gabor

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

2003
Boctor, E., Webster R., Mathieu H., Okamura A., & Fichtinger G. (2003). Virtual remote center of motion control for needle placement robots. Journal of Computer Aided Surgery. 9, 175–183. DOI Google Scholar BibTeX Boctor2003b.pdf (399.33 KB)
Fichtinger, G., Susil R., Krieger A., Tanacs A., Whitcomb L. L., & Atalar E. (2003). Prostate biopsy and local therapy inside conventional closed mri with robotic assistance - animal studies. Journal of Academic Radiology. 10, 955 - 955. DOI Google Scholar BibTeX Fichtinger2003.pdf (29.18 KB)
Susil, R., Krieger A., Derbyshire A., Whitcomb L. L., Fichtinger G., & Atalar E. (2003). MRI Guided Intraprostatic Therapeutic Injections in a Closed, 1 5T Scanner. International Society of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Medicine, Eleventh Scientific Meeting. 687. Google Scholar BibTeX
Boctor, E., Jain A. K., Choti M., Taylor R. H., & Fichtinger G. (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. DOI Google Scholar BibTeX Boctor2003.pdf (288.98 KB)
Masamune, K., Degeut A., Mathieu H., Zinreich J., Taylor R. H., Sauer F., et al. (2003). An Enhanced Reality System for Percutaneous needle placement Therapy inside X-ray CT Scanner. ARCS - Workshop on Augmented Reality in Computer Aided Surgery. 83. Google Scholar BibTeX Masamune2003.pdf (39.25 KB)
Boctor, E., Taylor R. H., Fichtinger G., & Choti M. (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. DOI Google Scholar BibTeX Boctor2003c.pdf (341.78 KB)
Fichtinger, G., Jain A., Mustufa T., Wyrobek K., Chirikjian G., Zhou Y., et al. (2003). Image Registration of multiple medical imaging modalities using a multiple degree-of-freedom-encoded fiducial. Google Scholar BibTeX
Boctor, E., Fichtinger G., Taylor R. H., & Choti M. (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. DOI Google Scholar BibTeX Boctor2003a.pdf (236.57 KB)

2002
Lee, S., Fichtinger G., & Chirikjian G. (2002). Numerical algorithms for spatial registration of line fiducials from cross-sectional images. Journal of Medical Physics. 29, 1881–1891. Google Scholar BibTeX
Fichtinger, G., DeWeese T., Patriciu A., Tanacs A., Mazilu D., Anderson J., et al. (2002). Robotically Assisted Prostate Biopsy And Therapy With Intra-Operative CT Guidance. Journal of Academic Radiology. 9 no 1, 60-74. Google Scholar BibTeX Fichtinger2002.pdf (5.78 MB)
Susil, R., Krieger A., Derbyshire A., Tanacs A., McVeigh E., Whitcomb L. L., et al. (2002). A System for Guidance and Monitoring of Transrectal Prostate Biopsy in a 1 5 T Closed MR Scanner. International Symposium of IVMRI. Google Scholar BibTeX
Susil, R., Krieger A., Derbyshire A., Tanacs A., McVeigh E., Whitcomb L. L., et al. (2002). A system for guidance and monitoring of transrectal prostate biopsy in a 1 5 T closed MR scanner. European Radiology. 12(9), Google Scholar BibTeX
Masamune, K., Fichtinger G., Degeut A., Matsuka D., & Taylor R. H. (2002). 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. Google Scholar BibTeX Masamune2002.pdf (200.13 KB)
Fichtinger, G., Krieger A., Susil R., Tanacs A., Whitcomb L. L., & Atalar E. (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. Google Scholar BibTeX Fichtinger2002a.pdf (1.22 MB)
Krieger, A., Susil R., Tanacs A., Whitcomb L. L., Fichtinger G., & Atalar E. (2002). MRI Compatible Device for MRI Guided Transrectal Prostate Biopsy. International Society of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Medicine, Tenth Scientific Meeting. 338. Google Scholar BibTeX
Susil, R., Derbyshire A., Krieger A., Tanacs A., Solaiyappan M., Whitcomb L. L., et al. (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. Google Scholar BibTeX

2001
Shen, D., Lao Z., Zeng J., Herskovits E., Fichtinger G., & Davatzikos C. (2001). Statistically optimized biopsy strategy for the diagnosis of prostate cancer. Procedings 14th IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems CBMS 2001. 433–438. DOI Google Scholar BibTeX Shen2001a.pdf (424.34 KB)
Fichtinger, G., Stoianovici D., & Taylor R. H. (2001). 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. DOI Google Scholar BibTeX Fichtinger2001.pdf (910.42 KB)
Lee, S., Fichtinger G., & Chirikjian G. (2001). Novel Algorithms for Robust Registration of Fiducials in CT and MRI. Journal of Medical Physics. 29, 1881-1891. Google Scholar BibTeX
Shen, D., Lao Z., Zeng J., Herskovits E., Fichtinger G., & Davatzikos C. (2001). Statistical Atlas Of Prostate Cancer For Optimal Biopsy. Lecture Notes in Computer Science Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI). 2208, 416-424. Google Scholar BibTeX Shen2001.pdf (331.04 KB)
Fichtinger, G., Xu S., Tanacs A., Murphy K. P., Myers L., & Williams J. (2001). Approximate Volumetric Reconstruction from Projected Images. Lecture Notes in Computer Science Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI). 2208, 416-424. Google Scholar BibTeX Fichtinger2001a.pdf (340.42 KB)
Masamune, K., Fichtinger G., Patriciu A., Susil R., Taylor R. H., Kavoussi L., et al. (2001). System for robotically assisted percutaneous procedures with computed tomography guidance. Journal of Computer Aided Surgery. 6, 370–383. DOI Google Scholar BibTeX Masamune2001.pdf (2.09 MB)
Cleary, K., Xu S., Fichtinger G., & Glossop N. (2001). Automatic registration for percutaneous vertebral body tracking. International Congress Series. 1230, 1215 - 1216. DOI Google Scholar BibTeX Cleary2001.pdf (35.05 KB)
Fichtinger, G., Masamune K., Patriciu A., Tanacs A., Anderson J., DeWeese T., et al. (2001). Robotically Assisted Percutaneous Local Therapy and Biopsy. Workshop proceedings of the Tenth IEEE International Conference of Advance Robotics. 133-151. Google Scholar BibTeX
Lee, S., Fichtinger G., & Chirikjian G. (2001). Novel Algorithms for Robust Registration of Fiducials in CT and MRI. Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI) 2001. 2208, 717-724. Google Scholar BibTeX Lee2001.pdf (166.36 KB)

2000
Patriciu, A., Mazilu D., Stoianovici D., Stanimir A., Susil R., Masamune K., et al. (2000). CT-Guided Robotic Prostate Biopsy. 18th World Congress on Endourology & SWL. Google Scholar BibTeX
Taylor, R. H., Fichtinger G., Jensen P., & Riviere C. (2000). Medical Robotics and Computer-Integrated Surgery: Information-driven Systems for 21st Century Operating Rooms. Journal of Japan Society of Computer Aided Surgery. 2 No 2, 47-53. Google Scholar BibTeX
Tang, T., Ellis R., & Fichtinger G. (2000). Fiducial registration from a single X-ray image: a new technique for fluoroscopy guidance and radiotherapy. Lecture Notes in Computer Science Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI). 1935, 27-41. Google Scholar BibTeX Tang2000.pdf (128.97 KB)

1997
Fichtinger, G., Wu T., KW J., Yorke E., & Wessels B. (1997). Fractionated Stereotactic Radiotherapy for Pediatric Use with CT/MR Image and Volume Fusion. Proceedings of Conference of Hungarian Association of Physicists in Medicine (HAPM). 71-75. Google Scholar BibTeX
Fichtinger, G., Sean O., Wu T., Harisiadis L., & Wessels B. (1997). 3D Image and Volume Fusion for Stereotactic Radiotherapy and Neurosurgery. Proceedings of Conference of Hungarian Association of Physicists in Medicine (HAPM). 65-71. Google Scholar BibTeX

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