Risk Assessment-Oriented Design of a Needle Insertion Robotic System for Non-Resectable Liver Tumors

• Published in: Healthcare (Basel) Vol. 10; no. 2; p. 389
• Main Authors: Gherman, Bogdan, Hajjar, Nadim Al, Tucan, Paul, Radu, Corina, Vaida, Calin, Mois, Emil, Burz, Alin, Pisla, Doina
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 18.02.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: Abdomen; Ablation; Cancer therapies; cancer treatment; Design; failure modes analysis; Iodine; Liver cancer; Medical equipment; Medical research; medical robotics; needle insertion; Patients; Physicians; Radiation therapy; Research methodology; Risk assessment; robot design; Robotics; Ultrasonic imaging; cancer treatment; risk assessment; needle insertion; failure modes analysis; medical robotics; fuzzy logic; robot design

Medical robotics is a highly challenging and rewarding field of research, especially in the development of minimally invasive solutions for the treatment of the worldwide leading cause of death, cancer. The aim of the paper is to provide a design methodology for the development of a safe and efficie...