Publications
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). 
An open-source solution for interactive acquisition, processing and transfer of interventional ultrasound images.
Workshop on Systems and Architectures for Computer Assisted Interventions, held in conjunction with the 11th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention.
(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). 
Prostate brachytherapy seed localization with Gaussian blurring and camera self-calibration.
Medical image computing and computer-assisted intervention (MICCAI). 11, 636–643.
Lee2008a.pdf (217.92 KB)
(2008). 
Prostate contouring in MRI guided biopsy.
Workshop on Prostate image analysis and computer-assisted intervention, International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention.
(2008). Quantification of edematic effects in prostate brachytherapy interventions.
Medical image computing and computer-assisted intervention (MICCAI). 11, 493–500.
Hefny2008.pdf (408.83 KB)
(2008). 
Real-time MR Imaging Controlled by Transperineal Needle Placement Device for MRI-guided Prostate Biopsy.
16th Scientific Meeting and Exhibition of International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
Tokuda2008a.pdf (1.56 MB)
(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). 
Simulink libraries for visual programming of VTK and ITK.
Workshop on Systems and Architectures for Computer Assisted Interventions, held in conjunction with the 11th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention.
(2008). Software strategy for robotic transperineal prostate therapy in closed-bore MRI.
Medical image computing and computer-assisted intervention (MICCAI). 11, 701–709.
Tokuda2008.pdf (3.22 MB)
(2008). 
Surgical and Interventional Robotics - Core Concepts, Technology and Design [Tutorial].
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine. 15, 122–130.
Kazanzides2008a.pdf (989.47 KB)
(2008). 
Surgical and interventional robotics: Part II.
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine. 15, 94–102.
Fichtinger2008.pdf (2.83 MB)
(2008). 
Surgical and interventional robotics: part III [Tutorial].
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine. 15, 84–93.
Hager2008.pdf (2.12 MB)
(2008). 
A System for Performance Analysis of Surgeon Dexterity in Percutaneous Needle-based Interventions.
7th Imaging Symposium of the Imaging Network of Ontario.
(2008). Tomosynthesis-based radioactive seed localization in prostate brachytherapy using modified distance map images.
Procedings 5th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro ISBI 2008. 680–683.
Lee2008.pdf (256.53 KB)
(2008). 
Towards detecting surgical clips in 3D ultrasound for target localization in radiation therapy: a study on tissue phantoms.
International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. 2008, 5282–5285.
Karim-Aghaloo2008.pdf (406.29 KB)
(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). 
Ultrasound Based Localization of Pelvic Anatomical Coordinate System.
8th Annual Meeting of Computer Assisted Orthopedic Surgery International (CAOS). 81-83.
Foroughi2008a.pdf (40.38 KB)
(2008). 