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Title:

Multimodal US-Gamma Imaging using Collaborative Robotics for Cancer Staging Biopsies

Document type:
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Author(s):
Esposito, M.; Busam, B.; Hennersperger, C.; Rackerseder, J.; Navab, N.; Frisch, B.
Abstract:
Purpose: The staging of female breast cancer requires detailed information about the level of cancer spread through the lymphatic system. Common practice to obtain this information for patients with early stage cancer is sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy, where LNs are radioactively identified for surgical removal and subsequent histological analysis. Punch needle biopsy is a less invasive approach but suffers from the lack of combined anatomical and nuclear information. We present and evaluate...     »
Keywords:
IJCARS,RoboticImaging,MedicalImaging,GammaCamera,Ultrasound,ProjectInsideOut,IFL
Journal title:
International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery
Year:
2016
Pages contribution:
1--11
Print-ISSN:
1861-6429
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