berkeley laboratory for automation science and engineering

Berkeley Laboratory for Automation Science and Engineering

Timmy SiauwBEARS Conference 2012

opinion.berkeley.edu

Searching for insightfulness

Crowd-sourcing and tele-operation

Robotic motion planning

Surgical Robotics

Uncertain Grasping

Brachytherapy for Prostate Cancer

1 in 6 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer

240,000 new cases each year

About Brachytherapy

NeedlesProstate

Rectum

Bladder

Penile Bulb

Negative Side Effects

Edema

ImpotenceIncontinence

Brachytherapy Planning

Patient Anatomy Needle Configuration

Needle Planner

Dose Distribution

Dose Planner

Computational ResultsPhysician Implant Computed Implant

Physician Computed

# Needles 16 16

Dose Objectives 100% 100%

# Punctures 8 0

Prostate

Bulb

Urethra

Needles

Robot-Assisted Brachytherapy

Robot-Assisted InsertionPhysical ResultIn Plan

Future Work in Radiotherapy

Gamma Knife

IMRT

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