Publications
Automated curved needle segmentation in three-dimensional ultrasound images.
Proceedings of Workshop on Needle Steering: Recent Results and Future Opportunities, a Satellite Workshop of International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention.
(2008). Automated curved needle segmentation in three-dimensional ultrasound images.
7th Imaging Symposium of the Imaging Network of Ontario.
(2008). Automatic initialization for 3D bone registration.
(Miga, M. I., & Cleary K., Ed.).Medical Imaging 2008: Visualization, Image-guided Procedures, and Modeling. 6918, 69182P.
Foroughi2008b.pdf (593.71 KB)
(2008). 
Clinical Trials of a Robot Assistant for Ultrasound-Guided Prostate Brachytherapy.
Abstract in Minimally Invasive Therapy, 20th International Conference of the Society for Medical Innovation and Technology (SMIT). 14, 213.
(2008). CTREC: C-arm tracking and reconstruction using elliptic curves.
Procedings IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshops CVPR Workshops 2008. 1–7.
Chintalapani2008.pdf (297.91 KB)
(2008). 
CTREC - C-arm tracking and reconstruction using elliptic curves.
International Workshop on Mathematical Methods in Biomedical Image Analysis (MMBIA).
Chintalapani2008a.pdf (297.91 KB)
(2008). 
Design and Preliminary Clinical Studies of an MRI-Guided Transrectal Prostate Intervention System.
7th International Symposium on Interventional MRI. 6-10.
(2008). Design and Preliminary Clinical Studies of an MRI-Guided Transrectal Prostate Intervention System.
International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM).
Krieger2008.pdf (537.8 KB)
(2008). 
Dynamic dosimetry and edema detection in prostate brachytherapy: a complete system.
Medical Imaging 2008: Visualization and Image-guided Procedures, and Modeling. 6918, 69181Y.
Jain2008.pdf (1.57 MB)
(2008). 
Group-wise Ultrasound to CT Registration of the Lumbar Spine.
7th Symposium of the Imaging Network of Ontario, Toronto. 73.
Gill2008.pdf (214.92 KB)
(2008). 
Integrated system for robot-assisted in prostate biopsy in closed MRI scanner.
Procedings IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation ICRA 2008. 2959–2962.
Mewes2008.pdf (312.48 KB)
(2008). 
Intensity-based registration of prostate brachytherapy implants and ultrasound.
Procedings 5th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro ISBI 2008. 780–783.
Karim-Aghaloo2008a.pdf (178.94 KB)
(2008). 
Intra-operative Localization of Brachytherapy Implants Using Intensity-based Registration.
7th Imaging Symposium of the Imaging Network of Ontario.
(2008). Intraoperative Prostate Tracking with Slice-to-Volume Registration in MRI.
20th International Conference of the Society for Medical Innovation and Technology. 154-158.
Gill2008a.pdf (136.08 KB)
(2008). 
Localization of pelvic anatomical coordinate system using US/atlas registration for total hip replacement.
Medical image computing and computer-assisted intervention (MICCAI). 11, 871–879.
Foroughi2008.pdf (851.52 KB)
(2008). 
Medical image computing and computer-assisted intervention–Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI) 2008 Preface.
Medical image computing and computer-assisted intervention (MICCAI). 11, V–VII.
(2008). Medical Robots and Systems.
Springer Handbook of Robotics. na.
Taylor2008.pdf (1.25 MB)
(2008). 
MR/CT Percutaneous Intervention Training Suite.
7th International Symposium on Interventional MRI. 81-85.
(2008). MRI Compatibility of Robot Actuation Techniques - A Comparative Study.
Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI) Proceedings in Lecture Notes in Computer Science. 5242, 509-517.
Fischer2008.pdf (1.54 MB)
(2008). 
MRI Guided Prostate Biopsy and Marker Placements.
Workshop on Clinical Image-Guided Therapy: Opportunities and Needs.
(2008). MRI-Compatible Pneumatic Robot for Transperineal Prostate Needle Placement.
IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. 13, 295–305.
Fischer2008b.pdf (861.22 KB)
(2008). 
An open-source solution for interactive acquisition, processing and transfer of interventional ultrasound images.
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). The Perk Station: Design of a percutaneous intervention training suite.
20th International Conference of the Society for Medical Innovation and Technology (SMIT). 148-153.
U-Thainual2008b.pdf (1.48 MB)
(2008). 
The Perk Station: Portable training station for percutaneous interventions.
Orthopaedic Care Conference.
U-Thainual2008a.pdf (47.99 KB)
(2008). 
Pneumatically operated MRI-compatible needle placement robot for prostate interventions.
Procedings IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation ICRA 2008. 2489–2495.
Fischer2008a.pdf (883.4 KB)
(2008). 