A HIFU robot for transperineal treatment of prostate cancer

Author

Kheng, Ng Choong ; Sing, Ng Wan ; Phee, Louis ; Cheng, Christopher

Author_Institution

Sch. of Mech. & Production Eng., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore

Volume

2

fYear

2002

fDate

2-5 Dec. 2002

Firstpage

560

Abstract

Prostate cancer accounts for 29% of all cancers diagnosed in males in the United States. Present therapeutic procedures for prostate cancer are either invasive or minimally invasive. However, recent advances in technology (e.g. High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU)) allow the possibility of also non-invasive therapeutic procedures. This paper describes localizing the position of the prostate using an ultrasound probe. With this information, the robot can accurately manipulate a non-invasive therapeutic tool, such as HIFU, to an area of interest in the prostate via the transperineal route.

Keywords

biomedical ultrasonics; cancer; medical robotics; patient treatment; robot kinematics; surgery; United States; high intensity focused ultrasound robot; noninvasive therapeutic tool; prostate cancer; statistical analysis; therapeutic procedure; transperineal route; transperineal treatment; ultrasound probe; Acoustic beams; Brachytherapy; Hospitals; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical treatment; Minimally invasive surgery; Oncological surgery; Prostate cancer; Robots; Ultrasonic imaging;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision, 2002. ICARCV 2002. 7th International Conference on

Print_ISBN

981-04-8364-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICARCV.2002.1238480

Filename

1238480