Robotic System for Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

2015-0303-01

researcher's name: about researcher FUJIE, Masakatsu Professor (retired)
affiliation: Faculty of Science and Engineering School of Creative Science and Engineering
keyword

・Measuring a location and stiffness of a cancer as palpation

・Inserting a needle for treatment accurately　into a cancer by compression using palpation probe to stabilize the cancer

・Increasing incidence rate of breast cancer in Japanese women

・Desiring minimally-invasive and accurate diagnostic and treatment techniques

・Detection of a center position of cancer using palpation probe

・Estimation of tissue stiffness using robot and medical image

・Method to reduce displacement of cancer during needle insertion by pre-loading the tissue

・Supporting technique for breast cancer diagnosis and treatment

・Application to diagnosis and treatment of cancer in other parts of the body

Robotic system for breast cancer diagnosis and treatment
Detection of a center position of cancer using palpation probe
Estimation of tissue stiffness using robot and medical image
Evaluation to reduce displacement of cancer during needle insertion by pre-loading the tissue

posted: 2015/03/03