ArticleIEEE transactions on robotics : a publication of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society2015
Design of an Optically Controlled MR-Compatible Active Needle.
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- A Survey of Needle Steering Approaches in Minimally Invasive Surgery.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2024Review
- Non-Metallic MR-Guided Concentric Tube Robot for Intracerebral Hemorrhage Evacuation.IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering · 2023Article
- State of the Art and Future Opportunities in MRI-Guided Robot-Assisted Surgery and Interventions.Proceedings of the IEEE. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · 2022Article
- Concurrently bendable and rotatable continuum tubular robot for omnidirectional multi-core transurethral prostate biopsy.Medical & biological engineering & computing · 2022Article
- Modular robotic platform for precision neurosurgery with a bio-inspired needle: System overview and first in-vivo deployment.PloS one · 2022Article
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- Design of an ultra-thin steerable probe for percutaneous interventions and preliminary evaluation in a gelatine phantom.PloS one · 2019Article
- Towards the Development of A Steerable and MRI-Compatible Cardiac Catheter for Atrial Fibrillation Treatment.IEEE robotics and automation letters · 2018Article
- Simulation and experimental studies in needle-tissue interactions.Journal of clinical monitoring and computing · 2017Article
- Highly Articulated Robotic Needle Achieves Distributed Ablation of Liver Tissue.IEEE robotics and automation letters · 2017Article
- Methods for Improving the Curvature of Steerable Needles in Biological Tissue.IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering · 2016Article
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Abstract
An active needle is proposed for the development of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided percutaneous procedures. The needle uses a low-transition-temperature shape memory alloy (LT SMA) wire actuator to produce bending in the distal section of the needle. Actuation is achieved with internal optical heating using laser light transported via optical fibers and side coupled to the LT SMA. A prototype, with a size equivalent to a standard 16-gauge biopsy needle, exhibits significant bending, with a tip deflection of more than 14° in air and 5° in hard tissue. A single-ended optical sensor with a gold-coated tip is developed to measure the curvature independently of temperature. The experimental results in tissue phantoms show that human tissue causes fast heat dissipation from the wire actuator; however, the active needle can compensate for typical targeting errors during prostate biopsy.
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