Towards image-guided gene therapy delivery
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Harris, S.S.; Gebhart, S.C.; Donnelly, E.; Galloway, R.L.
- Source
- Proceedings of the Second Joint 24th Annual Conference and the Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society] [Engineering in Medicine and Biology Joint EMBS-BMES conference Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 2002. 24th Annual Conference and the Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society EMBS/BMES Conference, 2002. Proceedings of the Second Joint. 2:1192-1193 vol.2 2002
- Subject
- Bioengineering
Computing and Processing
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Gene therapy
Probes
Biomedical imaging
Medical treatment
Biomedical engineering
Surgery
Testing
Optical devices
Needles
Radiology
- Language
- ISSN
- 1094-687X
Image-guided procedures have grown steadily over the past decade. In most the aim is the resection or destruction of diseased tissue. Gene therapy agents have a very limited diffusion distance which limits their usefulness. A technique for guiding the delivery of gene therapy using image-guidance is under development. When complete, it would allow the delivery of diffusion limited therapies to a broad volume. We present the results of the delivery system development and the accuracy testing.