vibro-elastography

Simulation and path planning of needle insertions in deformable tissue

With Ph.D. students Orcun Goksel (co-supervised with R. Rohling) and Ehsan Dehghan. Funded by NSERC CHRP.

We are continuing the work of Simon DiMaio on the acquisition of needle insertion models, the fast simulation of needle insertion suitable for

model-based planning of needle insertion paths into deformable tissue. This work has many applications in medical procedures, ranging from anesthesia to prostate brachytherapy.

We are developing

needle tissue interaction models
real-time algorithms to simulate 3-D needle-tissue interaction ([Goksel et al, 2006])

needle trajectory planning methods based on the above models and simulators (e.g. [Dehghan & Salcudean, 2006])