Article... International Symposium on Medical Robotics. International Symposium on Medical Robotics2024
Towards a Robotically Steerable Laser Ablation Probe.
Article in ... International Symposium on Medical Robotics. International Symposium on Medical Robotics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
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Abstract
In this paper, we present a robotically steerable laser ablation probe with application to interstitial thermal therapy. Existing laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) methods utilize a straight probe to deliver laser energy around the tip or to the side of the tip. These methods are inadequate to provide effective treatment for large, irregularly shaped tumors. Our robotic probe can be manipulated inside soft tissue to perform ablation at multiple locations, thus enabling conformable ablation for large and complicated tumors. Instead of directly firing laser into soft tissue, a Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)/Carbon nanoparticles (CNPs) mixture hosts a multi-mode optical fiber at the probe tip to work as a heater when laser is activated to improve the procedural safety. This paper presents the design and fabrication of the robotic ablation probe, simulation of laser thermal transformation using finite element analysis, and experimental studies that characterize the robot motion and heating effects and demonstrate
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