Laboratory for Percutaneous Surgery
Tomi Heffter was with the Perk Lab between 2009 and 2013 as software systems engineer. He continues to collaborate with the Perk Lab through one of our commercial partners, Precision Therapeutics.
Lasso, A., Heffter T., Rankin A., Pinter C., Ungi T., & Fichtinger G. (2014). PLUS: Open-source toolkit for ultrasound-guided intervention systems. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 61, 2527-2537. Lasso2014a-manuscript.pdf (1.24 MB) |
Lasso, A., Ungi T., Pinter C., Heffter T., Rankin A., & Fichtinger G. (2013). Prototyping Clinical Applications with the Public Library for Ultrasound (PLUS) Toolkit and 3D Slicer. 6th Image Guided Therapy Workshop. 6, 34. Lasso2013a.pdf (2.92 MB) |
Imani, F., Abolmaesumi P., Wu M., Lasso A., E. Burdette C., Ghoshal G., et al. (2013). Ultrasound-guided Characterization of Interstitial Ablated Tissue Using RF Time Series: Feasibility Study.. IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering. Imani2013.pdf (844.77 KB) |
Lasso, A., Heffter T., Pinter C., Ungi T., & Fichtinger G. (2012). Implementation of the PLUS open-source toolkit for translational research of ultrasound-guided intervention systems. Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2012) - Systems and Architectures for Computer Assisted Interventions. 1-12. Lasso2012d.pdf (182.24 KB) Lasso2012d-slides.pdf (182.24 KB) |
Lasso, A., Heffter T., Pinter C., Ungi T., Chen T. K., Boucharin A., et al. (2012). PLUS: An open-source toolkit for ultrasound-guided intervention systems development. ImNO2012 - Imaging Network Ontario Symposium. Lasso2012a.pdf (183.65 KB) |
Peikari, M., Chen T. K., Lasso A., Heffter T., E. Burdette C., & Fichtinger G. (2012). Characterization of ultrasound elevation beamwidth artifacts for prostate brachytherapy needle insertion. Medical Physics. 39, 246-256. MPeikari2012.pdf (2.23 MB) |
Chen, T. K., Heffter T., Lasso A., Pinter C., Abolmaesumi P., E. Burdette C., et al. (2011). Automated Intraoperative Calibration for Prostate Cancer Brachytherapy. Medical Physics. 38, 6285-6299. Chen2011.pdf (1.81 MB) |
Lasso, A., Heffter T., Pinter C., Ungi T., Chen T. K., Boucharin A., et al. (2011). PLUS: An open-source toolkit for developing ultrasound-guided intervention systems. 4th NCIGT and NIH Image Guided Therapy Workshop. 4, 103. Lasso2011c.pdf (251.69 KB) Lasso2011c-poster.pdf (786.61 KB) |
Peikari, M., Chen T. K., Lasso A., Heffter T., & Fichtinger G. (2011). Effects of Ultrasound Section-Thickness on Brachytherapy Needle Tip Localization Error. Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2011). MPeikari2011a.pdf (760.49 KB) |