Brachytherapy
Volume 5, Issue 1 , Pages 14-26 , January 2006

Robotically assisted prostate brachytherapy with transrectal ultrasound guidance—Phantom experiments

  • Gabor Fichtinger

      Affiliations

    • Engineering Research Center, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Engineering Research Center, The Johns Hopkins University, New Engineering Bldg, Room B26, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218-2682. Tel.: +1-410-516-4057; Mobile: +1-410-562-6955; fax: +1-410-516-5553.
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  • Everette C. Burdette

      Affiliations

    • Acoustic MedSystems, Inc., Urbana-Champaign, IL
    • ,
  • Attila Tanacs

      Affiliations

    • Engineering Research Center, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
    • ,
  • Alexandru Patriciu

      Affiliations

    • Engineering Research Center, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
    • ,
  • Dumitru Mazilu

      Affiliations

    • Brady Urological Institute, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
    • ,
  • Louis L. Whitcomb

      Affiliations

    • Engineering Research Center, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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  • Dan Stoianovici

      Affiliations

    • Engineering Research Center, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
    • Brady Urological Institute, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Received 29 July 2005 ,Revised 28 October 2005 ,Accepted 31 October 2005.

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• In this paper we make extensive reference to the Interplant brachytherapy system manufactured by Computerized Medical Systems (St. Louis, MO). At the time of this research, E. Clif Burdette, PhD, was an employee of the company and before that an employee of Burdette Medical Systems, Inc. No current financial interest exists.

• The robotic devices employed in this research include patented inventions of Stoianovici, Whitcomb, and other JHU personnel, with all rights assigned to The Johns Hopkins University. The patent portfolio has been licensed to Image Guide, Inc., Wilmington, DE, in which Dr. Stoianovici has financial interest.

PII: S1538-4721(06)00002-X

doi: 10.1016/j.brachy.2005.10.003

Brachytherapy
Volume 5, Issue 1 , Pages 14-26 , January 2006

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