Acceptance of a Virtual Coach as Guided Intervention for Smoking Cessation: A Mixed-Methods Analysis

As guided interventions are seen as more effective compared to unguided interventions and because the use of eHealth applications is rising over the years, the need to study the effects of a virtual coach as a substitute for guided interventions was created. A virtual coach does not cost as much time and money as a real coach and would thus be...

Model-to-Image Registration via Deep Learning towards Image-Guided Endovascular Interventions

Cardiologists highlight the need for an intra-operative 3D visualization to assist interventions. The intra-operative 2D X-ray/Digital Subtraction Angiography (DSA) images in the standard clinical workflow limit cardiologists’ views significantly. Compared with image-to-image registration, model-to-image registration is an essential approach...

Manually controlled steerable needle for MRI-guided percutaneous interventions

This study aims to develop and evaluate a manually controlled steerable needle that is compatible with and visible on MRI to facilitate full intra-procedural control and accurate navigation in percutaneous interventions. The steerable needle has a working channel that provides a lumen to a cutting stylet or a therapeutic instrument. A steering...

X-eRgo: A support to improve the physical comfort of interventional specialists during image guided interventions

Recently, more research has focused to find occupational hazards in minimally invasive interventions, such as angioplasty, placing stents and the replacing of heart valves. A procedure is a minimally invasive intervention when the operating specialist uses a needle to insert a catheter into the patient’s body. X-ray based imaging techniques are...