Title :
A robot for non-invasive breast cancer surgery
Author :
Chauhan, S. ; Mishra, Ravishankar ; Kumar, S. ; Teo, M.Y.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Mech. & Production Eng., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore
Abstract :
The use robotic principles as surgical assist technology, particularly in the area of minimal invasive surgery may provide several advantages. These include, but not limited to higher accuracy, precision and repeatability in manipulating surgical instruments in desired locations. This paper describes the design and development of a robotic system for non-invasive surgery of breast cancer using high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) as the surgical modality. A custom designed robot, operating partially in a water tank is devised to guide the end-effector through a pre-determined trajectory. A 4-axis controller is used for controlling various sub-sections of the system within a constrained work envelope. The end-point accuracy of the designed system at the end-effector is accomplished within ±1mm.
Keywords :
biomedical transducers; biomedical ultrasonics; cancer; end effectors; medical robotics; surgery; end effectors; end-point accuracy; four-axis controller; high intensity focused ultrasound; minimal invasive surgery; multiple transducers; noninvasive breast cancer surgery; predetermined trajectory; robotic system; surgical assist technology; surgical instrument manipulation; surgical modality; Breast cancer; Control systems; Focusing; Medical robotics; Minimally invasive surgery; Oncological surgery; Robotic assembly; Robots; Surges; Transducers;
Conference_Titel :
Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision, 2002. ICARCV 2002. 7th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
981-04-8364-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICARCV.2002.1234859