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Fall 2017
Percutaneous needle insertion is a common type of minimally invasive surgery used for diagnostic and therapeutic applications such as biopsy, drug delivery, and cancer treatment. Prostate brachytherapy is a needle-based intervention, which is used for cancer treatment. In brachytherapy the...
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Fall 2018
Steerable needles have been widely used in minimally-invasive surgical procedures such as brachytherapy, biopsy, and neurosurgery in which long flexible needles are inserted into the human body for treatment, diagnosis or sample removal. Prostate brachytherapy, known as a cost-effective and...
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Spring 2018
Needle insertion is a minimally invasive intervention for procedures involving drug delivery, biopsy, and radiation therapy. In the prominent radiation therapy procedure prostate brachytherapy, rice grain sized radioactive seeds are introduced into soft tissue via needles in and around the...
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Spring 2019
Percutaneous procedures, those involving the insertion of needles into tissue, encompass a wide array of clinical applications and are used in both therapeutic and diagnostic modalities. In either of these modalities, the needle must be steered accurately towards a target location to maximize the...