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Berkeley Laboratory for Automation Science and Engineering

Timmy SiauwBEARS Conference 2012

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opinion.berkeley.edu

Searching for insightfulness

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Crowd-sourcing and tele-operation

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Robotic motion planning

Surgical Robotics

Uncertain Grasping

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Brachytherapy for Prostate Cancer

1 in 6 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer

240,000 new cases each year

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About Brachytherapy

NeedlesProstate

Rectum

Bladder

Penile Bulb

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Negative Side Effects

Edema

ImpotenceIncontinence

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Brachytherapy Planning

Patient Anatomy Needle Configuration

Needle Planner

Dose Distribution

Dose Planner

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Computational ResultsPhysician Implant Computed Implant

Physician Computed

# Needles 16 16

Dose Objectives 100% 100%

# Punctures 8 0

Prostate

Bulb

Urethra

Needles

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Robot-Assisted Brachytherapy

Robot-Assisted InsertionPhysical ResultIn Plan

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Future Work in Radiotherapy

Gamma Knife

IMRT

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