Active Prostate Phantom with Multiple Chambers
Sizhe Tian (CRIStAL, DEFROST), Yinoussa Adagolodjo (CRIStAL, Polytech Lille, DEFROST), Jeremie Dequidt (CRIStAL, DEFROST)

TL;DR
This paper introduces a pneumatically actuated prostate phantom with multiple chambers, enabling dynamic simulation of prostate conditions for improved robotic surgery training and system validation.
Contribution
It presents a novel prostate phantom with independently controlled chambers, modeled from MRI data, and validated with high accuracy for realistic medical simulation.
Findings
Achieved average errors of 3.47% in forward modeling.
Achieved average errors of 1.41% in inverse modeling.
Demonstrated potential for validating robotic-assisted systems.
Abstract
Prostate cancer is a major global health concern, requiring advancements in robotic surgery and diagnostics to improve patient outcomes. A phantom is a specially designed object that simulates human tissues or organs. It can be used for calibrating and testing a medical process, as well as for training and research purposes. Existing prostate phantoms fail to simulate dynamic scenarios. This paper presents a pneumatically actuated prostate phantom with multiple independently controlled chambers, allowing for precise volumetric adjustments to replicate asymmetric and symmetric benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). The phantom is designed based on shape analysis of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) datasets, modeled with finite element method (FEM), and validated through 3D reconstruction. The simulation results showed strong agreement with physical measurements, achieving average errors of…
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