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Mira V: An Integrated System For Minimally Invasive Robot-Assisted Lung Brachytherapy, A. Trejos, A. Lin, S. Mohan, H. Bassan, C. Edirisinghe, R. Patel, C. Lewis, E. Yu, A. Fenster, R. Malthaner Apr 2008

Mira V: An Integrated System For Minimally Invasive Robot-Assisted Lung Brachytherapy, A. Trejos, A. Lin, S. Mohan, H. Bassan, C. Edirisinghe, R. Patel, C. Lewis, E. Yu, A. Fenster, R. Malthaner

Edward Yu

An integrated system for minimally invasive robot-assisted image-guided lung brachytherapy has been developed. The system incorporates an experimental setup for accurate radioactive seed placement with commercially available dosimetry planning software. The end result is a complete system that allows planning and executing a brachytherapy procedure with increased accuracy. The results of the in vitro seed placement evaluation show that seed misplacement has a significant effect on the volume receiving more than 200% of the dose (V200), and the minimum dosage received by 90% of the volume (D90).