Today, manufacturing industries are trying to improve their competitiveness by combining
manufacturing per se with information technology. Virtual reality is being used in product …

Background: Diverse thermal ablative therapies are currently in use for the treatment of
cancer. Commonly applied with the intent to cure, these ablative therapies are providing …

This paper presents a dynamic constraint formulation to provide protective virtual fixtures of
3D anatomical structures from polygon mesh representations. The proposed approach can …

This study focuses on the implementation of an efficient numerical technique for cryosurgery
simulations on a graphics processing unit as an alternative means to accelerate runtime …

Objective: We present a new hybrid edge and region-based parametric deformable model,
or active surface, for prostate volume segmentation in transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) images …

We propose an approach for the three-dimensional solid reconstruction of a human bone
using medical images obtained from Computed tomography (CT). CT images of the female …

A routine 3D transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) volume is usually captured with large slice
thickness (eg, 2-5mm). Such ultrasound images with low out-of-slice resolution affect …

The current study aims at developing computational tools in order to gain information about
the thermal history in areas invisible to ultrasound imaging during cryosurgery. This …

Purpose As a part of an ongoing project to develop computerized training tools for
cryosurgery, the objective of the current study is twofold: to compile literature data on the …

The current study aims to explore possible relationships between various prostate shapes
and the difficulty in creating a computer-based plan for cryosurgery. This research effort is a …