Autonomous guidewire navigation in a two dimensional vascular phantom

The treatment of cerebro- and cardiovascular diseases requires complex and challenging navigation of a catheter. Previous attempts to automate catheter navigation lack the ability to be generalizable. Methods of Deep Reinforcement Learning show promising results and may be the key to automate cathet...

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Main Authors: Karstensen Lennart, Behr Tobias, Pusch Tim Philipp, Mathis-Ullrich Franziska, Stallkamp Jan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2020-09-01
Series:Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/cdbme-2020-0007