ArticleJournal of contemporary brachytherapy2015
Brachytherapy next generation: robotic systems.
Article in Journal of contemporary brachytherapy, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.
- Phantom study of a fully automatic radioactive seed placement robot for the treatment of skull base tumours.BMC oral health · 2024Article
- Steering a Tendon-Driven Needle in High-Dose-Rate Prostate Brachytherapy for Patients with Pubic Arch Interference.... International Symposium on Medical Robotics. International Symposium on Medical Robotics · 2021Article
- Precision Interventional Brachytherapy: A Promising Strategy Toward Treatment of Malignant Tumors.Frontiers in oncology · 2021Review
- Autonomous surgery in the era of robotic urology: friend or foe of the future surgeon?Nature reviews. Urology · 2020Review
- A novel auto-positioning method in Iodine-125 seed brachytherapy driven by preoperative planning.Journal of applied clinical medical physics · 2019Article
- System and path planning algorithm for low-kV X-ray free-form surface irradiation.The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS · 2018Article
- Robot-assisted laparoscopic implantation of brachytherapy catheters in bladder cancer recent interests and prospective.Translational andrology and urology · 2018Article
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
In a field dominated by external beam radiation therapy (EBRT), both the therapeutic and technical possibilities of brachytherapy (BT) are underrated, shadowed by protons and intensity modulated radiotherapy. Decreasing expertise and indications, as well as increasing lack of specific BT training for radiation therapy (RT) residents led to the real need of shortening its learning curve and making it more popular. Developing robotic BT devices can be a way to mitigate the above issues. There are many teams working at custom-made robotic BT platforms to perfect and overcome the limitations of the existing systems. This paper provides a picture of the current state-of-the-art in robotic assisted BT, as it also conveys the author's solution to the problem, a parallel robot that uses CT-guidance.
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