Published in IEEE Robot Autom Mag on December 01, 2008
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Challenges in image-guided therapy system design. Neuroimage (2007) 1.61
A velocity-dependent model for needle insertion in soft tissue. Med Image Comput Comput Assist Interv (2005) 1.60
Scale-invariant registration of monocular endoscopic images to CT-scans for sinus surgery. Med Image Anal (2005) 1.50
Towards automatic skill evaluation: detection and segmentation of robot-assisted surgical motions. Comput Aided Surg (2006) 1.49
Matching and reconstruction of brachytherapy seeds using the Hungarian algorithm (MARSHAL). Med Phys (2005) 1.49
Evaluation of a computerized measurement technique for joint alignment before and during periacetabular osteotomy. Comput Aided Surg (2007) 1.44
Development of a Pneumatic Robot for MRI-guided Transperineal Prostate Biopsy and Brachytherapy: New Approaches. IEEE Int Conf Robot Autom (2010) 1.41
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Optimized prostate biopsy via a statistical atlas of cancer spatial distribution. Med Image Anal (2004) 1.33
Handheld Micromanipulation with Vision-Based Virtual Fixtures. IEEE Int Conf Robot Autom (2011) 1.32
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Targeted prostate biopsy using statistical image analysis. IEEE Trans Med Imaging (2007) 1.25
Towards automatic calibration of Fourier-Domain OCT for robot-assisted vitreoretinal surgery. Opt Express (2010) 1.22
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Hybrid cone-beam tomographic reconstruction: incorporation of prior anatomical models to compensate for missing data. IEEE Trans Med Imaging (2010) 1.21
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Robotically assisted prostate brachytherapy with transrectal ultrasound guidance--Phantom experiments. Brachytherapy (2006) 1.20
Patient selection determines the prostate cancer yield of dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging-guided transrectal biopsies in a closed 3-Tesla scanner. BJU Int (2007) 1.19
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Ultrasound elastography: a dynamic programming approach. IEEE Trans Med Imaging (2008) 1.15
Active Guidance of a Handheld Micromanipulator using Visual Servoing. IEEE Int Conf Robot Autom (2009) 1.15
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Augmented reality during robot-assisted laparoscopic partial nephrectomy: toward real-time 3D-CT to stereoscopic video registration. Urology (2009) 1.14
Integrated navigation and control software system for MRI-guided robotic prostate interventions. Comput Med Imaging Graph (2009) 1.13
Evaluation of a Micro-Force Sensing Handheld Robot for Vitreoretinal Surgery. Rep U S (2012) 1.12
Modeling and control of needles with torsional friction. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng (2009) 1.12
Deformable 2D-3D registration of the pelvis with a limited field of view, using shape statistics. Med Image Comput Comput Assist Interv (2007) 1.12
Behavior of tip-steerable needles in ex vivo and in vivo tissue. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng (2012) 1.10
Accuracy validation for MRI-guided robotic prostate biopsy. Proc SPIE Int Soc Opt Eng (2010) 1.08
Evaluation of Robotic Needle Steering in ex vivo Tissue. IEEE Int Conf Robot Autom (2010) 1.07
C-arm tracking and reconstruction without an external tracker. Med Image Comput Comput Assist Interv (2006) 1.07
Optical coherence tomography scanning with a handheld vitreoretinal micromanipulator. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc (2012) 1.07
MRI compatibility of robot actuation techniques--a comparative study. Med Image Comput Comput Assist Interv (2008) 1.06
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3-D ultrasound-guided robotic needle steering in biological tissue. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng (2014) 1.03
Development and Evaluation of an Actuated MRI-Compatible Robotic System for MRI-Guided Prostate Intervention. IEEE ASME Trans Mechatron (2011) 1.03
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Projected tetrahedra revisited: a barycentric formulation applied to digital radiograph reconstruction using higher-order attenuation functions. IEEE Trans Vis Comput Graph (2006) 1.03
Monitoring tumor motion by real time 2D/3D registration during radiotherapy. Radiother Oncol (2011) 1.03
Robotic assistant for transperineal prostate interventions in 3T closed MRI. Med Image Comput Comput Assist Interv (2007) 1.02
A system for video-based navigation for endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery. IEEE Trans Med Imaging (2011) 1.02
Simultaneous integrated boost of biopsy proven, MRI defined dominant intra-prostatic lesions to 95 Gray with IMRT: early results of a phase I NCI study. Radiat Oncol (2007) 1.01
MRI image overlay: application to arthrography needle insertion. Comput Aided Surg (2007) 1.01
Robot-assisted stapedotomy: micropick fenestration of the stapes footplate. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg (2002) 1.01
Spinal needle navigation by tracked ultrasound snapshots. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng (2012) 1.00
Review of methods for objective surgical skill evaluation. Surg Endosc (2010) 0.99
MRI-guided robotic prostate biopsy: a clinical accuracy validation. Med Image Comput Comput Assist Interv (2010) 0.99
A coupled global registration and segmentation framework with application to magnetic resonance prostate imagery. IEEE Trans Med Imaging (2010) 0.98
Active force perception depends on cerebellar function. J Neurophysiol (2011) 0.98
Accuracy study of a robotic system for MRI-guided prostate needle placement. Int J Med Robot (2012) 0.97
Automated objective surgical skill assessment in the operating room from unstructured tool motion in septoplasty. Int J Comput Assist Radiol Surg (2015) 0.97
Robotic system for MRI-guided prostate biopsy: feasibility of teleoperated needle insertion and ex vivo phantom study. Int J Comput Assist Radiol Surg (2011) 0.97