Purpose Advances in technology and computing play an increasingly important role in the
evolution of modern surgical techniques and paradigms. This article reviews the current role …

Commercial surgical robots have been in clinical use since the mid-1990s, supporting
surgeons in various tasks. In the past decades, many systems emerged as research …

Autonomous surgery involves having surgical tasks performed by a robot operating under its
own will, with partial or no human involvement. There are several important advantages of …

The paper reports an important achievement in MRI instrumentation, a pneumatic, fully
actuated robot located within the scanner alongside the patient and operating under remote …

Percutaneous needle insertion is amongst the most prevalent clinical procedures. The
effectiveness of needle-base interventions heavily relies on needle targeting accuracy …

Compatibility of mechatronic devices with the MR environment has been a very challenging
engineering task. After over a decade of developments, we report the successful translation …

This paper reports the development of an MRI-Safe robot for direct (interventional) MRI-
guided endorectal prostate biopsy. The robot is constructed of nonmagnetic and electrically …

In the last decade, there have been significant developments into integration of robots and
automation tools with brachytherapy delivery systems. These systems aim to improve the …

Interventional oncology offers minimally invasive treatments for malignant tumors for curative
and palliative purposes based on the percutaneous insertion of needles or catheters into the …

The paper presents a robotic method of performing low dose rate prostate brachytherapy
under magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) guidance. The design and operation of a fully …