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Dr. Dehghan developed new methods to study needle insertion into soft tissue and proposed new methods that will make needle insertion more accurate. He tested his methods using tissue mimicking materials. Accurate needle targeting has immediate benefit for many medical procedures such as prostate brachytherapy, biopsy and anesthesia.

A randomly-selected Doctoral citation each day: today from the Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) - graduated in 2009