The Perk Lab
Laboratory for Percutaneous Surgery
Name
Gabor
Fichtinger Dr. Univ., Director; Professor and Canada Research Chair (Tier 1)
Short Biography
Gabor Fichtinger received BSc and MSc degrees in Electrical Engineering, and Doctoral degree in Computer Science from the Technical University of Budapest, Hungary, in 1986, 1988, and 1990, respectively. He has a balanced academic, industrial, and clinical background in the development and clinical inauguration of image-guided surgery and interventional navigation systems. His specialty is image-guided needle-placement procedures, primarily for cancer diagnosis and therapy and musculoskeletal conditions. Dr. Fichtinger is a Professor of Computer Science, with cross appointments in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Surgery and Pathology at Queen’s University, Canada, with adjunct appointments at the Johns Hopkins University, USA, Western University, Canada and the medical University of Vienna, Austria. Dr. Fichtinger holds a Cancer Ontario Research Chair in Cancer Imaging.
Affiliation
Institution: Queen's University
Department: School of Computing
Designation: Faculty
Lab membership period: Professor, Cancer Care Ontario Research Chair
Projects
Publications
(2006). CT fluoroscopy-guided robotically-assisted lung biopsy.
(Cleary, K., & Galloway, Jr. R. L., Ed.).Medical Imaging 2006: Visualization, Image-Guided Procedures, and Display. 6141, 61411L. Xu2006.pdf (548.5 KB) |
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(2006). Robotically Assisted Needle Placement for Prostate Brachytherapy.
Journal of Medical Physics. 33, 2264-2264. Kennedy2006.pdf (4.07 MB) |
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(2006). Musculoskeletal Needle Placement with MRI Image Overlay Guidance.
Annual Meeting of the International Society for Computer Assisted Orthopedic Surgery. 158-160. Fischer2006a.pdf (237.48 KB) |
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(2006). Incorporating seed orientation in brachytherapy implant reconstruction.
(Cleary, K., & Galloway, Jr. R. L., Ed.).Medical Imaging 2006: Visualization, Image-Guided Procedures, and Display. 6141, 61411H. Zhou2006.pdf (222.66 KB) |
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(2006). C-arm tracking and reconstruction without an external tracker.
Medical image computing and computer-assisted intervention (MICCAI). 9, 494–502. Jain2006a.pdf (1.12 MB) |
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(2006). System Architecture and Toolkits for Image-Guided Intervention Systems.
Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 14. Kazanzides2006a.pdf (143.31 KB) Kazanzides2006a2.pdf (116.52 KB) |
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(2005). FTRAC.
Journal of Medical Physics. 32, 3185–3198. Jain2005a.pdf (737.95 KB) |
| (2005). Matching and reconstruction of brachytherapy seeds using the Hungarian algorithm (MARSHAL). Journal of Medical Physics. 32, 3475–3492. |
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(2005). Image overlay for CT-guided needle insertions.
Journal of Computer Aided Surgery. 10, 241–255. Fichtinger_JCAS2005.pdf (447.92 KB) |
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(2005). Precision placement of instruments for minimally invasive procedures using a "needle driver" robot.
international journal of medical robotics computer assisted surgery MRCAS. 1, 40–47. Cleary2005.pdf (378.2 KB) |
| (2005). Design of a novel MRI compatible manipulator for image guided prostate interventions. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 52, 306–313. |
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(2005). Image overlay guidance for needle insertion in CT scanner.
IEEE transactions on biomedical engineering. 52, 1415–1424. Fichtinger2005a.pdf (731.23 KB) |
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(2005). Validation of an image-guided robot system for measurement, biopsy and injection in rodents.
Procedings IEEE 31st Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference. 131–133. Li2005a.pdf (1.9 MB) |
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(2005). Registration and motion compensation of a needle placement robot for CT-guided spinal procedures.
(Galloway, Jr., R. L., & Cleary K., Ed.).Medical Imaging 2005: Visualization, Image-Guided Procedures, and Display. 5744, 661-669. Xu2005a.pdf (214.32 KB) |
| (2005). Ultrasound Self-Calibration and Real-Time Quality Control for Interventions. IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium. |
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(2005). C-arm calibration-is it really necessary?.
Medical image computing and computer-assisted intervention (MICCAI). 8, 639–646. Jain2005.pdf (1.56 MB) |
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(2005). Lung deformation estimation and four-dimensional CT lung reconstruction.
Medical image computing and computer-assisted intervention (MICCAI). 8, 312–319. Xu2005b.pdf (540.62 KB) |
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(2005). 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) |
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(2005). Validation of 3D motion tracking of pulmonary lesions using CT fluoroscopy images for robotically assisted lung biopsy.
(Galloway, Jr., R. L., & Cleary K., Ed.).Medical Imaging 2005: Visualization, Image-Guided Procedures, and Display. 5744, 60-68. Xu2005.pdf (240.97 KB) |
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(2005). CIS-UltraCal: an open-source ultrasound calibration toolkit.
Medical Imaging 2005: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing. 5750, 516-523. Kon2005.pdf (200.67 KB) |
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(2005). Matching and reconstruction of brachytherapy seeds using the Hungarian algorithm (MARSHAL).
SPIE Medical Imaging. 5744, 810-821. Jain2005d.pdf (372.73 KB) |
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(2005). A robust fluoroscope tracking (FTRAC) fiducial.
Medical Imaging 2005: Visualization, Image-Guided Procedures, and Display. 5744, 798-809. Jain2005b.pdf (737.95 KB) |
| (2005). An Interventional MRI Technique for the Molecular Characterization of Intra-Prostatic Dynamic Contrast Enhancement. Molecular Imaging. 4 No 1, 63-66. |
| (2005). Fusion of ultrasound and fluoroscopy in prostate brachytherapy. Biomedical Imaging Research Opportunities Workshop (BIROW). |
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(2005). MRI Guided Prostate Interventions in 3T.
International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM). Krieger2005.pdf (369.58 KB) |
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(2005). Towards Intra-Operative Dosimetry in Prostate Brachytherapy.
Journal of Medical Physics. 32, 2159-2159. Jain2005c.pdf (4.07 MB) |
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(2005). Image Overlay for CT-Guided Hepatic Needle Insertions - Cadaver Studies.
Annual congress of the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons. pp 243-244. DeOliveira2005.pdf (365.48 KB) |
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(2005). Real-time quality control of tracked ultrasound.
Medical image computing and computer-assisted intervention (MICCAI). 8, 621–630. Boctor2005.pdf (693.27 KB) |
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(2005). Transrectal Fiducial Carrier for Radiographic Image Registration in Prostate Brachytherapy.
Journal of Medical Physics. 32, 2108-2108. Kemper2005.pdf (4.07 MB) |
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(2005). Image-Guided Robot System for Small Animal Research.
Conference on Complex Medical Engineering (CME2005). 194-198. Li2005.pdf (369.22 KB) |
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