OncoNavigator – Intelligent System for Personalized Navigation and Mapping of Oncological Interventions

 

Síntese  do Projeto

Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer worldwide and one of the most dreadful diseases that affect women. Each year, 2.1M women have breast cancer and in 2018, 15% of all deaths from cancer in women were caused by breast cancer, corresponding to 627,000 deaths. Moreover, the prevalence of breast cancer is expected to increase during the next years.

In this project, named OncoNavigator, we propose a novel navigation framework that combines for the first time the information from real-time medical imaging (US) and magnetic breast lesion tracker with a collaborative medical robotic to improve the precision of current breast cancer interventions, while guaranteeing a safe, faster and easier treatment.

Overall, the proposed framework is expected to increase the efficiency of the traditional breast oncological procedures by adding the required precision due to the robot-guided solution, by increasing the intra-interventional information with the enhanced lesion visualization, and by using a robust magnetic targeting system. Finally, the framework is expected to reduce the influence of physician expertise, minimize human errors, and improve the procedure outcomes for the patients.