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3-D ultrasound guidance of surgical robotics using catheter transducers: feasibility study.

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Whitman, J; Fronheiser, MP; Smith, SW
Published in: IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control
May 2008

The goal of this study was to test the feasibility of using a real-time 3-D (RT3D) ultrasound scanner with matrix array catheter probes to guide a surgical robot. We tested the accuracy of using 3-D catheter transducers with the 3-D measurement software of the scanner to direct automatically a robot arm that touched two needle tips together within a water tank and inside a vascular graft. RMS measurement error ranged from 2.4 to 3.4 mm for two catheter designs.

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IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control

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EISSN

1525-8955

ISSN

0885-3010

Publication Date

May 2008

Volume

55

Issue

5

Start / End Page

1143 / 1145

Related Subject Headings

  • Ultrasonography, Interventional
  • Ultrasonography
  • Transducers
  • Surgery, Computer-Assisted
  • Robotics
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Catheterization
  • Acoustics
  • 51 Physical sciences
 

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Whitman, J., Fronheiser, M. P., & Smith, S. W. (2008). 3-D ultrasound guidance of surgical robotics using catheter transducers: feasibility study. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 55(5), 1143–1145. https://doi.org/10.1109/tuffc.2008.766
Whitman, J., M. P. Fronheiser, and S. W. Smith. “3-D ultrasound guidance of surgical robotics using catheter transducers: feasibility study.IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control 55, no. 5 (May 2008): 1143–45. https://doi.org/10.1109/tuffc.2008.766.
Whitman J, Fronheiser MP, Smith SW. 3-D ultrasound guidance of surgical robotics using catheter transducers: feasibility study. IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control. 2008 May;55(5):1143–5.
Whitman, J., et al. “3-D ultrasound guidance of surgical robotics using catheter transducers: feasibility study.IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, vol. 55, no. 5, May 2008, pp. 1143–45. Epmc, doi:10.1109/tuffc.2008.766.
Whitman J, Fronheiser MP, Smith SW. 3-D ultrasound guidance of surgical robotics using catheter transducers: feasibility study. IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control. 2008 May;55(5):1143–1145.

Published In

IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control

DOI

EISSN

1525-8955

ISSN

0885-3010

Publication Date

May 2008

Volume

55

Issue

5

Start / End Page

1143 / 1145

Related Subject Headings

  • Ultrasonography, Interventional
  • Ultrasonography
  • Transducers
  • Surgery, Computer-Assisted
  • Robotics
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Catheterization
  • Acoustics
  • 51 Physical sciences