title: Execution of robot-assisted biopsies within the clinical context.
abstract: This paper describes the first prostatic biopsy on a human patient using a robotic and telerobotic system. This system was designed at the Politecnico di Milano, and the biopsy was performed on April 7, 1995, in the Hospital Policlinico in Milan, Italy.
authors.affiliation: Mechanics Department, Telerobotics Laboratory, Politecnico of Milano, Italy. rovetta@polimi.ipmcc3.it
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rovetta
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sala
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods*; D003199:Computer Systems; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011467:Prostate / Q000473:pathology*; D012371:Robotics; D012984:Software; D017216:Telemedicine