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[DeOliveira2005] de Oliveira, M., A. Deguet, G. Fischer, E. Balogh, R. Taylor, L. Fayad, J. Zinreich, and G. Fichtinger, "Image Overlay for CT-Guided Hepatic Needle Insertions - Cadaver Studies", Annual congress of the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, pp. pp 243-244, 2005.

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[Fichtinger2005] Fichtinger, G., A. Deguet, G. Fischer, I. Iordachita, E. Balogh, K. Masamune, R. Taylor, L. Fayad, M. de Oliveira, and J. Zinreich, "Image overlay for CT-guided needle insertions", Journal of Computer Aided Surgery, vol. 10, no. 4: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218-2682, USA gabor@cs jhu edu, pp. 241–255, Jul, 2005. Abstract

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[Fischer2006h] Fischer, G., A. Deguet, C. Csoma, R. Taylor, L. Fayad, J. A. Carrino, J. Zinreich, and G. Fichtinger, "Image Overlay for MR-Guided Joint Arthrography", 6th Interventional MRI Symposium, pp. 240-242, 2006.

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[Fichtinger2005a] Fichtinger, G., A. Deguet, K. Masamune, E. Balogh, G. Fischer, H. Mathieu, R. Taylor, J. Zinreich, and L. Fayad, "Image overlay guidance for needle insertion in CT scanner", IEEE transactions on biomedical engineering, vol. 52, no. 8, pp. 1415–1424, Aug, 2005.

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[Masamune2002] Masamune, K., G. Fichtinger, A. Deguet, D. Matsuka, and R. Taylor, "An Image Overlay System with Enhanced Reality for Percutaneous Therapy Performed Inside CT Scanner", Lecture Notes in Computer Science Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), vol. 2489, pp. 77-84, 2002.

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[Fichtinger2003] , Image Registration of multiple medical imaging modalities using a multiple degree-of-freedom-encoded fiducial, , no. 60/493,406, 2003.

[Li2005] Li, J., E. Balogh, I. Iordachita, G. Fichtinger, and P. Kazanzides, "Image-Guided Robot System for Small Animal Research", Conference on Complex Medical Engineering (CME2005), pp. 194-198, 2005.

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[Viswanathan2004] Viswanathan, A., E. Boctor, R. Taylor, G. D. Hager, and G. Fichtinger, "Immediate Ultrasound Calibration from Three Poses and Minimal Image Processing", Proceedings in Lecture Notes in Computer Science Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), vol. 3217, pp. 446-454, 2004.

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[Pompeu-Robinson2011] Pompeu-Robinson, A. M., M. Kunz, C. B. Falkson, L. J. Schreiner, C. P. Joshi, and G. Fichtinger, "Immobilization and Catheter Guidance for Breast Brachytherapy", International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, vol. Online First, 05/2011. Abstract

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[Lasso2012d] Lasso, A., T. Heffter, C. Pinter, T. Ungi, and G. Fichtinger, "Implementation of the PLUS open-source toolkit for translational research of ultrasound-guided intervention systems", Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2012) - Systems and Architectures for Computer Assisted Interventions, Nice, France, The MIDAS Journal, pp. 1-12, 10/2012.

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[Moult2012a] Moult, E., C. E. Burdette, D. Y. Song, G. Fichtinger, and P. Fallavollita, "Implicit active contours for automatic brachytherapy seed segmentation in fluoroscopy", SPIE Medical Imaging 2012, San Diego, California, USA, pp. 831611, 02/2012.

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[HPeikari2011a] Peikari, H., A. Lasso, and G. Fichtinger, "Improved validation platform for ultrasound-based monitoring of thermal ablation", SPIE Medical Imaging, vol. 7964, no. 1, Lake Buena Vista (Orlando), Florida, USA, SPIE, pp. 79641H, 2011.

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[Carbajal2013] Carbajal, G., A. Lasso, A. Gomez, and G. Fichtinger, "Improving N-Wire Phantom-based Freehand Ultrasound Calibration", ImNO2013 - Imaging Network Ontario Symposium, Toronto, Canada, February 4th-5th 2013, 02/2013.

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[Tokuda2012] Tokuda, J., K. Tuncali, I. Iordachita, S S-E. Song, A. Fedorov, S. Oguro, A. Lasso, F. M. Fennessy, C. M. Tempany, and N. Hata, "In-bore Setup and Software for 3T MRI-guided Transperineal Prostate Biopsy", Physics in Medicine and Biology, 09/2012.

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[Zhou2006] Zhou, Y., A. K. Jain, G. Chirikjian, and G. Fichtinger, "Incorporating seed orientation in brachytherapy implant reconstruction", Medical Imaging 2006: Visualization, Image-Guided Procedures, and Display, vol. 6141, no. 1: SPIE, pp. 61411H, 2006.

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[Mewes2008] Mewes, P., J. Tokuda, S. DiMaio, G. Fischer, C. Csoma, D. Gobbi, C. M. Tempany, G. Fichtinger, and N. Hata, "Integrated system for robot-assisted in prostate biopsy in closed MRI scanner", Procedings IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation ICRA 2008, pp. 2959–2962, 19–23 May, 2008.

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[Erdi1994] Erdi, A., B. Wessels, G. Fichtinger, E. Yorke, M. Loew, and Y. Erdi, "Integrated Treatment Planning System To Calculate Three Dimensional Absorbed Dose For Radio-Immunotherapy", Proceedings of Fifth Conference of Radio-Immunodetection and Radio-Immunotherapy of Cancer, 1994.

[Menard2004] Menard, C., R. Susil, P. Choyke, J. Coleman, R. Grubb, A. Krieger, A. Gharib, P. Guion, D. Thomasson, J. Capala, et al., "Integrating Diagnostic and Interventional MRI for the Molecular Characterization of Prostate Cancer", 5th Interventional MRI Symposium, 2004.

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[Chin2013] Chin, L., M. Wronski, J. Livergant, A. Agbanti, D. Yohan, J. Balogh, A. Lasso, and G. Fichtinger, "Integration of SlicerRT into the Radiation Therapy Clinical Workflow", ImNO2013 - Imaging Network Ontario Symposium, 02/2013.

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[Karim-Aghaloo2008a] Karim-Aghaloo, Z., G. Fichtinger, D. Gobbi, C. E. Burdette, R. Rohling, and P. Abolmaesumi, "Intensity-based registration of prostate brachytherapy implants and ultrasound", Procedings 5th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro ISBI 2008, pp. 780–783, 14–17 May, 2008.

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[Menard2005] Menard, C., R. Susil, P. Choyke, J. Coleman, R. Grubb, A. Gharib, A. Krieger, P. Guion, D. Thomasson, K. Ullman, et al., "An Interventional MRI Technique for the Molecular Characterization of Intra-Prostatic Dynamic Contrast Enhancement", Molecular Imaging, vol. 4 No 1, pp. 63-66, 2005.

[Jain2007] Jain, A. K., A. Deguet, I. Iordachita, G. Chintalapani, J. Blevins, L. Yi, E. Armour, C. E. Burdette, D. Y. Song, and G. Fichtinger, "Intra-operative 3D guidance in prostate brachytherapy using a non-isocentric C-arm", Medical image computing and computer-assisted intervention (MICCAI), vol. 10, no. Pt 2: Johns Hopkins University, USA, pp. 9–17, 2007. Abstract

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[Jain2007c] Jain, A. K., A. Deguet, I. Iordachita, G. Chintalapani, J. Blevins, L. Yi, E. Armour, C. E. Burdette, D. Y. Song, and G. Fichtinger, "Intra-operative dosimetry optimization of TRUS-guided prostate brachytherapy requires localization of seeds relative to the prostate", Innovative Minds in Prostate Cancer Today - IMPaCT, 2007.

[Karim-Aghaloo2008b] Karim-Aghaloo, Z., P. Abolmaesumi, N. Ahmidi, T. K. Chen, D. Gobbi, and G. Fichtinger, "Intra-operative Localization of Brachytherapy Implants Using Intensity-based Registration", 7th Imaging Symposium of the Imaging Network of Ontario, 2008.

[Jain2004a] Jain, A. K., Y. Zhou, T. Mustufa, C. E. Burdette, C. Scheideler, G. Chirikjian, and G. Fichtinger, "Intra-operative Seed Reconstruction from C-arm Images for Prostate Brachytherapy", Annual Convention of the Radiology Society of North America (RSNA), 2004.