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SUBMITTER: Patriciu A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3099449 | biostudies-literature | 2005
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Patriciu A A Awad M M Solomon S B SB Choti M M Mazilu D D Kavoussi L L Stoianovici D D
Medical image computing and computer-assisted intervention : MICCAI ... International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention 20050101 Pt 2
The minimally invasive treatment of liver tumors represents an alternative to the open surgery approach. Radio-frequency ablation destroys a tumor by delivering radio-frequency energy through a needle probe. Traditionally, the probe is placed manually using imaging feedback. New approaches use robotic devices to accurately place the instrument at the target. The authors developed an image-guided robotic system for percutaneous interventions using computed tomography. The paper presents a randomi ...[more]