Title :
Development of teleassist biopsy system with remotely controlled robot arm
Author :
Suzuki, Hideyuki ; Kageyama, Yoshiyuki
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Bio-Med. Eng., Tokai Univ., Shizuoka, Japan
Abstract :
The purpose of this research is the construction of a teleassist biopsy system to inspect and treat patients with a remotely controlled robot arm. The system consists of the robot arm, two personal computers, and an ultrasonic imaging device. In this system, the image obtained from the ultrasonic imaging device is transferred to the computer. The route to pierce a target point in the image with a biopsy needle is calculated by the computer. Then this information is transferred to another computer to control the robot arm remotely. From experimental results of the agar phantom, the robot arm was able to pierce the target point in the agar phantom with the biopsy needle. In the next stage, the operation of the system and the control method of the robot arm will be improved for medical use
Keywords :
biomedical ultrasonics; microcomputer applications; patient treatment; position control; telemedicine; telerobotics; ultrasonic imaging; agar phantom; biopsy needle; control method; medical use; patient inspection; patient treatment; personal computers; remotely controlled robot arm; target point piercing; teleassist biopsy system; ultrasonic imaging device; Biopsy; Control systems; Imaging phantoms; Medical control systems; Medical robotics; Medical treatment; Microcomputers; Needles; Robot control; Ultrasonic imaging;
Conference_Titel :
TENCON 99. Proceedings of the IEEE Region 10 Conference
Conference_Location :
Cheju Island
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5739-6
DOI :
10.1109/TENCON.1999.818740
