Execution of robot-assisted biopsies within the clinical context.
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.
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Mechanics Department, Telerobotics Laboratory, Politecnico of Milano, Italy. rovetta@polimi.ipmcc3.it
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D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods*; D003199:Computer Systems; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011467:Prostate / Q000473:pathology*; D012371:Robotics; D012984:Software; D017216:Telemedicine