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CT-guided interventions are common practices in interventional radiology to treat oncological conditions. During these interventions, radiologists are exposed to radiation and faced with a non-ergonomic working environment. A robot-guided ultrasound (US) as a complementing imaging method for the purpose of needle guidance could help to overcome these challenges. A survey with 21 radiologists was made to analyze the application potential of US during CT-guided interventions with regard to anatomical regions to be scanned as locations of target lesions as well as specific situations during which US could complement CT imaging. The results indicate that the majority of respondents already applied US during CT-guided interventions for reasons of real-time imaging of the target lesion, organ, and needle movement as well as for lesions that are difficult to visualize in CT. Potential situations of US application were identified as out-of-plane needle insertion and puncturing lesions within the liver and subcutaneous lymph nodes. Interaction with a robot-guided US should be intuitive and include an improved sterility concept.
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This work was funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research within the Forschungscampus STIMULATE under grant number 13GW0473A.
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Schreiter, J., Joeres, F., March, C., Pech, M., Hansen, C. (2021). Application Potential of Robot-Guided Ultrasound During CT-Guided Interventions. In: Noble, J.A., Aylward, S., Grimwood, A., Min, Z., Lee, SL., Hu, Y. (eds) Simplifying Medical Ultrasound. ASMUS 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12967. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87583-1_12
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