Dan Stoianovici, Ph.D., director of the Johns Hopkins URobotics program, discusses robotics role in urology.

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Dan Stoianovici , Ph.D., director of the Johns Hopkins URobotics program, discusses robotics role in urology.

Program Notes:

0:22    Applications of robotics to urology
0:61    Image guided robot versus daVinci
1:58    Image driven system transmits image to controller of robot
2:47    Most recently used with MRI
3:41    Radio frequency ablation
4:51    Robot that can work inside MRI
5:14    High intensity magnetic field
6:03    Development of new type of pneumatic motor
7:10    Image driven biopsy
8:00    Other areas of medicine may benefit from motor
8:53    Place needle accurately
9:23    Lab is highly specialized in design and manufacture
9:54    End