A Computerized Simulation for Prostate Needle Biopsy

Jianhua Xuan, Tulay Adali, Yue Wang, Wendelin Hayes, John Lynch, Matthew Freedman and Seong K. Mun
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Tulay Adali: University of Maryland Baltimore County
Yue Wang: Catholic University of America
Seong K. Mun: Georgetown University Medical Center

Simulation & Gaming, 2001, vol. 32, issue 3, 391-403

Abstract: The authors developed an image-guided biopsy simulation system that uses advanced image analysis and computer graphics techniques. First, they reconstruct three-dimensional (3-D) computerized prostate models with accurate 3-D representation of all internal anatomical structures of the prostate. The prostate needle biopsy simulation system is then implemented by an interactive 3-D visualization system with various realistic imaging probes and needles for examination and path planning. They show two specific ways such a simulation system can be used: (a) as a virtual simulation system where a surgeon can sit in front of the computer to plan better needle paths and can practice the actual biopsy procedure before he or she actually performs on a patient and (b) for validating the effectiveness of various biopsy techniques in prostate cancer detection and tumor volume estimation.

Keywords: computerized simulation systems; interactive visualization; prostate needle biopsy; three-dimensional graphical modeling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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DOI: 10.1177/104687810103200308

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