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USING AI AND DEEP LEARNING TO DEVELOP PRETREATMENT PLANS FOR HDR PROSTATE BRACHYTHERAPY

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Journal Papers

- Varnamkhasti, Z.K. and Konh, B., 2019. Design and performance study of a novel minimally invasive active surgical needle. ASME Journal of Medical Devices, 13 (4), p.041006 (9 pages).

- Konh, B., Sasaki, D., Podder, T.K., and Ashrafiuon, H., 2019. 3D manipulation of an active steerable needle via actuation of multiple SMA wires. Robotica, pp.1-17. (https://doi.org/10.1017/S0263574719000705).

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Conference Papers

- Varnamkhasti, Z.K., Konh, B., 2020, April. Cable-driven 3D steerable surgical needle for needle-based procedures. In 2020 Design of Medical Devices Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (under review)

- Karimi, S., Konh, B., 2020, April. Dynamic characteristic analysis and FEM modeling in control of an SMA-actuated multi-link flexible joint active needle. In 2020 Design of Medical Devices Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (under review)

- Karimi, S., Konh, B., 2019, April. 3D steerable active surgical needle. In 2019 Design of Medical Devices Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (Paper No. DMD2019-3307, pp. V001T06A015; 6 pages; doi:10.1115/DMD2019-3307)

- Varnamkhasti, Z.K., Konh, B., Maghsoudi, O.H., Yu, Y., Liao, L., 2019, April. Ultrasound needle tracking inside a soft phantom and methods to improve the needle tip visualization. In 2019 Design of Medical Devices Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (Paper No. DMD2019-3299, pp. V001T06A012; 6 pages

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Conference Papers

  1. Konh, B. (2024) "A Linear Programming and Deep Reinforcement Learning Framework to Choose Dwell Positions and Dwell Time in High-Dose-Rate Prostate Brachytherapy using Curvilinear Catheters", IMECE

  2. Rabiei, M., Ko, S. Y., Podder, T. K., Lederer, J., and Konh, B., (2022) "HDR Brachytherapy Planning using Active Needles – Preliminary Investigation on Dose Planning", IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics

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