{"id":3001,"date":"2014-12-22T17:13:41","date_gmt":"2014-12-22T22:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/?p=3001"},"modified":"2014-12-30T15:01:50","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T20:01:50","slug":"tech-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/2014\/12\/tech-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Surer Probe<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/TechTools-slice.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3202\" src=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/TechTools-slice-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"TechTools slice\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/TechTools-slice-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/TechTools-slice-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/TechTools-slice-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/TechTools-slice-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/TechTools-slice-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a>Doctors use ultrasound to guide needles into the body. But the hand-eye coordination required to reach the target can challenge even skilled surgeons as they try to biopsy tumors, insert central lines, or deliver local anesthesia.<\/p>\n<p>Now, a new navigation system, called Clear Guide ONE, helps doctors by letting them \u201csee\u201d exactly how to get to a site deep within the body. The optical head, which looks like the lovable little Disney robot Wall*e, mounts onto most ultrasound probes. It\u2019s only 5 ounces, but its buggy eyes house highly sophisticated computer vision technology that lets doctors see needle path trajectory on a nearby computer screen\u2014before they make the first prick.<\/p>\n<p>These prying eyes and accompanying software were developed at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. Emad Boctor, PhD \u201907, and postdoc Philipp J. Stolka worked with the Whiting School&#8217;s Computer Science Department chair Greg Hager to invent the system. 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