Publications
The surgical CAD/CAM paradigm and an implementation for robotically-assisted percutaneous local therapy.
Procedings AIPR 2001 30th Applied Imagery Pattern Recognition Workshop. 3–8.
Fichtinger2001.pdf (910.42 KB)
(2001). 
System for robotically assisted percutaneous procedures with computed tomography guidance.
Journal of Computer Aided Surgery. 6, 370–383.
Masamune2001.pdf (2.09 MB)
(2001). 
An Image Overlay System with Enhanced Reality for Percutaneous Therapy Performed Inside CT Scanner.
Lecture Notes in Computer Science Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI). 2489, 77-84.
Masamune2002.pdf (200.13 KB)
(2002). 
MRI Compatible Device for MRI Guided Transrectal Prostate Biopsy.
International Society of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Medicine, Tenth Scientific Meeting. 338.
(2002). Numerical algorithms for spatial registration of line fiducials from cross-sectional images.
Journal of Medical Physics. 29, 1881–1891.
(2002). A Real-time MRI System for Guidance and Monitoring of Prostate Biopsy.
International Society of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Medicine, Tenth Scientific Meeting. 2237.
(2002). Robotically Assisted Prostate Biopsy And Therapy With Intra-Operative CT Guidance.
Journal of Academic Radiology. 9 no 1, 60-74.
Fichtinger2002.pdf (5.78 MB)
(2002). 
A system for guidance and monitoring of transrectal prostate biopsy in a 1 5 T closed MR scanner.
European Radiology. 12(9),
(2002). A System for Guidance and Monitoring of Transrectal Prostate Biopsy in a 1 5 T Closed MR Scanner.
International Symposium of IVMRI.
(2002). Transrectal prostate biopsy inside closed MRI scanner with remote actuation and under real-time image guidance.
Lecture Notes in Computer Science Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI). 2488 part 1, 91-98.
Fichtinger2002a.pdf (1.22 MB)
(2002). 
An Enhanced Reality System for Percutaneous needle placement Therapy inside X-ray CT Scanner.
ARCS - Workshop on Augmented Reality in Computer Aided Surgery. 83.
Masamune2003.pdf (39.25 KB)
(2003).
(2003). 
MRI Guided Intraprostatic Therapeutic Injections in a Closed, 1 5T Scanner.
International Society of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Medicine, Eleventh Scientific Meeting. 687.
(2003). An MRI System for Guidance and Monitoring of Transrectal Prostate Interventions in a 1 5T Scanner.
Radiological Society of North America, 89th Scientific Assembly.
(2003). Prostate biopsy and local therapy inside conventional closed mri with robotic assistance - animal studies.
Journal of Academic Radiology. 10, 955 - 955.
Fichtinger2003.pdf (29.18 KB)
(2003). 
Rapid calibration method for registration and 3D tracking of ultrasound images using spatial localizer.
Medical Imaging 2003: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing. 5035, 521-532.
Boctor2003.pdf (288.98 KB)
(2003). 
Robotically assisted intraoperative ultrasound with application to ablative therapy of liver cancer.
(Galloway, Jr., R. L., Ed.).Medical Imaging 2003: Visualization, Image-Guided Procedures, and Display. 5029, 281-291.
Boctor2003c.pdf (341.78 KB)
(2003). 
System for MR image-guided prostate interventions: canine study.
Radiology. 228, 886–894.
Susil2003.pdf (821.59 KB)
(2003). 
Tracked 3D ultrasound in radio-frequency liver ablation.
(Walker, W. F., & Insana M. F., Ed.).Medical Imaging 2003: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing. 5035, 174-182.
Boctor2003a.pdf (236.57 KB)
(2003). 
Virtual remote center of motion control for needle placement robots.
Journal of Computer Aided Surgery. 9, 175–183.
Boctor2003b.pdf (399.33 KB)
(2003). 
3D motion tracking of pulmonary lesions using CT fluoroscopy images for robotically assisted lung biopsy.
(Galloway, Jr., R. L., Ed.).Medical Imaging 2004: Visualization, Image-Guided Procedures, and Display. 5367, 394-402.
Xu2004.pdf (941.3 KB)
(2004). 
Brachytherapy seed reconstruction from fluoroscopic images using network flow algorithms.
International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 60, S594 - S595.
Jain2004.pdf (45.71 KB)
(2004). 
CISUS: an integrated 3D ultrasound system for IGT using a modular tracking API.
(Galloway, Jr., R. L., Ed.).Medical Imaging 2004: Visualization, Image-Guided Procedures, and Display. 5367, 247-256.
Boctor2004a.pdf (536.92 KB)
(2004). 
Controllable motorized devices for accurate percutaneous needle placement in soft tissue target.
The Eleventh World Congress in Mechanism and Machine Science. 82-86.
Iordachita2004.pdf (1.8 MB)
(2004). 
Design of a novel MRI compatible manipulator for image guided prostate intervention.
Procedings IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation ICRA ’04. 1, 377–382.
Krieger2004.pdf (2 MB)
(2004). 