Publications | The Perk Lab

[Rivaz2006] Rivaz, H., E. Boctor, and G. Fichtinger, "P3E-9 Ultrasound Speckle Detection Using Low Order Moments", Procedings IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, pp. 2092–2095, 2–6 Oct, 2006.

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[Foroughi2007] Foroughi, P., E. Boctor, M. Swartz, R. Taylor, and G. Fichtinger, "P6D-2 Ultrasound Bone Segmentation Using Dynamic Programming", Procedings IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, pp. 2523–2526, 28–31 Oct, 2007.

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[Singh2007a] Singh, A., A. Krieger, J-B. Lattouf, P. Guion, R. Grubb, P. Albert, G. Metzger, K. Ullman, S. Smith, G. Fichtinger, et al., "Patient selection determines the prostate cancer yield of dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging-guided transrectal biopsies in a closed 3-Tesla scanner", British Journal of Urology international, vol. 101, no. 2: Radiation Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1642, USA Anurag Singh@RoswellPark org, pp. 181–185, Jan, 2007. Abstract

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[Sciubba2010] Sciubba, D. M., C. E. Burdette, J. J. Cheng, W. A. Pennant, J. C. Noggle, R. J. Petteys, C. Alix, C. J. Diederich, G. Fichtinger, Z. L. Gokaslan, et al., "Percutaneous computed tomography fluoroscopy-guided conformal ultrasonic ablation of vertebral tumors in a rabbit tumor model. Laboratory investigation.", J Neurosurg Spine, vol. 13, no. 6: Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA. dsciubb1@jhmi.edu, pp. 773–779, Dec, 2010. Abstract

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[Ungi2011c] Ungi, T., P. U-Thainual, C. T. Yeo, A. Lasso, R. C. McGraw, and G. Fichtinger, "Perk Station image overlay improves training of facet joint injections", 4th NCIGT and NIH Image Guided Therapy Workshop, vol. 4, Arlington VA, October 12-13, 2011, pp. 118, 10/2011.

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[Vikal2009a] Vikal, S., P. U-Thainual, J. A. Carrino, I. Iordachita, G. Fischer, and G. Fichtinger, "Perk Station-Percutaneous surgery training and performance measurement platform", Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, vol. 34, issue 1, pp. 19-32, 05/2009. Abstract

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[U-Thainual2008b] U-Thainual, P., I. Iordachita, and G. Fichtinger, "The Perk Station: Design of a percutaneous intervention training suite", 20th International Conference of the Society for Medical Innovation and Technology (SMIT), Vienna, Austria, August 28-31, pp. 148-153, 08/2008.

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[U-Thainual2008a] U-Thainual, P., S. Vikal, I. Iordachita, and G. Fichtinger, "The Perk Station: Portable training station for percutaneous interventions", Orthopaedic Care Conference, 2008.

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[U-Thainual2009a] U-Thainual, P., G. Fischer, I. Iordachita, S. Vikal, and G. Fichtinger, "The Perk Station: Systems design for percutaneous intervention training suite", Procedings IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics ROBIO 2009, Bangkok, Thailand, pp. 1693–1697, 22–25 Feb, 2009.

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[Welch2013a] Welch, M., E. Moult, T. Ungi, R. C. McGraw, and G. Fichtinger, "Perk Tutor Improves Ultrasound-Guided Facet Joint Injection Training", ImNO2013 - Imaging Network Ontario Symposium, Toronto, Canada, February 4th-5th, 02/2013.

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[Ungi2012c] Ungi, T., D. Sargent, E. Moult, A. Lasso, C. Pinter, R. C. McGraw, and G. Fichtinger, "Perk Tutor: An open-source training platform for ultrasound-guided needle insertions", IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, vol. 59, issue 12, pp. 3475-3481, 12/2012.

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[Ungi2013b] Ungi, T., E. Moult, A. Lasso, R. C. McGraw, and G. Fichtinger, "Perk Tutor: Open-source platform for ultrasound-guided needle intervention training", ImNO2013 - Imaging Network Ontario Symposium, Toronto, ON, Canada, 02/2013.

[Krieger2007] Krieger, A., C. Csoma, P. Guion, I. Iordachita, G. Metzger, D. Qian, A. Singh, L. L. Whitcomb, and G. Fichtinger, "Phantom Experiments with a Novel MR-Guided Transrectal Prostate Interventional System", International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), 2007.

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[Ghanavati2011] Ghanavati, S., P. Mousavi, G. Fichtinger, and P. Abolmaesumi, "Phantom validation for ultrasound to statistical shape model registration of human pelvis", SPIE Medical Imaging, vol. 7964, no. 1, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA, SPIE, pp. 79642U, 03/2011.

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[Lasso2012b] Lasso, A., J. Tokuda, A. Fedorov, S. Vikal, H. Tadayyon, A. Kaushal, P. Guion, and G. Fichtinger, "Planning and Targeting System for MRI-guided Robotic Interventions", ImNO2012 - Imaging Network Ontario Symposium, Toronto, ON, Canada, 02/2012.

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[Lasso2011c] Lasso, A., T. Heffter, C. Pinter, T. Ungi, T. K. Chen, A. Boucharin, and G. Fichtinger, "PLUS: An open-source toolkit for developing ultrasound-guided intervention systems", 4th NCIGT and NIH Image Guided Therapy Workshop, vol. 4, Arlington VA, October 12-13, 2011, pp. 103, 10/2011.

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[Lasso2012a] Lasso, A., T. Heffter, C. Pinter, T. Ungi, T. K. Chen, A. Boucharin, and G. Fichtinger, "PLUS: An open-source toolkit for ultrasound-guided intervention systems development", ImNO2012 - Imaging Network Ontario Symposium, Toronto, ON, Canada, 02/2012.

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[Fischer2008a] Fischer, G., I. Iordachita, C. Csoma, J. Tokuda, P. Mewes, C. M. Tempany, N. Hata, and G. Fichtinger, "Pneumatically operated MRI-compatible needle placement robot for prostate interventions", Procedings IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation ICRA 2008, pp. 2489–2495, 19–23 May, 2008.

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[Dehghan2011b] Dehghan, E., J. Lee, P. Fallavollita, N. Kuo, A. Deguet, C. E. Burdette, D. Y. Song, J. L. Prince, and G. Fichtinger, "Point-to-Volume Registration of Prostate Implants to Ultrasound", Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2011), Toronto, ON, Canada, pp. 615 - 622, 09/2011.

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[Cleary2005] Cleary, K., V. Watson, D. Lindisch, R. Taylor, G. Fichtinger, S. Xu, C. White, J. Donlon, M. Taylor, A. Patriciu, et al., "Precision placement of instruments for minimally invasive procedures using a "needle driver" robot", international journal of medical robotics computer assisted surgery MRCAS, vol. 1, no. 2: Division of Computer Aided Interventions, Medical Robotics (CAIMR), Imaging Science, Information Systems (ISIS) Center, Department of Radiology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA cleary@georgetown edu, pp. 40–47, Jan, 2005. Abstract

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[Tokuda2012] Tokuda, J., S S-E. Song, G. Fischer, I. Iordachita, R. Seifabadi, N B. Cho, K. Tuncali, G. Fichtinger, C. M. Tempany, and N. Hata, "Preclinical evaluation of an MRI-compatible pneumatic robot for angulated needle placement in transperineal prostate interventions", International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (IJCARS), 2012. Abstract

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[Tokuda2012a] Tokuda, J., S S-E. Song, G. Fischer, I. Iordachita, R. Seifabadi, N B. Cho, G. Fichtinger, C. M. Tempany, and N. Hata, "Preclinical evaluation of MRI-compatible pneumatic robot for angulated needle placement in prostate interventions", Computer-assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS 2012), Pisa, Italy, 2012.

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[Tokuda2011] Tokuda, J., K. Tuncali, I. Iordachita, S S-E. Song, A. Fedorov, S. Oguro, A. Lasso, F. M. Fennessy, Y. Tang, C. M. Tempany, et al., "Preliminary Accuracy Evaluation of 3T MRI-guided Transperineal Prostate Biopsy with Grid Template", ISMRM 2011 - 3rd Place Poster Award, vol. 19, pp. 3761, 2011.

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[Chowning2006] Chowning, S., R. Susil, A. Krieger, G. Fichtinger, L. L. Whitcomb, and E. Atalar, "A preliminary analysis and model of prostate injection distributions", The Prostate, vol. 66, no. 4: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA schowning@mri jhu edu, pp. 344–357, Mar, 2006. Abstract

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[Fichtinger1988b] Fichtinger, G., "Programming in C++ on IBM PC Computers", Hungarian Journal of Automation, vol. 9, pp. 9-13, 1988.