4 papers
CRANE: A Redundant, Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Computed Tomography Robot for Heightened Needle Dexterity within a Medical Imaging Bore
Dimitrious Schreiber, Zhaowei Yu, Taylor Henderson +3
Computed Tomography (CT) image guidance enables accurate and safe minimally invasive treatment of diseases, including cancer and chronic pain, with needle-like tools via a percutan…
CRANE: a 10 Degree-of-Freedom, Tele-surgical System for Dexterous Manipulation within Imaging Bores
Dimitri A. Schreiber, Zhaowei Yu, Hanpeng Jiang +6
Physicians perform minimally invasive percutaneous procedures under Computed Tomography (CT) image guidance both for the diagnosis and treatment of numerous diseases. For these pro…
CRANE: A highly dexterous needle placement robot for evaluation of interventional radiology procedures
Dimitri A. Schreiber, Hanpeng Jiang, Guosong Li +5
Interventional Radiology (IR) enables earlier diagnosis and less invasive treatment of numerous ailments. Here we present our ongoing development of CRANE: CT RoboticArm and Needle…
An Open-Source 7-Axis, Robotic Platform to Enable Dexterous Procedures within CT Scanners
Dimitri A. Schreiber, Daniel B. Shak, Alexander M. Norbash +1
This paper describes the design, manufacture, and performance of a highly dexterous, low-profile, 7 Degree-of-Freedom (DOF) robotic arm for CT-guided percutaneous needle biopsy. Di…