1. The Development of Robotics for Interventional MRI
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Shelly Lwu and Garnette R. Sutherland
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medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Interventional magnetic resonance imaging ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Interface (computing) ,ComputingMethodologies_IMAGEPROCESSINGANDCOMPUTERVISION ,NeuroArm ,Robotics ,General Medicine ,Microsurgery ,Surgery ,Intraoperative MRI ,Human–computer interaction ,Stereotaxy ,Medicine ,Robot ,Neurology (clinical) ,Artificial intelligence ,business - Abstract
Over the past two decades, a number of advances have been made in the application of robotics to neurosurgery. Early robots, able to perform only a few well-defined tasks, have evolved into systems capable of complex tool manipulation. In microsurgery, robotics can now provide the surgeon with various precise and accurate high-fidelity sensory imputs without taking away the surgeon's full control of surgical tasks. A neurosurgical robot incorporating image guidance, rich sensory interface, intraoperative MRI, and microscopy represents the culmination of a logical process in the integration of robotic technology into medicine. This article describes the development and clinical application of neuroArm, a magnetic resonance—compatible robot capable of both stereotaxy and microsurgery.
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- 2009
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