Magnetic resonance image-guided focused ultrasound robotic system for transrectal prostate cancer therapy.
Marinos GiannakouTheocharis DrakosGeorgios MenikouNikolas EvripidouAntria FilippouKyriakos SpanoudesLeonidas IoannouChristakis DamianouPublished in: The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS (2021)
The MRI compatible robotic system can be placed on the table of any commercial MRI scanner up to 7 T. The device has the ability of future use for transrectal focal therapy of PC with the patient in supine position.
Keyphrases
- contrast enhanced
- magnetic resonance
- cancer therapy
- magnetic resonance imaging
- prostate cancer
- minimally invasive
- diffusion weighted imaging
- robot assisted
- drug delivery
- case report
- computed tomography
- current status
- stem cells
- benign prostatic hyperplasia
- mesenchymal stem cells
- bone marrow
- smoking cessation
- image quality