Krieger, A., Viswanathan, A., Ménard, C., … Fichtinger, G. (2004). Visualization, planning, and monitoring software for MRI-guided prostate intervention robot. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Vol. 3217, pp. 73–80). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-30136-3_10
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