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ArticleJournal of imaging2021

Design of an Ultrasound-Navigated Prostate Cancer Biopsy System for Nationwide Implementation in Senegal.

Gabor Fichtinger, Parvin Mousavi, Tamas Ungi, Aaron Fenster, Purang Abolmaesumi, Gernot Kronreif, Juan Ruiz-Alzola, Alain Ndoye, Babacar Diao, Ron Kikinis

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Gabor FichtingerSchool of Computing, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 2N8, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-6354-262X
Parvin MousaviSchool of Computing, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 2N8, Canada.
Tamas UngiSchool of Computing, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 2N8, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-4743-0609
Aaron FensterDepartment of Medical Biophysics, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, ON N6A 5B7, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-3525-2788
Purang AbolmaesumiDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.
Gernot KronreifAustrian Center for Medical Innovation and Technology, 2700 Wiener Neustadt, Austria.
Juan Ruiz-AlzolaDepartamento de Señales y Comunicaciones, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 35001 Las Palmas, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-3545-2328
Alain NdoyeDepartment of Urology, Hôpital Aristide Le Dantec, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar 10700, Senegal.
Babacar DiaoDepartment of Urology, Hôpital Aristide Le Dantec, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar 10700, Senegal.
Ron KikinisHarvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7227-7058

Funding

Training and DisseminationP41EB015902 · NIBIB · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI KIKINIS, RON, WESTIN, CARL-FREDRIK · 2012 to 2022
$20.9M
TRD 3 - Enabling Technologies for Intraprocedural GuidanceP41EB028741 · NIBIB · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI Carl-Fredrik Westin · 2021 to 2026
$10.7M
Lymph Node Quantification System for Multisite Clinical TrialsR01CA235589 · NCI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI GORDON J HARRIS, Ron Kikinis · 2019 to 2026
$4.5M
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Canada Research Chair in Computer-Integrated SurgeryNCI NIH HHS R01 CA235589NIBIB NIH HHS P41 EB015902NIBIB NIH HHS P41 EB028741
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This paper presents the design of NaviPBx, an ultrasound-navigated prostate cancer biopsy system. NaviPBx is designed to support an affordable and sustainable national healthcare program in Senegal. It uses spatiotemporal navigation and multiparametric transrectal ultrasound to guide biopsies. NaviPBx integrates concepts and methods that have been independently validated previously in clinical feasibility studies and deploys them together in a practical prostate cancer biopsy system. NaviPBx is based entirely on free open-source software and will be shared as a free open-source program with no restriction on its use. NaviPBx is set to be deployed and sustained nationwide through the Senegalese Military Health Service. This paper reports on the results of the design process of NaviPBx. Our approach concentrates on "frugal technology", intended to be affordable for low-middle income (LMIC) countries. Our project promises the wide-scale application of prostate biopsy and will foster time-efficient development and programmatic implementation of ultrasound-guided diagnostic and therapeutic interventions in Senegal and beyond.

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Africabiopsyfrugal technologyprostate cancerultrasound

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PMID34460790
PMCPMC8404908

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