Automated robotic intraoperative ultrasound for brain surgery

Michael Dyck; Alistair Weld; Julian Klodmann; Alexander Kirst; Giulio Anichini; Luke Dixon; Sophie Camp; Stamatia Giannarou; Alin Albu-Schäffer

Automated robotic intraoperative ultrasound for brain surgery

Robotics 2023-04-04 v1

Authors: Michael Dyck , Alistair Weld , Julian Klodmann , Alexander Kirst , Giulio Anichini , Luke Dixon , Sophie Camp , Stamatia Giannarou , Alin Albu-Schäffer

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Abstract

During brain tumour resection, localising cancerous tissue and delineating healthy and pathological borders is challenging, even for experienced neurosurgeons and neuroradiologists. Intraoperative imaging is commonly employed for determining and updating surgical plans in the operating room. Ultrasound (US) has presented itself a suitable tool for this task, owing to its ease of integration into the operating room and surgical procedure. However, widespread establishment of this tool has been limited because of the difficulty of anatomy localisation and data interpretation. In this work, we present a robotic framework designed and tested on a soft-tissue-mimicking brain phantom, simulating intraoperative US (iUS) scanning during brain tumour surgery.

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robotic ultrasound intraoperative imaging brain surgery brain phantom soft tissue tumor resection

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@article{arxiv.2304.01027,
  title  = {Automated robotic intraoperative ultrasound for brain surgery},
  author = {Michael Dyck and Alistair Weld and Julian Klodmann and Alexander Kirst and Giulio Anichini and Luke Dixon and Sophie Camp and Stamatia Giannarou and Alin Albu-Schäffer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2304.01027},
  year   = {2023}
}

Automated robotic intraoperative ultrasound for brain surgery

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