Robotic Needle placement

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Fig. 28.6. The AcuBot robot system, used for needle placement in respiratory lung phantom during CT-fluoroscopy...

Xu S, Cleary K, Stoianovici D, Fichtinger G (2005) Registration and motion compensation CT-guided spinal of a needle placement robot for procedures. In Galloway RL, Cleary KR (eds) Medical Imaging 2005 Conference. SPIE-INT Society Optical Engineering, Bellingham, WA, USA, 1-2 661-669... 

One of the drawbacks of navigation systems is that they cannot guarantee that a planned surgical gesture, such as screw placement or needle insertion, will be executed precisely as planned. To ensure not only precise positioning but also precise execution, surgical robots have been developed. We describe next two examples of the most common types of active surgical robots the ROBODOC system discussed earlier and the LARS robot for percutaneous therapy. 

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