A Fast and Robust Image-Based Method for tracking Robot-assisted Needle Placement in Real-time MR Images

This thesis deals with automatic localization and tracking of surgical tools such as needles in Magnetic Resonance Imaging(MRI). The accurate and precise localization of needles is very important for medical interventions such as biopsy, brachytherapy, anaesthesia and many other needle based percuta...

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Main Author: Janga, Satyanarayana Reddy
Other Authors: Michael A. Gennert, Advisor
Format: Others
Published: Digital WPI 2014
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Online Access:https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/etd-theses/106
https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1105&context=etd-theses