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SM Journal of Biomedical Engineering

Organ Movement and Targeting during Non-Invasive Therapy and Surgery

[ ISSN : 2573-3702 ]

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Received: 09-Dec-2016

Accepted: 20-Feb-2017

Published: 23-Feb-2017

Review Article | Volume 3 - Issue 1 | Article DOI :

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Mustafa A¹, Abhilash RH², and Chauhan S³*

¹Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University, Australia
²Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, University of Alberta, USA
³Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University, Australia

Corresponding Author:

Chauhan S, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University, Victoria, Australia, Tel: +61399053551; Email: sunita.chauhan@ monash.edu

Keywords

Liver motion; Kidney motion; Organ tracking

Abstract

One of the major challenges faced during non-invasive treatment and surgery of tumours or cancers in abdominal organs such as the liver, lungs or kidneys is the continuous movement due to physiological processes. This motion creates the need for comprehensive treatment planning in order to understand the target movement, compute the relative motion of the energy delivery system and compensate for the motion during image-guided robotic surgery. Without correct motion estimation, the target volume may suffer from inaccurate dosage delivery and/or adverse effects on the surrounding healthy tissue. A number of approaches have been proposed to deal with motion tracking. A succinct review of the methods used in the motion estimation and management of moving target volumes in the major abdominal organs, such as lungs, liver and kidney, are presented in this paper.

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Mustafa A, Abhilash RH and Chauhan S. Organ Movement and Targeting during Non-Invasive Therapy and Surgery. SM J Biomed Eng. 2017; 3(1): 1014