1. MRI-Guided Robotic Prostate Biopsy and Brachytherapy: Update from the EU funded CoBra Project
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Wilby, Sarah, Dhaliwal, Sepaldeep Singh, Van Den Dobbelsteen, John, Firouzy, Sina, Hodgson, Dominic, Jones, Dylan, Labib, Ashraf, Nagar, Yoodhvir, Palmer, Antony, Polak, Wojciech, De Vries, Martijn, Wiskerke, Pieter, Merzouki, Rochdi, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, University of Portsmouth, Centre de Recherche en Informatique, Signal et Automatique de Lille - UMR 9189 (CRIStAL), Centrale Lille-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)
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[SPI]Engineering Sciences [physics] ,[INFO]Computer Science [cs] ,[SDV.MHEP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology - Abstract
International audience; The Interreg 2 Seas (EU)-funded CoBra research initiative is a five year project to develop a novel device for MR-guided robotic biopsy and brachytherapy for prostate cancer. We report on research achievements at two years into the work. We present details from several of the work packages: 1) MRI-safe I-125 seed delivery module, based on Piezoelectric motors, and evaluation of MR seed artefact in the closed loop control of the MR-guided robot; 2) MRI-safe pneumatic biopsy system; 3) novel steerable needles developed to improve access to all parts of the prostate; 4) prototype trajectory planning for ideal needle paths from an optimal number of insertion points; and 5) phantoms designed to test MR image quality in the presence of needles and seeds.
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- 2021