Interventional MRI Houston Methodist CMR Laboratory
M EDICAL R OBOTICS L ABORATORY Provides Guidance Restricts Unwanted Motion Our custom-made Force-feedback Device MIROS: A MRI-Guided Robot-Assisted Surgical System: Force-Feedback Equipped Interface for robot Control. Tremor Filter. Motion Scaling.
Visual Force-Feedback Interfacing for Image‐guided Telemanipulated Surgical Systems. 3 Long-Axis CINE ImageLong-Axis Real-Time Image Dynamic Interventional Environment Imaging Modality (MRI Scanner) Sufficient Information
MIROS: Next Steps Assess feasibility of performing CMR guided robotic interventions using animal models 4
MITIE (The Methodist institute for Technology Innovation and Education) A research dedicated 1.5T Siemens scanner has been installed Houston Methodist Hospital Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Laboratory will have complete access to this scanner Interventional animal experiments will be performed in the MITIE center
GOAL: CMR guided procedures Biopsy (for heart transplant and heart mass evaluation) Pressure and pressure/volume RV evaluation in congenital cases Vascular Interventions (endographgs, stents, …) Trans-catheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) procedures Prostate procedures