Robot-Aided Prostate Cancer Diagnosis with Fiber Optic Sensing: A Validation Study on Phantoms and Ex-Vivo Tissues

Autor: Claudia Pecorella, Andrea Cirillo, Bruno Siciliano, Antonio Iele, Armando Ricciardi, Marco Consales, Andrea Cusano, Marco Capece, Giuseppe Celentano, Roberto La Rocca, Vincenzo Mirone, Fanny Ficuciello
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Uro, Vol 1, Iss 4, Pp 245-253 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2673-4397
DOI: 10.3390/uro1040027
Popis: Despite technological progress in instrumental diagnostic investigations of the last decade, prostate cancer remains one of the most frequent malignant tumors and the second leading cause of cancer death among men. Although prostate biopsy remains the reference among all diagnosis procedures, it still exposes patients to the risk of developing complications. In this paper, the authors present a novel robotic system for prostate cancer diagnosis aimed at improving the current diagnostic procedures and reducing their undesired effects. The purpose of this work is to validate the proposed methodology by considering experimental analysis on both phantom and ex-vivo prostate tissues.
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