title: Robotic system for transrectal biopsy of the prostate: real-time guidance under MRI.
abstract: In this paper, to harness the possibility of real-time guidance of MRI, a robotic system has been developed to perform transrectal prostate biopsy inside a 1.5-T closed bore scanner. A specially developed MR pulse sequence is capable of tracking the needle location in real time while dynamically updating the scan planes to always include the needle and target.
authors.affiliation: School of Engineering (TECNUN), University of Navarra, Spain.
authors.forename: Haytham
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Elhawary
authors.forename: Zion Tsz-Ho
authors.initials: ZT
authors.lastname: Tse
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rea
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zivanovic
authors.forename: Brian L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.forename: Colin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Besant
authors.forename: Nandita M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: de Souza
authors.forename: Donald
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: McRobbie
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: Michael U
authors.initials: MU
authors.lastname: Lampérth
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003199:Computer Systems; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008297:Male; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D012007:Rectum / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012371:Robotics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014584:User-Computer Interface