Periscopic Spine Surgery: Anatomical Motion Tracking During Radiation Treatment
Abstract
This project is aimed at improving the state of the art of image-guided and minimally invasive procedures by developing a new generation of clinical techniques along with the computer-based hardware and software needed for their implementation. Key research accomplishments for this year are: * Completed the first 20 patients in an FDA approved clinical trial of a joystick controlled robot for nerve and facet blocks in the spine under fluoroscopy guidance * Received a research grant from NCI/NIH to develop a similar lung biopsy under CT Fluoroscopy in conjunction with Johns Hopkins URobotics Research Laboratory * Completed phantom studies on a fully robotic biopsy testbed that showed high accuracy (better than 2 mm) could be obtained * Completed studies with a liver respiratory motion simulator to demonstrate the feasibility of using magnetic tracking for minimally invasive liver interventions * Began a new study of skin motion versus internal organ motion for stereotactic radiosurgery in cooperation with the Department of Radiation Medicine at Georgetown.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 2003
- Accession Number
- ADA411479
Entities
People
- Kevin Cleary
Organizations
- Georgetown University