MRI-guided frameless biopsy robotic system with the inclusion of unfocused ultrasound transducer for brain cancer ablation.

Marinos GiannakouChristos YiallourasGeorgios MenikouCleanthis IoannidesChristakis Damianou

Published in: The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS (2018)

A functional MRI-guided robotic system was produced which can perform frameless brain biopsy. In the future, if a tumour is proven malignant, the needle can be pulled-out and a small ultrasonic transducer can be inserted to ablate the tumour.

Keyphrases

ultrasound guided
magnetic resonance imaging
contrast enhanced
fine needle aspiration
resting state
white matter
minimally invasive
diffusion weighted imaging
papillary thyroid
functional connectivity
robot assisted
cerebral ischemia
squamous cell
computed tomography
magnetic resonance
blood brain barrier