Publications
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). 
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). 
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). 
Development of a Robotically-Assisted 3-D Ultrasound System for Radiofrequency Ablation of Liver Tumors.
6th World Congress of the Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (IHPBA).
(2004). A dual-armed robotic system for intraoperative ultrasound guided hepatic ablative therapy: a prospective study.
Procedings IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation ICRA ’04. 3, 2517–2522.
Boctor2004c.pdf (629.71 KB)
(2004). 
A novel closed form solution for ultrasound calibration.
Procedings IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: Nano to Macro. 527–530.
Boctor2004.pdf (189.73 KB)
(2004). 
Robotic Strain Imaging for Monitoring Thermal Ablation of Liver Tumors.
Proceedings in Lecture Notes in Computer Science. 3217, 81-88.
Boctor2004b.pdf (1.19 MB)
(2004). 
Robotically assisted ablative treatment guided by freehand 3D ultrasound.
Conference of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS). 503-508.
Boctor2004e.pdf (669.44 KB)
(2004). 
Robot-assisted 3D strain imaging for monitoring thermal ablation of liver.
Annual congress of the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons. 240-241.
DeOliveira2005a.pdf (35.9 KB)
(2005). 
Bootstrapped ultrasound calibration.
Studies in health technology and informatics. 119, 61–66.
(2006). Ultrasound monitoring of tissue ablation via deformation model and shape priors.
Medical image computing and computer-assisted intervention (MICCAI). 9, 405–412.
Boctor2006b.pdf (6.61 MB)
(2006). 
Ablation monitoring with elastography: 2D in-vivo and 3D ex-vivo studies.
Medical image computing and computer-assisted intervention (MICCAI). 11, 458–466.
Rivaz2008b_0.pdf (7.26 MB)
(2008). 