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A Teleoperated Robotic System-Assisted Percutaneous Transiliac-Transsacral Screw Fixation Technique
Published on: January 6, 2023
Wireless mobile technology to improve workflow and feasibility of MR-guided percutaneous interventions
Martin A Rube1, Andrew B Holbrook, Benjamin F Cox
1Division of Imaging and Technology, Institute for Medical Science and Technology, University of Dundee, Wilson House, 1 Wurzburg Loan, Dundee, DD2 1FD, UK, martin.a.rube@gmail.com.
Purpose:
A wireless interactive display and control device combined with a platform-independent web-based user interface (UI) was developed to improve the workflow for interventional magnetic resonance imaging (iMRI).
Methods:
The iMRI-UI enables image acquisition of up to three independent slices using various pulse sequences with different contrast weighting. Pulse sequence, scan geometry and related parameters can be changed on the fly via the iMRI-UI using a tablet computer for improved lesion detection and interventional device targeting. The iMRI-UI was validated for core biopsies with a liver phantom ([Formula: see text] [Formula: see text] 40) and Thiel soft-embalmed human cadavers ([Formula: see text] [Formula: see text] 24) in a clinical 1.5T MRI scanner.
Results:
The iMRI-UI components and setup were tested and found conditionally MRI-safe to use according to current ASTM standards. Despite minor temporary touch screen interference at a close distance to the bore ([Formula: see text]20 cm), no other issues regarding quality or imaging artefacts were observed. The 3D root-mean-square distance error was [Formula: see text] (phantom)/[Formula: see text] mm (cadaver), and overall procedure times ranged between 12 and 22 (phantom)/20 and 55 min (cadaver).
Conclusion:
The wireless iMRI-UI control setup enabled fast and accurate interventional biopsy needle placements along complex trajectories and improved the workflow for percutaneous interventions under MRI guidance in a preclinical trial.
