Development of an integrated needle insertion system with image guidance and deformation simulation

Y Kobayashi, A Onishi, H Watanabe, T Hoshi… - … Medical Imaging and …, 2010 - Elsevier
… We have used ultrasound equipment in this research to visualize … In this process, the
navigation system to present the position of … We will integrate such navigation system near future. …

Mechatronic system for in‐bore MRI‐guided insertion of needles to the prostate: An in vivo needle guidance accuracy study

J Cepek, U Lindner, S Ghai, AS Louis… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
… in the needle guidance system: error in aligning the device's … developed a mechatronic
needle guidance system for MRI-… its performance in delivering 37 needles in 10 cases of MRI-…

Transvaginal ovum pick-up (OPU) in the cow: a new disposable needle guidance system

PEJ Bols, JMM Vandenheede, A Van Soom, A de Kruif - Theriogenology, 1995 - Elsevier
… This paper describes the development of a new simplified OPU device combining a multiple
… area and a new disposable needle guidance system using short disposable 19-g needles. …

A needle guidance system for biopsy and therapy using two‐dimensional ultrasound

N Bluvol, A Shaikh, A Kornecki… - Medical …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
… We solved this problem with a device that couples the needle to the US transducer to … The
use of our needle guidance system resulted in statistically significant lower procedure times …

Development of a needle insertion manipulator for central venous catheterization

Y Kobayashi, J Hong, R Hamano… - … Journal of Medical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
… It should be noted that we chose to use an ultrasound image diagnosis apparatus for the
venous puncture robot system, because settings can be easily entered and real-time monitoring …

A needle tracking device for ultrasound guided percutaneous procedures

C Chan, F Lam, R Rohling - Ultrasound in medicine & biology, 2005 - Elsevier
… robots and augmented reality guidance systems have also been developed to aid needle
the needle directly with a miniature camera system mounted on the ultrasound probe. The use

Hand-held steerable needle device

S Okazawa, R Ebrahimi, J Chuang… - IEEE/ASME …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
needle device for percutaneous interventions that allows the physician to steer the tip of the
needle during insertion … , off-the-shelf medical biopsy needles. A controlled lateral steering …

[PDF][PDF] Needle insertion forces studies for optimal surgical modeling

KW Ng, JQ Goh, SL Foo, PH Ting, TK Lee - International Journal of …, 2013 - ijbbb.org
Needle insertion force affects the accuracy and eventually the … needle insertion force profile
provides an accurate feasibility study on the usability of a needle guidance medical device. …

Development of an MRI-compatible needle insertion manipulator for stereotactic neurosurgery

K Masamune, E Kobayashi, Y Masutani… - Journal of image …, 1995 - Taylor & Francis
… We tried to control the robot with a preoperational matrix device, in which the use of a
linear approximate method was successful. In the phantom experiment, the tip of the …

Needle insertion into soft tissue: A survey

N Abolhassani, R Patel, M Moallem - Medical engineering & physics, 2007 - Elsevier
… on needle insertion in soft tissue. It examines the topic from several aspects, eg modeling
needle insertion … The model was used to drive haptic devices for needle insertion simulation …