Azadeh AnsariSchool of Electrical and Computer EngineeringGeorgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA USA |
Fabrication, Actuation and Imaging of Microdrillers for Neurosurgical Applications
Despite recent advances in microsurgery and radiation oncology, malignant brain tumors continue to carry a poor prognosis to date. A major obstacle is the failure of systemic therapies to reach intracranial targets in effective concentrations, due to the blood-brain barrier (BBB).
In this talk, I will discuss some of the recent advancements in developing drilling microrobots for navigation inside a viscoelastic media and in the brain tissue. I will then present my group’s recent results on co-developing magnetic microdrillers and an actuation system that is compatible with photon counting detector CT scan for microrobotic localization and guidance.