Journal
IEEE-ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS
Volume 15, Issue 6, Pages 887-897Publisher
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2010.2078827
Keywords
Automatic ablation planning; medical device; radiofrequency ablation; surgical robotics
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- National University of Singapore [R-265-000-270-112, R-265-000-270-133]
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Overlapping radiofrequency ablation (RFA) in large tumor treatment requires multiple insertions of electrodes, which often compromise its efficacy and predictability. Surgical robot is a promising candidate for the execution of multiple RFA in large tumor treatment in terms of accuracy and speed. In this paper, we share our experience of design and implementation of a novel robotic system specialized for overlapping RFA. It consists of two components: a robotic manipulator and an automatic ablation planning module. The manipulator architecture is designed to facilitate the kinematic requirement for the multiple overlapping ablation technique within the constraints of minimally invasive surgery. An efficient Voxel Growing algorithm is adopted to automatically produce the ablation points according to the tumor's profile. The feasibility of the proposed robotic system is demonstrated by extensive simulation- and experiment-based evaluation conducted on ex vivo porcine liver.
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