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Transperineal Prostate Intervention: Robot for Fully Automated MR Imaging—System Description and Proof of Principle in a Canine Model

2008; Radiological Society of North America; Volume: 247; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1148/radiol.2472070737

1527-1315

Michael Müntener, Alexandru Patriciu, Doru Petrisor, Michael Schär, Daniel C. Ursu, Danny Y. Song, Dan Stoianovici,

Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications

The study was approved by the animal care and use committee. The purpose of the study was to prospectively establish proof of principle in vivo in canines for a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging-compatible robotic system designed for image-guided prostatic needle intervention. The entire robot is built with nonmagnetic and dielectric materials and in its current configuration is designed to perform fully automated brachytherapy seed placement within a closed MR imager. With a 3.0-T imager, in four dogs the median error for MR imaging-guided needle positioning and seed positioning was 2.02 mm (range, 0.86-3.18 mm) and 2.50 mm (range, 1.45-10.54 mm), respectively. The robotic system is capable of accurate MR imaging-guided prostatic needle intervention within a standard MR imager in vivo in a canine model.