Journal Papers

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

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

SlicerVR for medical intervention training and planning in immersive virtual reality

Pinter, C., Choueib, S., Lasso, A., Asselin, M., Fillion-Robin, J., Vimort, J., Martin, K., Fichtinger, G. IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 108-117, May 2020, doi: 10.1109/TMRB.2020.2983199.

Peer-Reviewed Conference Papers & Abstracts

Towards webcam-based tracking for interventional navigation

Mark Asselin, Andras Lasso, Tamas Ungi, Gabor Fichtinger. Proc. SPIE 10576, Medical Imaging 2018: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling, 1057627 (March 2018). • Full Text

Component fusion in a webcam based optical tracker for interventional navigation

Mark Asselin, Andras Lasso, Tamas Ungi, Gabor Fichtinger. Imaging Network of Ontario Symposium 2018 Proceedings (March 2018). • Full Text

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

Mark Asselin, Tamas Ungi, Andras Lasso, Gabor Fichtinger. MICCAI 2018 Point of Care Ultrasound Workshop (September 2018). • Full Text

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

Mark Asselin, Martin Kaufmann, Julia Wiercigroch, Tamas Ungi, Andras Lasso, John Rudan, Gabor Fichtinger. SPIE Medical Imaging 2019: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling (February 2019).

Mechanically-Controlled Spectroscopic Imaging for Tissue Classification

Laura Connolly, Tamas Ungi, Andras Lasso, Thomas Vaughan, Mark Asselin, Parvin Mousavi, Scott Yam, Gabor Fichtinger. SPIE Medical Imaging 2019: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling (February 2019).

Analyzing the curvature of the colon in different patient positions

Jacob Laframboise, Tamas Ungi, Andras Lasso, Mark Asselin, Matthew S. Holden, Pearl Tan, Lawrence Hookey, Gabor Fichtinger. SPIE Medical Imaging 2019: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling (February 2019).

Controlling virtual views in navigated breast conserving surgery

Shaun Lund, Thomas Vaughan, Tamas Ungi, Andras Lasso, Mark Asselin, Caitlin Yeo, C. Jay Engel, Gabor Fichtinger. SPIE Medical Imaging 2019: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling (February 2019).

Reproducibility of freehand calibrations for ultrasound-guided needle navigation

Sydney Perrin, Zachary Baum, Mark Asselin, Grace Underwood, Saleh Choueib, Hillary Lia, Tamas Ungi, Andras Lasso, Gabor Fichtinger. SPIE Medical Imaging 2019: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling (February 2019).

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

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

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

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

Quantifying the effect of patient position on the curvature of colons

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

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

Asselin, M., Wiercigroch, J., Sunderland, K., Kaufmann, M., Janssen, N., Ungi, T., Lasso, A., Rudan, J., Fichtinger, G. International Conference of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS) (Rennes, France, June 2019).

Detection of spinal ultrasound landmarks using convolutional neural networks

Wu, V., Asselin, M., Ungi, T., Fichtinger, G. International Conference of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS) (Rennes, France, June 2019).

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

Asselin, M., Jamzad, A., Lasso, A., Ungi, T., Rudan, J., Fichtinger, G. 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

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

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

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

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

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

Robotic tissue scanning with biophotonic probe

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

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

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

Classification of metastatic and primary cancer in breast cancer xenograft models

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

Using a biophotonic probe for robotic tissue scanning

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

Non Peer-Reviewed

A navigated intelligent knife for breast cancer surgery

Mark Asselin, Tamas Ungi, Andras Lasso, Jay Engel, John Rudan, Gabor Fichtinger. Inquiry @ Queen's Undergraduate Research Day (March 2018). • Full Text

Navigated molecular analysis for surgery, a demonstration

Mark Asselin, Martin Kaufmann, Andras Lasso, Tamas Ungi, Gabor Fichtinger. CSearch: Queen's Computing Student Research Conference (September 2018).• Full Text

A variation of 3D printer machinery for spectroscopic tissue analysis

Connolly, L., Vaughan, T., Asselin, M., Lasso, A., Ungi, T., Yam, S., Mousavi, P., Fichtinger, G. Inquiry @ Queen’s Undergraduate Research Day (March 2019).• Full Text