ReviewNature reviews. Urology2013
Image-guided robotic interventions for prostate cancer.
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13 citing papers in PubMed.
- Robotics in Interventional Oncology: A Call to Arms?Current oncology reports · 2026Review
- Arc-to-line frame registration method for ultrasound and photoacoustic image-guided intraoperative robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy.International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery · 2024Article
- Real-time intraoperative surgical guidance system in the da Vinci surgical robot based on transrectal ultrasound/photoacoustic imaging with photoacoustic markers: anIEEE robotics and automation letters · 2023Article
- Surgical navigation system for laparoscopic lateral pelvic lymph node dissection in rectal cancer surgery using laparoscopic-vision-tracked ultrasonic imaging.Surgical endoscopy · 2021Article
- Techniques and Outcomes of MRI-TRUS Fusion Prostate Biopsy.Current urology reports · 2021Review
- Three-Dimensional Ultrasonic Needle Tip Tracking with a Fiber-Optic Ultrasound Receiver.Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE · 2018Article
- Looking beyond the imaging plane: 3D needle tracking with a linear array ultrasound probe.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Personalized heterogeneous deformable model for fast volumetric registration.Biomedical engineering online · 2017Article
- 3T MR-guided in-bore transperineal prostate biopsy: A comparison of robotic and manual needle-guidance templates.Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI · 2015Article
- Looking forward, looking back-10 years in urology.Nature reviews. Urology · 2014Review
- Point-of-care and point-of-procedure optical imaging technologies for primary care and global health.Science translational medicine · 2014Review
- Radiofrequency heat-enhanced chemotherapy for breast cancer: towards interventional molecular image-guided chemotherapy.Theranostics · 2014Article
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Abstract
Robotic prostatectomy is a common surgical treatment for men with prostate cancer, with some studies estimating that 80% of prostatectomies now performed in the USA are done so robotically. Despite the technical advantages offered by robotic systems, functional and oncological outcomes of prostatectomy can still be improved further. Alternative minimally invasive treatments that have also adopted robotic platforms include brachytherapy and high-intensity focused ultrasonography (HIFU). These techniques require real-time image guidance--such as ultrasonography or MRI--to be truly effective; issues with software compatibility as well as image registration and tracking currently limit such technologies. However, image-guided robotics is a fast-growing area of research that combines the improved ergonomics of robotic systems with the improved visualization of modern imaging modalities. Although the benefits of a real-time image-guided robotic system to improve the precision of surgical interventions are being realized, the clinical usefulness of many of these systems remains to be seen.
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