Robotically driven interventions: a method of using CT fluoroscopy without radiation exposure to the physician.
Radiation exposure to physicians' hands during interventional procedures with computed tomography (CT) fluoroscopic guidance may be high. A robot was developed that could hold, orient, and advance a needle, with CT fluoroscopic guidance. This robot could be either computer or joystick controlled. Twenty-three robotically guided percutaneous interventions were performed without complication. Physician radiation exposure was negligible during the CT fluoroscopy-guided procedures.
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D015641:Radiography, Interventional / Q000379:methods; D011871:Radiology; D012371:Robotics; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed