Modules:ProstateNav-Documentation-3.6

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Module Name

ProstateNav

ProstateNav module in Calibration Phase.

General Information

Module Type & Category

Type: Interactive
Category: IGT

Authors, Collaborators & Contact

• Junichi Tokuda, BWH
• Andras Lasso, Queen's University (New GUI interface)
• Simon DiMaio, Intuitive Surgical Inc. (System design, Z-frame registration)
• Gregory Fischer, WPI (System design, Robot Software)
• David Gobbi (Wizard Interface)
• Csaba Csoma, JHU (System design, Robot Software)
• Haiying Liu, BWH (Software packaging)
• Philip Mewes (Initial version)
• Gabor Fitchinger, Queen's University
• Nobuhiko Hata, BWH
• Clare Tempany, BWH

Module Description

The ProstateNav module is designed to add an integrated user interface (UI) for MRI-guided prostate intervention (e.g. needle biopsy and brachytherapy) to 3D Slicer. In version 3.6, the module provides user interfaces for the following devices:

• MRI-compatible pneumatic needle placement robot for transperineal prostate biopsy and brachytherapy (Johns Hopkins University + Brigham and Women's Hospital + Queen's Univeristy)
• MRI-compatible transrectal needle biopsy device (Queen's University + Johns Hopkins University)
• Template-based needle guiding system for MRI-guided prostate biopsy and brachy therapy (Queen's University + Brigham and Women's Hospital)

The module has wizard-style interface, which helps an operator follow the clinical procedure step by step. It supports target planning and management, patient-device registration, and verification. The module can also communicate with some of the devices listed above using OpenIGTLink protocol.

Usage

Examples, Use Cases & Tutorials

The module is designed for NIH-funded Biomedical Research Partnership project: Enabling Technologies for MRI-Guided Prostate Interventions (NIH 1R01CA111288, PI: Clare Tempany, MD). The focus of this research project is to develop an MRI-guided robotic intervention technology. The detailed description of the system and clinical use-case scenario are described in the papers listed below in this page.

Quick Tour of Features and Use

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Development

Dependencies

OpenIGTLinkIF Module

Known bugs

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Usability issues

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Source code & documentation

See ViweCV page for the source code.

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Acknowledgment

This work is supported by 1R01CA111288, 5U41RR019703, 5P01CA067165, 1R01CA124377, 5P41RR013218, 5U54EB005149, 5R01CA109246 from NIH. This study was also in part supported by NSF 9731748, CIMIT, Intelligent Surgical Instruments Project of METI (Japan).

References

• Fischer GS, Iordachita I, Csoma C, Tokuda J, DiMaio SP, Tempany CM, Hata N and Fichtinger G. MRI-Compatible Pneumatic Robot for Transperineal Prostate Needle Placement. IEEE/ASME Trans Mechatronics 2008; 13(3):295-305 [1]
• Tokuda J, Fischer GS, Csoma C, DiMaio SP, Gobbi DG, Fichtinger G, Tempany CM, Hata N. Software Strategy for Robotic Transperineal Prostate Therapy in Closed-Bore MRI. In: Proc. 11th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention - MICCAI 2008; 9/6/2008-9/10/2008; New York, NY ;2008. p. 701-709. [2]
• DiMaio S, Samset E, Fischer G, Iordachita I, Fichtinger G, Jolesz F, Tempany C. Dynamic MRI Scan Plane Control for Passive Tracking of Instruments and Devices. Int Conf Med Image Comput Comput Assist Interv. 2007;10(Pt 2):50-58. [3]