@inproceedings{a418eadb0c2c4f7b9f3af57f2242eb98,
title = "Robotic assisted radio-frequency ablation of liver tumors - Randomized patient study",
abstract = "The minimally invasive treatment of liver tumors represents an alternative to the open surgery approach, Radio-frequency ablation destroys a tumor by delivering radio-frequency energy through a needle probe. Traditionally, the probe is placed manually using imaging feedback, New approaches use robotic devices to accurately place the instrument at the target, The authors developed an image-guided robotic system for percutaneous interventions using computed tomography. The paper presents a randomized patient study comparing the manual versus robotic needle placement for radio-frequency ablation procedures of liver tumors. The results of this study show that in our case robotic interventions were a very viable solution. Several treatment parameters such as radiation exposures and procedure-times were found to be significantly improved in the robotic case.",
author = "A. Patriciu and M. Awad and Solomon, {S. B.} and M. Choti and D. Mazilu and L. Kavoussi and D. Stoianovici",
year = "2005",
doi = "10.1007/11566489_65",
language = "English",
isbn = "3540293264",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",
pages = "526--533",
booktitle = "Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention - MICCAI 2005 - 8th International Conference, Proceedings",
note = "8th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention - MICCAI 2005 ; Conference date: 26-10-2005 Through 29-10-2005",
}