Journal Papers

Sensor-based automated detection of electrosurgical cautery states

J. Ehrlich, A Jamzad, M. Asselin, J.R. Rogers, M. Kaufmann, T. Haidegger, J. Rudan, P. Mousavi, G. Fichtinger, T. Ungi. Sensors 22(15):5808 (August 2022).

SlicerVR for medical intervention training and planning in immersive virtual reality

C. Pinter, S. Choueib, A. Lasso, Mark Asselin, J.C. Fillion-Robin, J.B. Vimort, K. Martin, G. Fichtinger. IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics 2(2):108-117, doi: 10.1109/TMRB.2020.2983199 (May 2020).

Interaction with Volume-Rendered Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Images in Virtual Reality

A. Lasso, H.H. Nam, P.V. Dinh, C. Pinter, J.C. Fillion-Robin, S. Pieper, S. Jhaveri, J.B. Vimort, K. Martin, M. Asselin, F.X. McGowan, R. Kikinis, G. Fichtinger, M.A. Jolley. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography 31(10):1158-1160 (August 2018).

Peer-Reviewed Conference Papers

Intraoperative margin assessment by REIMS during breast cancer surgery and validation using a spatio-temporal navigated cautery and histopathology

M. Kaufmann, A. Jamzad, T. Ungi, J. Rodgers, T. Koster, C. Yeung, J. Ehrlich, A. Santilli, M. Asselin, N. Janssen, J. McMullen, K. Logan, J. Cheesman, A. Di Carlo, K. Yi Mi Ren, S. Varma, S. Merchant, C.J. Engel, R. Walker, A. Gallo, D. Jabs, P. Mousavi, G. Fichtinger, J.F. Rudan. 13th Annual Mass Spectrometry Advances in the Clinical Lab Conference (Monterey, CA, USA, April 2023).

Cautery state classification for navigated iKnife surgery

J. Ehrlich, M. Asselin, A. Jamzad, M. Kaufmann, J. Rodgers, J.F. Rudan, T. Ungi, P. Mousavi, G. Fichtinger. Imaging Network of Ontario Symposium 2022 Proceedings (Virtual, March 2022).

Validation of intraoperative REIMS spectra during breast cancer surgery using a spatio-temporal navigated cautery and histopathology

M. Kaufmann, T. Ungi, A. Jamzad, J. Ehrlich, A. Santilli, J.R. Rodgers, M. Asselin, N. Janssen, J. Wallist, K. Logan, J. Cheesman, A. Di Carlo, K. Yi Mi Ren, S. Varma, S. Merchant, C.J. Engel, R. Walker, P. Mousavi, J.F. Rudan, G. Fichtinger. 69th Annual American Society for Mass Spectrometry Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics (Philadelphia, PA, USA, November 2021).

Flexible and extensible prototyping platform for robotic tool placement in 3D Slicer

M. Asselin, M. Fuerst, G. Fichtinger, G. Kronreif. 55th Annual Conference of the German Society for Biomedical Engineering (Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany, October 2021).

Validation of a projector-based navigation system for bedside surgical procedures

C. Barr, A. Lasso, M. Asselin, S. Pieper, F.C. Robertson, W.B. Gormley, G. Fichtinger. Imaging Network of Ontario Symposium 2020 Proceedings (Toronto, ON, Canada, March 2020).

Classification of metastatic and primary cancer in breast cancer xenograft models

L. Connolly, A. Jamzad, M. Kaufmann, R. Rubino, A. Sedghi, T. Ungi, M. Asselin, S. Yam, J.F. Rudan, C. Nichol, G. Fichtinger, P. Mousavi. Imaging Network of Ontario Symposium 2020 Proceedings (Toronto, ON, Canada, March 2020).

Using a biophotonic probe for robotic tissue scanning

L. Yates, L. Connolly, A. Jamzad, M. Asselin, R. Rubino, S. Yam, T. Ungi, A. Lasso, C. Nicol, P. Mousavi, G. Fichtinger. Imaging Network of Ontario Symposium 2020 Proceedings (Toronto, ON, Canada, March 2020).

Robotic tissue scanning with biophotonic probe/h5>

L. Yates, L. Connolly, A. Jamzad, M. Asselin, R. Rubino, S. Yam, T. Ungi, A. Lasso, C. Nicol, P. Mousavi, G. Fichtinger. SPIE Medical Imaging 2020: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling (Houston, TX, USA, February 2019).

Towards portable image guidance and automatic patient registration using and RGB-D camera and video projector

C. Barr, A. Lasso, M. Asselin, S. Pieper, F.C. Robertson, W.B. Gormley, G. Fichtinger. SPIE Medical Imaging 2020: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling (Houston, TX, USA, February 2019).

Classification of tumor signatures from electrosurgical vapors using mass spectrometry and machine learning: a feasibility study

L. Connolly, A. Jamzad, M. Kaufmann, R. Rubino, A. Sedghi, T. Ungi, M. Asselin, S. Yam, J.F. Rudan, C. Nicol, G. Fichtinger, P. Mousavi. SPIE Medical Imaging 2020: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling (Houston, TX, USA, February 2019).

Identification of the electrocautery state to enable spatially navigated intra-operative mass spectrometry tissue analysis

M. Asselin, A. Jamzad, A. Lasso, T. Ungi, J.F. Rudan, G. Fichtinger. Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics, Imperial College. In proceedings ISSN: 2516-5029, pp 57-58. (London, England, June 2019).

SlicerVR for image-guided therapy planning in immersive virtual reality

C. Pinter, A. Lasso, M. Asselin, J.C. Fillion-Robin, J.B. Vimort, K. Martin, G. Fichtinger. Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics, Imperial College. In proceedings ISSN: 2516-5029, pp 91-92. (London, England, June 2019).

Accounting for surgical aerosol propagation delay in navigated intra-operative tissue characterization by mass spectrometry

M. Asselin, J. Wiercigroch, K. Sunderland, M. Kaufmann, N. Janssen, T. Ungi, A. Lasso, J. Rudan, G. Fichtinger. 33rd International Congress & Exhibition on Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS). Int J CARS (2019) 14 (Suppl 1):S45-S46 (Rennes, France, June 2019).

Detection of Spinal Ultrasound Landmarks Using Convolutional Neural Networks

V. Wu, M. Asselin, T. Ungi, G. Fichtinger. 33rd International Congress & Exhibition on Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS). Int J CARS (2019) 14 (Suppl 1):S128–S129 (Rennes, France, June 2019).

Navigation of the iKnife for intra-operative tissue characterization in neurosurgery

M. Asselin, M. Kaufmann, N. Janssen, J. Wiercigroch, K. Sunderland, T. Ungi, A. Lasso, J.F. Rudan, G. Fichtinger. Imaging Network Ontario Symposium 2019 Proceedings (London, ON, Canada, March 2019).

Quantifying the effect of patient position on the curvature of colons

J. Laframboise, T. Ungi, A. Lasso, M. Asselin, M.S. Holden, P. Tan, L. Hookey, G. Fichtinger. Imaging Network Ontario Symposium 2019 Proceedings (London, ON, Canada, March 2019).

Quantitative assessment to determine changes in colonic curvature with supine versus prone position using computed tomography colonography

P. Tan, J. Laframboise, C. Scott, R. Bechara, A. Lasso, M. Asselin, M.S. Holden, T. Ungi, G. Fichtinger, L. Hookey. Canadian Digestive Diseases Week 2019 Conference (Banff, AB, Canada, March 2019).

Navigated real-time molecular analysis in the operating theatre, demonstration of concept

M. Asselin, M. Kaufmann, J. Wiercigroch, T. Ungi, A. Lasso, J. Rudan, G. Fichtinger. SPIE Medical Imaging 2019: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling 109512C (San Diego, CA, USA, February 2019).

Mechanically-Controlled Spectroscopic Imaging for Tissue Classification

L. Connolly, T. Ungi, A. Lasso, T. Vaughan, M. Asselin, P. Mousavi, S. Yam, G. Fichtinger. SPIE Medical Imaging 2019: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling 109512E . (San Diego, CA, USA, February 2019).

Analyzing the curvature of the colon in different patient positions

J. Laframboise, T. Ungi, A. Lasso, M. Asselin, M.S. Holden, P. Tan, L. Hookey, G. Fichtinger. SPIE Medical Imaging 2019: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling 109512F (San Diego, CA, USA, February 2019).

Controlling virtual views in navigated breast conserving surgery

S. Lund, T. Vaughan, T. Ungi, A. Lasso, M. Asselin, C. Yeo, C.J. Engel, G. Fichtinger. SPIE Medical Imaging 2019: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling 1095114 (San Diego, CA, USA, February 2019).

Reproducibility of freehand calibrations for ultrasound-guided needle navigation

S. Perrin, Z. Baum, M. Asselin, G. Underwood, S. Choueib, H. Lia, T. Ungi, A. Lasso, G. Fichtinger. SPIE Medical Imaging 2019: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling 109512B (San Diego, CA, USA, February 2019).

A Training Tool for Ultrasound-guided Central Line Insertion with Webcam-based Position Tracking

M. Asselin, T. Ungi, A. Lasso, G. Fichtinger. MICCAI 2018 Point of Care Ultrasound Workshop (Granada, Spain, September 2018).

Component fusion in a webcam based optical tracker for interventional navigation

M. Asselin, A. Lasso, T. Ungi, G. Fichtinger Imaging Network Ontario Symposium 2018 Proceedings (Toronto, ON, Canada, March 2018).

Towards webcam-based tracking for interventional navigation

M. Asselin, A. Lasso, T. Ungi, G. Fichtinger. Proc. SPIE 10576, Medical Imaging 2018: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling, 1057627 (Houston, TX, USA, February 2018).