A Haptics-enabled Simulator for Transperineal Ultrasound-Guided Biopsy

Abstract

We present the development of a transperineal prostate biopsy, with high fidelity haptic feedback. We describe our current prototype, which is using physical props and a Geomagic Touch. In addition, we discuss a method for collecting in vitro axial needle forces, for programming haptic feedback, along with implemented an forthcoming features such as a display of 2D ultrasonic images for targeting, biopsy needle bending, prostate bleeding and calcification. Our ultimate goal is to provide an affordable high-fidelity simulation by integrating contemporary off-the-shelf technology components.

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P. D. Ritsos, M. R. Edwards, I. S. Shergill, and N. W. John, “A Haptics-enabled Simulator for Transperineal Ultrasound-Guided Biopsy,” in Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine, 2015.  doi:10.2312/vcbm.20151229

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@inproceedings{Ritsos-et-al-Poster-VCBM2015,
  booktitle = {Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine},
  editor = {B\"uhler, Katja and Linsen, Lars and John, Nigel W.},
  title = {A Haptics-enabled Simulator for Transperineal Ultrasound-Guided Biopsy},
  author = {Ritsos, Panagiotis D. and Edwards, Marc R. and Shergill, Iqbal S. and John, Nigel W.},
  year = {2015},
  month = sep,
  publisher = {The Eurographics Association},
  doi = {10.2312/vcbm.20151229}
}

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