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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Apr 30.
Published in final edited form as: IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2017 Sep 26;65(7):1434–1442. doi: 10.1109/TBME.2017.2756907

TABLE III.

Proposed Workflow for the Robotic FLA

Step Description Time
1. System Setup Physical setup of robot and system in MR suite 20 min.
2. Subject Positioning Aligning position of subject and robot 10 min.
3. Localizing Scan Initial scan to determine subject/robot location 5 min.
4. Registration & Anatomy Scan High-resolution scans of target anatomy and robot fiducials 20 min.
5. OncoNav Targeting Identification of target anatomy and sectioning targets 15 min.
6. Robot Adjustment Aligning robot guide with target point 2 min.
7. Trocar Insertion Inserting trocar and sheath into patient 2 min.
8. Catheter Insertion Removal of trocar, insertion of catheter 2 min.
9. Confirmation Scan Confirming catheter location 5 min.
10. MR Thermometry Tracking of tissue heating during ablation 5 min.
11. Repeat 6 through 10 For new target or repositioning on current target 15 min.
Total 101 min