Publications
Phantom Experiments with a Novel MR-Guided Transrectal Prostate Interventional System.
International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM).
Krieger2007.pdf (89.24 KB)
(2007). 
Robotic assistance for ultrasound guided prostate brachytherapy.
Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI). 4791, 119–127.
Fichtinger2007c.pdf (3.85 MB)
(2007). 
Robotic Assistance for Ultrasound Guided Prostate Brachytherapy.
The Fourth AdMeTech Foundation Conference: Ending the Era of Blind Cancer Care & Creating a Future of Image-Guided, Minimally Invasive Diagnosis & Treatment.
(2007). Robotic assistant for transperineal prostate interventions in 3T closed MRI.
Medical image computing and computer-assisted intervention (MICCAI). 10, 425–433.
Fischer2007b.pdf (1.22 MB)
(2007). 
Clinical Trials of a Robot Assistant for Ultrasound-Guided Prostate Brachytherapy.
Abstract in Minimally Invasive Therapy, 20th International Conference of the Society for Medical Innovation and Technology (SMIT). 14, 213.
(2008). Design and Preliminary Clinical Studies of an MRI-Guided Transrectal Prostate Intervention System.
7th International Symposium on Interventional MRI. 6-10.
(2008). Design and Preliminary Clinical Studies of an MRI-Guided Transrectal Prostate Intervention System.
International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM).
Krieger2008.pdf (537.8 KB)
(2008). 
Dynamic dosimetry and edema detection in prostate brachytherapy: a complete system.
Medical Imaging 2008: Visualization and Image-guided Procedures, and Modeling. 6918, 69181Y.
Jain2008.pdf (1.57 MB)
(2008). 
MR/CT Percutaneous Intervention Training Suite.
7th International Symposium on Interventional MRI. 81-85.
(2008). MRI Compatibility of Robot Actuation Techniques - A Comparative Study.
Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI) Proceedings in Lecture Notes in Computer Science. 5242, 509-517.
Fischer2008.pdf (1.54 MB)
(2008). 
MRI Guided Prostate Biopsy and Marker Placements.
Workshop on Clinical Image-Guided Therapy: Opportunities and Needs.
(2008). MRI-Compatible Pneumatic Robot for Transperineal Prostate Needle Placement.
IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. 13, 295–305.
Fischer2008b.pdf (861.22 KB)
(2008). 
The Perk Station: Design of a percutaneous intervention training suite.
20th International Conference of the Society for Medical Innovation and Technology (SMIT). 148-153.
U-Thainual2008b.pdf (1.48 MB)
(2008). 
The Perk Station: Portable training station for percutaneous interventions.
Orthopaedic Care Conference.
U-Thainual2008a.pdf (47.99 KB)
(2008). 
Pneumatically operated MRI-compatible needle placement robot for prostate interventions.
Procedings IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation ICRA 2008. 2489–2495.
Fischer2008a.pdf (883.4 KB)
(2008). 
Registered ultrasound and fluoroscopy for intraoperative dynamic dosimetry in prostate brachytherapy.
Brachytherapy. 7, 102 - 102.
Song2008.pdf (42.17 KB)
(2008). 
Registered Ultrasound and Fluoroscopy for Intraoperative Dynamic Dosimetry in Prostate Brachytherapy.
Workshop on Clinical Image-Guided Therapy: Opportunities and Needs.
(2008). Robotic Assistance for Ultrasound Guided Prostate Brachytherapy.
Workshop on Clinical Image-Guided Therapy: Opportunities and Needs.
(2008). Robotic assistance for ultrasound-guided prostate brachytherapy.
Medical Image Analysis. 12, 535.
Fichtinger2008b.pdf (1.12 MB)
(2008). 
Robotic needle positioner for ultrasound-guided prostate brachytherapy.
Brachytherapy. 7, 176 - 176.
Song2008a.pdf (45.96 KB)
(2008). 
A System for Performance Analysis of Surgeon Dexterity in Percutaneous Needle-based Interventions.
7th Imaging Symposium of the Imaging Network of Ontario.
(2008). A Training Suite for Image Overlay and Other Needle Insertion Techniques.
2008 MICCAI Workshop - Augmented Environments for Medical Imaging and Computer-Aided Surgery (AMI-ARCS).
Fischer2008c.pdf (469.78 KB)
(2008). 
The Perk Station: Systems design for percutaneous intervention training suite.
Procedings IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics ROBIO 2009. 1693–1697.
U-Thainual2009a.pdf (1.79 MB)
(2009). 
Perk Station-Percutaneous surgery training and performance measurement platform.
Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics. 34, 19-32.
Vikal2009a.pdf (2.98 MB)
(2009). 
Teaching Aid for Computer-Assisted Surgery.
Eastern Ontario Symposium for Educational Technology.
EOSET2009_The Perk Station abstract.pdf (303.71 KB)
(2009). 