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1999/10/22
MR Compatible Surgical Robot System with iMRI
Mechanical Engineering Laboratory, AIST, MITI
High Compatibility between the Imaging and the Robot Maneuvering
Mechanical Engineering Laboratory (MEL), Surgical Planning Laboratory (SPL), Brigham & Women's Hospital (Boston, MA) and Computer-integrated Surgical Systems and Technology Laboratory (CISST), Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD) have a collaboration on a R&D of a surgical assist borob/manipulator which cooperatively operate with the intgraoperative MRI (iMRI or MRT).
Though R&D of surgical assist robots are gradually increasing, operating a robot in the MR room has been quite difficult. In August 1999, we succeeded in maneuvering test of our robot system, world's first iMRI compatible robot.
System Configuration of MR Compatible Surgical Robot.
