Real-time movement compensation for synchronous robotic HIFU surgery

• Main Author: Abhilash Rakkunedeth Hareendranathan
• Other Authors: Sunita Chauhan
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/48081
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Open surgical techniques are being replaced by minimally invasive or noninvasive techniques in areas such as oncology, mainly due to reduction in tissue trauma and recovery time. Radiation therapy (RT), which is the most commonly used technique for noninvasive treatment, is known to cause tissue ion...