Title
Human–Machine Collaboration Modalities for Semi-Automated Needle Insertion Into Soft Tissue
Abstract
Needle insertion is a minimally invasive medical procedure commonly used for biopsy, ablation, or deposition of therapeutic agents. In prostate brachytherapy, needles are inserted into the prostate in order to deposit multiple rice-grain-sized radioactive seeds to eradicate cancerous tissue from close proximity. During insertion, the needles should remain on a straight path, such that the seeds ar...
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1109/LRA.2017.2768123
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
Keywords
Field
DocType
Needles,Robots,Surgery,Automation,Brachytherapy,Collaboration,Force
Modalities,Bevel,Computer vision,Human–machine system,Control engineering,Brachytherapy,Artificial intelligence,Engineering,Soft tissue,Robot,Prostate brachytherapy
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
3
1
2377-3766
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.41
10
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Thomas Lehmann162.22
Ron Sloboda2269.55
Nawaid Usmani33610.57
Mahdi Tavakoli422349.03