Publications
Robotic Assistance for Ultrasound Guided Prostate Brachytherapy.
Workshop on Clinical Image-Guided Therapy: Opportunities and Needs.
(2008). Robotic assistance for ultrasound-guided prostate brachytherapy.
Medical Image Analysis. 12, 535.
Fichtinger2008b.pdf (1.12 MB)
(2008). 
Robotic needle positioner for ultrasound-guided prostate brachytherapy.
Brachytherapy. 7, 176 - 176.
Song2008a.pdf (45.96 KB)
(2008). 
Simulink libraries for visual programming of VTK and ITK.
Workshop on Systems and Architectures for Computer Assisted Interventions, held in conjunction with the 11th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention.
(2008). Software strategy for robotic transperineal prostate therapy in closed-bore MRI.
Medical image computing and computer-assisted intervention (MICCAI). 11, 701–709.
Tokuda2008.pdf (3.22 MB)
(2008). 
Surgical and Interventional Robotics - Core Concepts, Technology and Design [Tutorial].
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine. 15, 122–130.
Kazanzides2008a.pdf (989.47 KB)
(2008). 
Surgical and interventional robotics: Part II.
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine. 15, 94–102.
Fichtinger2008.pdf (2.83 MB)
(2008). 
Surgical and interventional robotics: part III [Tutorial].
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine. 15, 84–93.
Hager2008.pdf (2.12 MB)
(2008). 
A System for Performance Analysis of Surgeon Dexterity in Percutaneous Needle-based Interventions.
7th Imaging Symposium of the Imaging Network of Ontario.
(2008). Tomosynthesis-based radioactive seed localization in prostate brachytherapy using modified distance map images.
Procedings 5th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro ISBI 2008. 680–683.
Lee2008.pdf (256.53 KB)
(2008). 
Towards detecting surgical clips in 3D ultrasound for target localization in radiation therapy: a study on tissue phantoms.
International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. 2008, 5282–5285.
Karim-Aghaloo2008.pdf (406.29 KB)
(2008). 
A Training Suite for Image Overlay and Other Needle Insertion Techniques.
2008 MICCAI Workshop - Augmented Environments for Medical Imaging and Computer-Aided Surgery (AMI-ARCS).
Fischer2008c.pdf (469.78 KB)
(2008). 
Ultrasound Based Localization of Pelvic Anatomical Coordinate System.
8th Annual Meeting of Computer Assisted Orthopedic Surgery International (CAOS). 81-83.
Foroughi2008a.pdf (40.38 KB)
(2008). 
Ultrasound-, CT-, MR-Guided Robot-Assisted Interventions.
Image Processing in Radiology. 3, 393-409.
(2008). Ultrasound elastography: a dynamic programming approach.
IEEE transactions on medical imaging. 27, 1373–1377.
Rivaz2008a.pdf (364.08 KB)
(2008). 
Biomechanically Constrained Groupwise US to CT Registration of the Lumbar Spine.
Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI). 5761, 803-810.
Gill2009a.pdf (290.59 KB)
(2009). 
Fusion of electromagnetic tracking with speckle-tracked 3D freehand ultrasound using an unscented Kalman filter.
SPIE Medical Imaging 2009: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing.
Lang2009.pdf (449.05 KB)
(2009). 
A generic computer assisted intervention plug-in module for 3D Slicer with multiple device support.
Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI).
lasso2009.pdf (663.44 KB)
(2009). 
Group-wise Registration of Ultrasound to CT Images of Human Vertebrae.
SPIE Medical Imaging 2009: Visualization, Image-Guided Procedures, and Modeling. 7261, na.
Gill2009.pdf (758.47 KB)
(2009). 
Intraoperative Dosimetry using Registered Ultrasound and Fluoroscopy during Prostate Brachytherapy: Comparison with Real-Time Method using CT as a Standard.
ASTRO.
Song2009.pdf (39.67 KB)
(2009). 
Intraoperative localization of brachytherapy implants using intensity-based registration.
SPIE Medical Imaging. 7261,
Karim-Aghaloo2009.pdf (584.14 KB)
(2009). 
MRI Guided Needle Navigation in Prostate Cancer Targeting.
2nd International Workshop on Focal Therapy and Imaging in Prostate and Kidney Cancer.
Suljendic2009.pdf (40.35 KB)
(2009). 
Multi-modality fusion of CT and 3D ultrasound and tracked strain images for breast irradiation planning.
SPIE Medical Imaging 2009: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing. 7265,
Foroughi2009.pdf (1.01 MB)
(2009). 
A new scheme for curved needle segmentation in three-dimensional ultrasound images.
Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro ISBI ’09. 1067–1070.
Aboofazeli2009b_1.pdf (350.88 KB)
(2009). 
OpenIGTLink: An Open Network Protocol for Image Guided Therapy Environment.
International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery. na, na.
Tokuda2009.pdf (385.05 KB)
(2009). 