Gregory Scott Fischer, Ph.D.

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Prof. Fischer is a faculty member in Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Engineering with an appointment in Biomedical Engineering at WPI. He is the Faculty Director of the MassTech-supported PracticePoint Research and Development Center for Healthcare Cyberphysical Systems. He has also been an active member of the WPI Healthcare Delivery Institute (HDI). He received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University in 2008 where he was part of the NSF Engineering Research Center for Computer Integrated Surgery and the JHU Laboratory for Computational Science and Robotics (LCSR). At WPI he has been an integral part of developing the Robotics Engineering program and teaches primarily Junior-level and graduate courses in Robotics. He the director of the Automation and Interventional Medicine (AIM) Robotics Laboratory located in Higgins Laboratory.

Medical robotics and computer integrated surgery is a multi-disciplinary field dedicated to providing as much information to a surgeon during a procedure and using that information in a way to produce better outcomes. The focus of the research in the WPI AIM Lab is on medical robotics - the link that allows us to enable "closed loop medicine" by using real time feedback to guide a surgical procedure. In order to take the most advantage of robots in surgery, we work towards integrating real-time medical imaging with the interventional procedure. Key research areas include: image-guided interventions, MRI-compatible robotics, robot-assisted surgery, and assistive robotics.

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Education

Research Interests

Teaching

Please see the course lists for the Robotics Engineering (RBE) Program:

For current course offerings and times, please see the WPI Course Schedule.

The full graduate course listing and degree requirements are available in the Graduate Course Catalog.

The full undergraduate graduate course listing and degree requirements are available in the Undergraduate Course Catalog.

Advising

Please see the AIM Lab Students page for a listing of the current graduate student members of the AIM Lab.

Undergraduate Projects

Please see results from the ongoing and past undergraduate research projects at the following links:

Interactive Qualifying Projects (IQPs)

Major Qualifying Projects - Capstone Design (MQPs)

Please contact Prof. Fischer if you are interested in working with the AIM Lab.

Publications

Book Chapters

  1. Taylor RH, Kazanzides P, Fischer GS, Simann N, Medical Robotics and Computer-Integrated Interventional Medicine, ed. Feng D, Biomedical Information Technology 2nd Edition, Elsevier, Chapter 19, Oct 2019. Elsevier (In Press)
  2. Fischer GS, Su H, Sensors, Actuators, and Robots for MRI-guided Surgery and Interventions (Ch. 8), ed. J. Desai, The Encyclopedia of Medical Robotics, Volume 3: Image-guided Surgical Procedures and Interventions, World Scientific, Vol 3, pp 201-231, Oct 2018. WorldSci
  3. Fischer GS, Enabling Closed Loop Surgery in MRI, ASME Dynamic Systems and Control - Robotic Surgery: In Safe Hands, ed. Krovi V, Vol 3, No 3, pp 11-14, Sept 2015. PDF
  4. Cole GA, Harrington K, Su H, Camilo A, Pilitsis JG, Fischer GS, Closed-Loop Actuated Surgical System Utilizing In-Situ Real-Time MRI Guidance, Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics - Experimental Robotics, eds. Khatib O, Kumar V, Sukhatme G, Springer-Verlag, Vol 79, pp 785-798, 2014. Springer, PDF
  5. Su H, Fischer GS, High-field MRI-Compatible Needle Placement Robots for Prostate Interventions: Pneumatic and Piezoelectric Approaches, eds. T. Gulrez and A. Hassanien, Advances in Robotics and Virtual Reality, Springer-Verlag, Intelligent Systems Reference Library, Vol 26, pp 3-32, 2012. Springer, PDF

Theses

  1. Fischer GS, Doctoral Dissertation, Johns Hopkins University, Enabling Technologies for MRI Guided Interventional Procedures, 2008 JHU Archive
  2. Fischer GS, Master's Thesis, Johns Hopkins University, Electromagnetic Tracker Characterization and Optimal Tool Design - With Applications to ENT Surgery, 2005 JHU Archive

Refereed Journal Publications

  1. Carvalho PA, Gandomi K, Nycz CJ, Fischer GS, Demonstration and Experimental Validation of Plastic-Encased Resonant Ultrasonic Piezoelectric Actuator for MRI-Guided Surgical Robots, ASME Journal of Engineering and Science in Medical Diagnostics and Therapy, Vol 3, No 1, Feb 2020. ASME
  2. Gondokaryono RA, Agrawal A, Munawar A, Nycz CJ, Fischer GS, An Approach to Modeling Closed-Loop Kinematic Chain Mechanisms, applied to Simulations of the da Vinci Surgical System, Special Issue on Platforms for Robotics Research - Acta Polytechnica Hungarica, Vol 16, No 8, pp 29-48, Nov 2019. Journal ToC, PDF
  3. Wang Y, Gondokaryono RA, Munawar A, Fischer GS, A Convex Optimization-based Dynamic Model Identification Package for the da Vinci Research Kit, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), Vol 4, No 4, Oct 2019. IEEE
  4. Nycz CJ, Strobel HA, Suqui K, Grosha J, Fischer GS, Rolle M, A Method for High-Throughput Robotic Assembly of 3-Dimensional Vascular Tissue, Tissue Engineering Part A (TEA), January 2019. TEA, PubMed
  5. Moreira P, Patel N, Wartenberg Marek, Li G, Tuncali K, Heffter T, Burdette EC, Iordachita I, Fischer GS, Hata N, Tempany CM, Tokuda J, Evaluation of Robot-Assisted MRI-Guided Prostate Biopsy: Needle Path Analysis During Clinical Trials, Physics in Medicine and Biology, Vol 63, No 20, Oct 2018. IOP, PubMed
  6. Wartenberg M, Schornak J, Gandomi K, Carvalho PA, Nycz CJ, Patel N, Iordachita I, Tempany C, Hata N, Tokuda J, Fischer GS, Closed-Loop Active Compensation for Needle Deflection and Target Shift During Cooperatively Controlled Robotic Needle Insertion, Annals of Biomedical Engineering (ABME), Vol 46, No 10, pp 1582-1594, Oct 2018. Springer, PubMed
  7. Nycz CJ, Meier TB, Carvalho PA, Meier G, Fischer GS, Design Criteria for Hand Exoskeletons: Measurement of Forces Needed to Assist Finger Extension in Traumatic Brain Injury Patients, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), Vol 3, No 4, pp 3285-3292, July 2018. IEEE
  8. Dickstein-Fischer LA, Crone-Todd AE, Chapman IM, Fathima A, Fischer GS, Socially Assistive Robots: Current status and future prospects for autism interventions, Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Health, Vol 2018, No 15, pp 15-25, June 2018. Dove
  9. MacDonell J, Patel N, Fischer GS, Burdette EC, Qian J, Chumbalkar V, Ghoshal G, Heffter T, Williams E, Gounis M, King R, Thibodeau J, Bogdanov G, Brooks OW, Langan E, Hwang R, Pilitsis JG, Robotic Assisted MRI-Guided Interventional interstitial MR Guided Focused Ultrasound Ablation in a Swine Model, Neurosurgery, June 2018. Neurosurg, PubMed
  10. Patel NA, Li G, Shang W, Wartenberg M, Heffter T, Burdette EC, Iordachita I, Tokuda J, Hata N, Tempany CM, Fischer GS, System Integration and Preliminary Clinical Evaluation of a Robotic System for MRI-Guided Transperineal Prostate Biopsy, Journal of Medical Robotics Research (JMRR), May 2018. WorldSci
  11. MacDonell J, Patel N, Rubino S,Goshal G, Fischer GS, Burdette EC, Hwang R, Pilitsis JG, Magnetic Resonance-guided Interstitial High-intensity Focused Ultrasound for Brain Tumor Ablation, Journal of Neurosurgery (JNS) Neurosurgical Focus, Vol 44, No 2, pp E11, Feb 2018. JNS, PubMed
  12. Ghoshal G, Gee L, Heffter T, Williams E, Bromfield C, Rund L, Ehrhardt JM, Diederich CJ, Fischer GS, Pilitsis JG, Burdette EC, A Minimally Invasive Catheter-based Ultrasound Technology for Therapeutic Interventions in Brain: Initial Preclinical Studies, Journal of Neurosurgery (JNS) Neurosurgical Focus, Vol 44, No 2, pp E13, Feb 2018. JNS, PubMed
  13. Hata N, Moeira, Fischer GS, Robotics in MRI-Guided Interventions, Topics in Magneric Resonance Imaging - TMRI, Vol 27, No 1, pp 19-23, Feb 2018. TMRI
  14. Su H, Shang W, Li G, Patek L, Fischer GS, An MRI-Guided Telesurgery System Using a Fabry-Perot Interferometry Force Sensor and a Pneumatic Haptic Device, Annals of Biomedical Engineering (ABME), April 2017. Springer, PubMed, PDF
  15. Su H, Iordachita I, Hata N, Liu X, Seifabadi R, Xu S, Wood B, Fischer GS, Fiber Optic Force Sensors for MRI-Guided Interventions and Rehabilitation: A Review, IEEE Sensors Journal, Vol 17, No 7, pp 1952-1963, Jan 2017. IEEE
  16. Su H, Li G, Rucker C, Webster III RJ, Fischer GS, A Concentric Tube Continuum Robot with Piezoelectric Actuation for MRI-Guided Closed-loop Targeting, Annals of Biomedical Engineering (ABME) - Journal of the Biomedical Engineering Society, Vol 44, No 10, pp 2863-2873, Oct 2016. Springer, PubMed
  17. Munawar A, Fischer GS, A Surgical Robot Teleoperation Framework for Providing Haptic Feedback Incorporating Virtual Environment-Based Guidance, Frontiers in Robotics and AI, Vol 3, No 47, pp 1-15, Aug 2016. Frontiers
  18. Nycz CJ G, Butzer T, Lambercy O, Arata J, Fischer GS, Gassert R, Design and Characterization of a Lightweight and Fully Portable Remote Actuation System for Use with a Hand Exoskeleton, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), Vol 1, No 2, pp 976-983, July 2016. IEEE
  19. Eslami S, Shang W, Li G, Patel N, Fischer GS, Tokuda J, Hata N, Tempany CM, Iordachita I,, In-Bore Prostate Transperineal Interventions with an MRI-guided Parallel Manipulator: System Development and Preliminary Evaluation, Int. Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, Vol 12, No 2, pp 199-213, June 2016. Wiley
  20. Tam AL, Lim HJ, Wistuba II, Tamrazi A, Kuo MD, Ziv E, Wong S, Shih AJ, Webster III RJ, Fischer GS, Nagrath S, Davis SE, White SB, Ahrar K, Image-Guided Biopsy in the Era of Personalized Cancer Care: Proceedings from the Society of Interventional Radiology Research Consensus Panel, Journal of Vascular and International Radiology, Vol 27, No 1, pp 8-19, January 2016. JVIR, PubMed, PDF
  21. Su H, Shang W, Cole GA, Li G, Harrington K, Camilo A, Tokuda J, Tempany CM, Hata N, Fischer GS, Piezoelectrically Actuated Robotic System for MRI-Guided Prostate Percutaneous Therapy, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Vol 20, No 4, Aug 2015. IEEE, PDF
  22. Games K, Kollock R, Fischer GS, Sefton J , Tissue Changes During Operational Load Bearing in UH-60 Aircrew Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance, Vol 86, No 9, pp 815-818, Aug 2015. AsMA
  23. Li G, Su H, Cole GA, Shang W, Harrington K, Camilo A, Pilitsis JG, Fischer GS, Robotic System for MRI-Guided Stereotactic Neurosurgery, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Vol 64, No 4, pp 1088-1088, April 2015. IEEE, PDF
  24. Tokuda J, Song SE, Fischer GS, Iordachita II, Seifabadi R, Cho NB, Tuncali K, Fichtinger G, Tempany CM, Hata N, Preclinical evaluation of an MRI-compatible pneumatic robot for angulated needle placement in transperineal prostate interventions, International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, June 2012. Springer, PubMed, PDF
  25. Padir T, Fischer GS, Chernova S, Gennert MA, A Unified and Integrated Approach to Teaching a Two-Course Sequence in Robotics Engineering, Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics, Vol 23, No 5, pp 748-758, Oct 2011. JRM, PDF
  26. Weiss CR, Marker DR, Fischer GS, Fichtinger G, Machado A, Carrino JA, Augmented reality visualization using image-overlay for MR-guided interventions: system description, feasibility, and initial evaluation in a spine phantom, American Journal of Roentgenology, Vol 196, No 3, pp 305-307, March 2011. AJR, PDF
  27. Padir T, Gennert MA, Fischer GS, Michalson WR, Cobb E, Implementation of an Undergraduate Robotics Engineering Curriculum, ASEE Computers in Education Journal - Special issue on Robotics Education, Vol 1, No 3, pp 92-101, ASEE, Sept. 2010.ASEE
  28. Tokuda J, Fischer GS, DiMaio SP, Gobbi DG, Csoma C, Mewes PW, Fichtinger G, Tempany CM, Hata N, Integrated Navigation and Control Software System for MRI-guided Robotic Prostate Interventions, Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, Vol 34, No 1, pp 3-8, Jan 2010.ScienceDirect, PubMed, PDF
  29. Vikal S, U-Thainual P, Carrino JA, Fischer GS, Iordachita I, Fichtinger G, Perk Station - Percutaneous Surgery Training and Performance Measurement Platform, Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, Vol 34, No 1, pp 19-32, Jan. 2010.ScienceDirect, PubMed
  30. Tokuda J, Fischer GS, Papademetris X, Yaniv Z, Ibanez L, Cheng P, Liu H, Blevins J, Arata J, Golby A, Kapur T, Pieper S, Burdette E, Fichtinger G, Tempany C, Hata N, OpenIGTLink: An Open Network Protocol for Image-Guided Therapy Environment, The International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, Vol 5, No 4, pp 423-34, Dec. 2009.Wiley, PubMed, PDF
  31. Fischer GS, Iordachita I, Csoma C, Tokuda J, DiMaio SP, Tempany CM, Hata N, Fichtinger G, MRI-Compatible Pneumatic Robot for Transperineal Prostate Needle Placement, IEEE / ASME Transactions on Mechatronics - Focused section on MRI Compatible Mechatronic Systems, Vol 13, No 3, pp 295-305, June 2008. IEEE, PDF
  32. Fischer GS , Deguet A, Csoma C, Taylor RH, Fayad LM, Carrino JA, SJ Zinreich, Fichtinger G, MRI Image Overlay: Application to Arthrography Needle Insertion, Journal of Computer Assisted Surgery - JCAS, Vol 12, No 1, pp 2-14, Taylor & Francis, January 2007. Informa, PubMed, PDF
  33. Fichtinger G, Deguet A, Masamune K, Fischer GS, Balogh E, Mathieu H, Taylor RH, SJ Zinreich, Fayad LM, Image Overlay Guidance for Needle Insertion in CT Scanner, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Vol 52, No 8, pp 1415-1424, IEEE, August 2005.IEEE, PubMed, PDF
  34. Fichtinger G, Deguet A, Fischer GS, Balogh E, Masamune K, Taylor RH, Fayad LM, SJ Zinreich, CT Image Overlay for Percutaneous Needle Insertions, Journal of Computer Assisted Surgery - JCAS, Vol 10, No 4, pp 241-255, Taylor & Francis, July 2005. Informa, PubMed, PDF

Refereed Conference Proceedings

  1. Munawar A, Srishankar B, Fichera L, Fischer GS, A Parametric Grasping Methodology for Multi-Manual Interactions in Real-Time Dynamic Simulations, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation - IROS 2020, Paris, France, May 2020. (Accepted) IEEE
  2. Wartenberg M, Gandomi KY, Carvalho PA, Schornak J, Patel N, Iordachita I, Tempany CM, Hata N, Tokuda J, Fischer GS, In-Bore Experimental Validation of Active Compensation and Membrane Puncture Detection for Targeted MRI-Guided Robotic Prostate Biopsy, Proceedings of the 2018 International Symposium on Experimental Robotics - ISER 2018, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov 2018, Published Jan 2020. Springer, eBook
  3. Carvalho PA, Stampfli P, Ionta S, Fischer GS, Gassert R, Pamplona GS, Triggering Robotically-Induced Movement in an fMRI-Based Brain Computer Interface, Real-time Functional Neurofeedback Conference (rtFIN 2019), Maastricht, Netherlands, Dec 2019. rtFIN (In Press)
  4. Carvalho PA, Pamplona GS, Stampfli P, Ionta S, Fischer GS, Sulzer J, Gassert R, , Robot-Brain Interface: Controlling Brain Activity Patterns via Robotic Stimulation, Real-time Functional Neurofeedback Conference (rtFIN 2019), Maastricht, Netherlands, Dec 2019. rtFIN (In Press)
  5. Munawar A, Gondokaryono R, Wang Y, Fischer GS, A Real-Time Dynamic Simulator and an Associated Front-End Representation Format for Simulating Complex Robots and Environments, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems - IROS 2019, Macau, China, Nov 2019. (Best Application paper Award Finalist) (In Press) IEEE
  6. Munawar A, Fischer GS, An Asynchronous Multi-Body Simulation Framework for Real-Time Dynamics, Haptics and Learning with Application to Surgical Robots, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems - IROS 2019, Macau, China, Nov 2019. (In Press) IEEE
  7. Meier TB, Carvalho PA, Gandomi KS, Fischer GS, Nycz CJ, Assisting Hand Movement of TBI Patients Through Robotic Orthoses, Hamlyn Symposium, London, UK, June 2019. Hamlyn Proceedings
  8. Carvalho PA, Gandomi K, Nycz CJ, Fischer GS, Demonstration and Experimental Validation of Plastic-Encased Resonant Ultrasonic Piezoelectric Actuator for MRI-Guided Surgical Robots, ASME 2018 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Nov 2018. PubMed
  9. Lewis B, Nycz CJ, Fischer GS, Venkatasubramanian KK, Authentication-Based on Biomechanics of Finger Movements Captured Using Optical Motion-Capture, ISVC 2018: Advances in Visual Computing, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Visual Computing, Las Vegas, NV, USA, pp 167-179, Nov 2018. Springer
  10. Nycz CJ, Gondokaryono R, Carvalho P, Patel N, Wartenberg M, Pilitsis JG, Fischer GS, Mechanical Validation of an MRI Compatible Stereotactic Neurosurgery Robot in Preparation for Pre-Clinical Trials, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems - IROS 2017, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Sept 2017. IEEE
  11. Rashid T, Sultana S, Fischer GS, Pilitsis J, Audette MA, Deformable Multi-material 2-Simplex Surface Mesh for Intraoperative MRI-Ready Surgery Planning and Simulation, with Deep-Brain Stimulation Applications, Bio-Imaging and Visualization for Patient-Customized Simulations - BIVPCS 2017, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol 10549, Springer. Springer
  12. Wartenberg M, Schornak J, Carvalho PA, Patel NA, Iordachita I, Tempany CM, Hata N, Tokuda J, Fischer GS, Closed-loop Autonomous Needle Steering during Cooperatively Controlled Needle Insertions for MRI-guided Pelvic Interventions, Hamlyn Symposium, London, UK, July 2017.
  13. Dickstein-Fischer LA, Pereira R, Gandomi K, Fathima A, Fischer GS, Interactive Tracking for Robot-Assisted Autism Therapy, ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction - HRI 2017, Vienna, Austria, March 2017. ACM
  14. Munawar A, Fischer GS, Towards a haptic feedback framework for multi-DOF robotic laparoscopic surgery platforms, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems - IROS 2016, Deajeon, Korea, pp 1113-1118, Oct 2016. IEEE
  15. Wartenberg M, Patel N, Li G, Fischer GS, Towards Synergistic Control of Hands-on Needle Insertion with Automated Needle Steering for MRI-Guided Prostate Interventions, IEEE EMBC 2016, Orlando, FL, USA, pp 5116-5119, Aug. 2016. IEEE
  16. Nycz CJ G, Butzer T, Lambercy O, Arata J, Fischer GS, Gassert R, Design and Characterization of a Lightweight and Fully Portable Remote Actuation System for Use with a Hand Exoskeleton, International Conference on Robotics and Automation - ICRA 2016, Stockholm, Sweden, May 2016. IEEE
  17. Dickstein-Fischer LA, Who's Shaping Who: Symbiotic Reinforcement Learning for Robot-Assisted Autism Therapy, International Conference on Robotics and Automation - ICRA 2016, Workshop on Nature versus Nurture in Robotics, Stockholm, Sweden, May 2016. WS, PDF
  18. Nycz CJ, Delph MA, Fischer GS, Modeling and Design of a Tendon Actuated Soft Robotic Exoskeleton for Hemiparetic Upper Limb Rehabilitation, IEEE EMBC 2015, Milan, Italy, Aug. 2015. IEEE, PubMed
  19. Patel N, van KatwijK T, Li G, Moreira P, Shang W, Misra S, Fischer GS, Closed-loop Asymmetric-tip Needle Steering Under Continuous Intraoperative MRI Guidance, IEEE EMBC 2015, Milan, Italy, Aug. 2015. IEEE, PubMed
  20. Carvalho P, Kesari A, Weaver S, Flaherty P, Fischer GS, Robotic Assistive Device for Phlebotomy, ASME 2015 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC), 8th Frontiers in Biomedical Devices (BIOMED), Boston, MA, Aug. 2015. ASME
  21. Dickstein-Fischer LA, Fischer GS, Combining Psychological and Engineering Approaches to Utilizing Social Robots with Children with Autism, In Proceedings of the 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Chicago, IL, USA, Aug. 2014. EMBC, IEEE, PDF
  22. Kazanzides P, Chen Z, Deguet A, Fischer GS, Taylor RH, DiMaio SP, An Open-Source Research Kit for the da Vinci Surgical System, International Conference on Robotics and Automation - ICRA 2014, May 2014. IEEE, PDF
  23. Shang W, Su H, Li G, Furlong C, Fischer GS , A Fabry-Perot Interferometry Based MRI-Compatible Miniature Uniaxial Force Sensor for Percutaneous Needle, IEEE SENSORS 2013, Baltimore, MD, Nov. 2013. IEEE, PDF
  24. Shang W, Su H, Li G, Fischer GS , Teleoperation System with Hybrid Pneumatic-Piezoelectric Actuation for MRI-Guided Needle Insertion with Haptic Feedback, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems - IROS 2013, Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 2013. IEEE, PDF
  25. Wu F, Torabi M, Yamada Y, Golden A, Fischer GS, Tuncali K, Frey D, Walsh C, An MRI Coil-Mounted Multi-Probe Robotic Positioner for Cryoablation, ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC/CIE), Portland, OR, Aug. 2013. ASME, PDF
  26. Delph II MA, Fischer SA, Gauthier PW, Martinez Luna CH, Clancy EA, Fischer GS, A Soft Robotic Exomusculature Glove with Integrated sEMG Sensing for Hand Rehabilitation, 13th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), Seattle, WA, June 2013. PubMed, PDF
  27. Ji W, Matte JD, Li G, Ma Y, Su H, Shang W, Fischer GS, Reconfigurable Fiducial-Integrated Modular Needle Driver for MRI-Guided Percutaneous Interventions, Design of Medical Devices Conferences (DMD), Minneapolis, MN, April 2013. ASME, DMD
  28. Li G, Su H, Shang W, Tokuda J, Hata N, Tempany CM, Fischer GS, A Fully Actuated Robotic Assistant for MRI-Guided Prostate Biopsy and Brachytherapy, SPIE Medical Imaging (Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling Conference), Orlando, USA, Feb. 2013. PubMed, SPIE
  29. Ma Y, Dobrev I, Shang W, Su H, Janga S, Fischer GS, CHIC: Cylindrical Helix Imaging Coordinate Registration Fiducial for MRI-Guided Interventions, 34th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), San Diego, USA, Aug. 2012. PubMed, IEEE, PDF
  30. Goloski R, Haggerty A, Jones E, Fischer GS, Nestinger SS , A sensor-zone hierarchical topology for multi-robot exploration, IEEE/ASME International Conference on Mechatronics and Embedded Systems and Applications (MESA), Suzhou, China, July 2012. IEEE
  31. Su H, Cardona D, Shang W, Cole GA, Rucker C, Webster III R, Fischer GS, A MRI-Guided Concentric Tube Continuum Robot with Piezoelectric Actuation: A Feasibility Study, IEEE ICRA 2012 International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA, May 2012 (Best medical robotics paper finalist). IEEE, PDF
  32. Shang W, Fischer GS, A High Accuracy Multi-image Registration Method for Tracking MRI-guided robots, SPIE Medical Imaging, San Diego, USA, Feb. 2012. SPIE, PDF
  33. Su H, Shang W, Harrington K, Camilo A, Cole GA, Tokuda J, Hata N, Tempany CM, Fischer GS, A Networked Modular Hardware and Software System for MRI-guided Robotic Prostate Interventions, SPIE Medical Imaging, San Diego, USA, Feb. 2012. SPIE, PDF
  34. Su H, Cole GA, Hata N, Tempany CM, Fischer GS, Real-time MRI-Guided Transperineal Needle Placement Prostate Interventions with Piezoelectrically Actuated Robotic Assistance, Radiological Society of North America 97th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, Chicago, USA, Nov. 2011. RSNA
  35. Fischer GS, Cole GA, Su H, Approaches to Creating and Controlling Motion in MRI, In Proceedings of the 33rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Boston, USA, Aug. 2011. (Invited Paper) IEEE, PubMed, PDF
  36. Su H, Iordachita I, Yan X, Cole GA, Fischer GS, Reconfigurable MRI-Guided Robotic Surgical Manipulator: Prostate Brachytherapy and Neurosurgery Applications, In Proceedings of the 33rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Boston, USA, Aug. 2011. PubMed, IEEE
  37. Dickstein-Fischer LA, Alexander E, Yan X, Su H, Fischer GS, An Affordable Compact Humanoid Robot for Autism Spectrum Disorder Interventions in Children, In Proceedings of the 33rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Boston, USA, Aug. 2011. PubMed, IEEE, PDF
  38. Jones D, Lewis A, Fischer GS, Development of a StandAlone Surgical Haptic Arm, In Proceedings of the 33rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Boston, USA, Aug. 2011. PubMed, IEEE, PDF
  39. Su H, Zervas M, Cole GA, Furlong C, Fischer GS, Real-time MRI-Guided Needle Placement Robot with Integrated Fiber Optic Force Sensing, IEEE ICRA 2011 International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Shanghai, China, pp 1583-1588, May 2011. PDF, ICRA, BibTex, EndNote
  40. Su H, Zervas M, Furlong C, Fischer GS, A Miniature MRI-compatible Fiber-optic Force Sensor Utilizing Fabry-Perot Interferometer, SEM Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Uncasville, CT, USA, June 2011. SEM, PDF
  41. Su H, Camilo A, Cole GA, Tempany CM, Hata N, Fischer GS, High-Field MRI-Compatible Needle Placement Robot for Prostate Interventions, Proceedings of MMVR18 (Medicine Meets Virtual Reality), Newport Beach, California, USA, February, 2011, PDF
  42. Cole G, Harrington K, Su H, Camilo A, Pilitsis J, Fischer GS, Closed-Loop Actuated Surgical System Utilizing Real-Time In-Situ MRI Guidance, 12th International Symposium on Experimental Robotics - ISER 2010, New Delhi, India, December 2010. ISER BibTex EndNote
  43. Wang Y, Su H, Harrington K, Fischer GS, Sliding mode Control of Piezoelectric Valve Regulated Pneumatic Actuator for MRI-Compatible Robotic Intervention, ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference - DSCC 2010, Cambridge, Massachusetts, September 2010. PDF, BibTex, EndNote
  44. Su H, Dickstein-Fischer L, Harrington K, Fu Q, Lu W, Fischer GS, Cable-Driven Elastic Parallel Humanoid Head with Face Tracking for Autism Spectrum Disorder Interventions, Proceedings of the 32nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 2010.PDF, EMBC
  45. Beach R, Gennert M, Michalson WR, Van de Ven, J, Padir T, Tryggvason G, Fischer GS, Robotics Innovations Competition and Conference (RICC): Building Community between Academia and Industry through a University-Level Student Competition, American Society for Engineering Education - ASEE 2010, Louisville, KY, June 2010. ASEE
  46. Song S, Cho NB, Fischer GS, Hata N, Tempany C, Fichtinger G, Iordachita I, Development of a Pneumatic Robot for MRI-guided Transperineal Prostate Biopsy and Brachytherapy: New Approaches, International Conference on Robotics and Automation - ICRA 2010, Anchorage, Alaska, May 2010. IEEE, PDF
  47. Su H, Shang W, Cole GA, Harrington K, Fischer GS, Haptic System Design for MRI-Guided Needle Based Prostate Brachytherapy, Haptics Symposium - Haptics 2010, Waltham, Massachusetts, March 2010. PDF
  48. Fischer GS, Michalson WR, Padir T, Pollice G, Development of a Laboratory Kit for Robotics Engineering Education, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) Symposium, Mar 2010.AAAI, PDF
  49. Su H, Shang W, Cole GA, Harrington K, Fischer GS, Design of a Haptic Device for MRI-Guided Prostate Needle Brachytherapy, IEEE Haptics Symposium, Boston, USA, March 2010. PDF, BibTex, EndNote
  50. Su H, Fischer GS, A 3-Axis Optical Force/Torque Sensor for Prostate Needle Placement in Magnetic Resonance Imaging Environments, 2nd Annual IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Practical Robot Applications - TePRA 2009, Woburn, Massachusetts, November 2009. PDF, BibTex, EndNote
  51. Wang Y, Cole GA, Su H, Pilitis JG, Fischer GS, MRI Compatibility Evaluation of a Piezoelectric Actuator System for a Neural Interventional Robot, 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society - EMBC 2009, Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 2009. PDF, EMBS, PubMed, BibTex, EndNote
  52. Michalson WR, Fischer GS, Padir T, Pollice G, Balancing Breadth and Depth in Engineering Education: Unified Robotics III and IV, American Society for Engineering Education - ASEE 2009, Austin, TX, June 2009. ASEE
  53. Ciraldi M, Cobb EC, Cyganski D, Fischer GS, Gennert M, Demetriou M, Looft F, Michalson WR, Miller B, Padir T, Rong Y, Schachterle LE, Stafford K, Tryggvason G, VandeVen JD, Robotics Engineering: A New Discipline for a New Century, American Society for Engineering Education - ASEE 2009, Austin, TX, June 2009. ASEE
  54. Cole G, Pilitsis J, Fischer GS, Design of a Robotic System for MRI-Guided Deep Brain Stimulation Electrode Placement, International Conference on Robotics and Automation - ICRA 2009, Kobe, Japan, pp 4450-4456, May 2009. PDF, IEEE
  55. U-Thainual P, Fischer GS, Iordachita I, Vikal S, Fichtinger G, The PerkStation: Systems Design for Percutaneous Intervention Training Suite, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics - ROBIO 2008, Bangkok, Thailand, pp 1693 - 1697, February 2009. IEEE
  56. Fischer GS, Krieger A, Iordachita I, Csoma C, Whitcomb L, Fichtinger G, MRI Compatibility of Robot Actuation Techniques - A Comparative Study, 11th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention - MICCAI 2008, New York, NY, Lecture Notes on Computer Science, Vol 5242, pp 509-517, Springer, September 2008. Springer, PubMed, PDF
  57. Tokuda J, Fischer GS, Csoma C, DiMaio SP, Gobbi DG, Fichtinger G, Tempany C, Hata N, Software Strategy for Robotic Transperineal Prostate Therapy in Closed-Bore MRI, 11th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention - MICCAI 2008, New York, NY, Lecture Notes on Computer Science, Vol 5242, pp 701-709, Springer, September 2008. Springer
  58. Fischer GS, Iordachita I, Csoma C, Tokuda J, Mewes PW, Tempany CM, Hata N, Fichtinger G, Pneumatically Operated MRI-Compatible Needle Placement Robot for Prostate Interventions, International Conference on Robotics and Automation - ICRA 2008, Pasadena, CA, pp 2489-2495, May 2008. IEEE, PDF
  59. Mewes PW, Tokuda J, DiMaio SP, Fischer GS, Csoma C, Gobbi DG, Tempany CM, Fichtinger G, Hata N, An Integrated MRI and Robot Control Software for an MRI-compatible Robot in Prostate Intervention, International Conference on Robotics and Automation - ICRA 2008, Pasadena, CA, pp 2959-2962, May 2008.IEEE
  60. Fischer GS, Iordachita I, DiMaio SP, Fichtinger G, Development of a Robotic Assistant for Needle-Based Transperineal Prostate Interventions in MRI, 10th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention - MICCAI 2007, Brisbane, Australia, Lecture Notes on Computer Science, Vol 4791, pp 425-433, Springer, November 2007. Springer, PubMed
  61. DiMaio S, Samset E, Fischer GS, Iordachita I, Fichtinger G, Jolesz F, Tempany C, Dynamic MRI Scan Plane Control for Passive Tracking of Instruments and Devices, 10th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention - MICCAI 2007, Brisbane, Australia, Lecture Notes on Computer Science, Vol 4792, pp 50-58, Springer, November 2007. Springer, PubMed, PDF
  62. Fischer GS, Iordachita I, DiMaio SP, Fichtinger G, Design of a Robot for Transperineal Prostate Needle Placement in an MRI Scanner, IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics - ICM 2006, Budapest, Hungary, July 2006. IEEE
  63. Fischer GS, Deguet A, Csoma C, Taylor RH, Fayad L, Zinreich SJ, Fichtinger G, Musculoskeletal Needle Placement with MRI Image Overlay Guidance, International Society for Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery 6th Annual Conference - CAOS 2006, Montreal, Canada, pp 158-160, June 2006.
  64. Fischer GS, Wamsley C, Zinreich SJ, Fichtinger G, Laser-Assisted MRI-Guided Needle Insertion and Comparison of Techniques, International Society for Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery 6th Annual Conference - CAOS 2006, Montreal, Canada, pp 161-163, June 2006. PDF
  65. DiMaio SP, Fischer GS, Haker SJ, Hata N, Iordachita I, Tempany CM, Fichtinger G, System for MRI-guided Prostate Interventions, IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics - BioRob 2006, Pisa, Italy, February 2006. IEEE, PDF
  66. Fischer GS, Akinbiyi T, Saha S, Zand J, Talamini M, Marohn M, Taylor RH, Ischemia and Force Sensing Surgical Instruments for Augmenting Available Surgeon Information, IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics - BioRob 2006, Pisa, Italy, February 2006. IEEE, PDF
  67. Fischer GS, Taylor RH, Electromagnetic Tracker Measurement Error Simulation and Tool Design, Eighth International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention - MICCAI 2005, Palm Springs, California, Lecture Notes on Computer Science, Vol 3750, pp 73-80, Springer, October 2005. Springer, PubMed, PDF
  68. Fischer GS, Zand JM, Talamini MA, Marohn M, Akinbiyi T, Kanev K, Kuo J, Kazanzides P, Taylor RH, Intra-operative Ischemia Sensing Surgical Instruments, International Conference on Complex Medical Engineering - CME 2005, Takamatsu, Japan, May 2005. PDF
  69. Boctor E, Fischer GS, Choti M, Fichtinger G, Taylor RH, A Dual-Armed Robotic System for Intraoperative Ultrasound Guided Hepatic Ablative Therapy, International Conference on Robotics and Automation - ICRA 2004, New Orleans, LA, pp 2517-2522, IEEE, April 2004. IEEE, PDF
  70. Fichtinger G, Deguet A, Masamune K, Fischer GS, Balogh E, Mathieu H, Taylor RH, Fayad LM, SJ Zinreich, Needle Insertion in CT Scanner with Image Overlay - Cadaver Studies, Seventh International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention - MICCAI 2004, St Malo, France, Lecture Notes on Computer Science, Vol 3217, pp 795-783, Springer, 2004. Springer
  71. Prasad S, Kitagawa M, Fischer GS, Zand JM, Talamini MA, Taylor RH, Okamura A, A Modular 2-DOF Force-Sensing Instrument For Laparoscopic Surgery, Sixth International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention - MICCAI 2003, Montreal, Canada, Lecture Notes on Computer Science, Vol 2878, pp 279-286, Springer, 2003. Springer, PDF

Conference Abstracts, Workshops and Non Peer-Reviewed Papers

  1. Gandomi KS, Carvalho PA, Zhao Z, Fischer GS, Thermo-Acoustic Simulation of a Piezoelectric Transducer for Interstitial Thermal Ablation with MRTI Based Validation, COMSOL Conference 2019, Boston, MA, USA, Oct 2019. (Best Paper Award) (In Press)
  2. Gandomi KS, Nycz CJ, Carvalho PA, Zhao Z, Patel NA, Burdette EC, Fischer GS, Development of a Real-Time Thermo-Acoustic Model for Interstitial Ultrasonic Conformal Ablation, Focused Energy Delivery and Precision Intervention Workshop at Hamlyn Symposium, London, UK, June 2019. Workshop
  3. Moreira P, Patel N, Wartenberg M, Li G, Heffter T, Burdette EC, Iordachita I, Fischer GS, Hata N, Tempany CM, Tokuda J, Transperineal MR-Guided Prostate Biopsy: The Contribution of Needle Deflection to the Targeting Error, International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging - ISBI'18, Washington, DC, April 2018.
  4. Dickstein-Fischer LA, Crone-Todd DE, Chapman I, Fischer GS , Do Social Robots Have a Place in the Practice of Applied Behavior Analysis?, Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI), Paris, France, Nov 2017.
  5. Nycz CJ, Delph MA, Keough K, Farrell T, Fischer GS, Measuring Grip Forces in Activities of Daily Living with Relevance to Prosthetic and Orthotic Design, Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, Oct 2017.
  6. Soderna BP, Nycz CJ, Fischer GS, Measuring the Motion of Finger Joints during Natural Flexion and Extension of the Human Hand, Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, Oct 2017.
  7. Fischer GS, Wartenberg M, Patel NA, Tokuda J, Tempany CM, Hata N, Towards Cooperative Control of MRI-guided Pelvic Needle Placement Procedures, 9th NCIGT Image Guided Therapy Workshop, Bethesda, MD, Mar 2017.
  8. Suqui K, Strobel H, Nycz C, Fischer GS, Rolle MW, Analysis of Structure and Strength of Tissue Rings Fabricated in Custom Machined Culture Wells, BMES 2016 Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, USA, Oct. 2016. BMES
  9. Carnes M, Nycz C, Shui J, Claveaux J, Markoski A, Eberheim R, Fischer GS, Pins G, 3D Printing System to Fabricate Therapeutically Loaded Biopolymer Microthreads for Applications in Tissue Engineering, BMES 2016 Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, USA, Oct. 2016. BMES
  10. Tokuda J, Tuncali K, Li G, Patel N, Heffter T, Fischer GS, Iordachita I, Burdette EC, Hata N, Tempany CM, In-Bore MRI-Guided Transperineal Prostate Biopsy using 4-DOF Needle-Guide Manipulator, 24th Scientific Meeting and Exhibition of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine - ISMRM 2016, Singapore, May 2016.
  11. Levi K, Nycz C, Strobel H, Fischer GS, Rolle MW, Custom Cell Seeding System to Enable Automated Vascular Tissue Self-Assembly, Vascular Biology 2015: NAVBO Vascular Matrix Biology and Bioengineering Workshop, Hyannis, MA, USA, Oct. 2015. NAVBO
  12. Tokuda J, Tuncali K, Shang W, Patel N, Li G, Heffter T, Fischer GS, Iordachita I, Burdette EC, Hata N, Tempany CM, Clinical Application of Needle Guiding Manipulator for MRI-Guided Transperineal Prostate Biopsy, IEEE EMBC 2015, Milan, Italy, Aug. 2015.
  13. Li G, Patel N, Shang W, Fischer GS, Introducing a Gaussian-Based Continuous Rotation Approach to Underactuated Control of Asymmetric Tip Needle Steering, International Conference on Robotics and Automation - ICRA 2015, Seattle, WA, USA, May 2015. ICRA
  14. Chen Z, Deguet A, Vozar S, Munawar A, Fischer GS, Kazanzides P, Interfacing the da Vinci Research Kit (dVRK) with the Robot Operating System (ROS), Workshop on Shared Frameworks for Medical Robotics Research, International Conference on Robotics and Automation - ICRA 2015, Seattle, WA, USA, May 2015. ICRA
  15. Tokuda J, Fischer GS, Iordachita I, Tauscher S, Kazanzides P, von Tiesenhausen C, Burdette EC, Tempany CM, Roles of OpenIGTLink in Medical Robotics Research, Workshop on Shared Frameworks for Medical Robotics Research, International Conference on Robotics and Automation - ICRA 2015, Seattle, WA, USA, May 2015. ICRA
  16. Pilitsis JG, Fischer GS, Burdette EC, Development of MRI-guided Robotic Hi-intensity Ultrasound Needle/Catheter for Ablation of Brain Metastases, Congress of Neurological Surgeons - CNS 2014, Boston, MA, USA, Oct. 2014.
  17. Huszagh M, Nycz C, Fischer GS, Modeling Finger Pose and Position in a Cable-Actuated Soft Exomusculate Robotic Glove For StrokeRehabilitation, Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting - BMES 2014, San Antonio, TX, USA, Oct. 2014. BMES
  18. Zhang Z, Munawar A, Fischer GS, Implementation of a Motion Planning Framework for the daVinci Surgical System Research Kit (dVRK), Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics - HSMR 2014, London, United Kingdom, July 2014. PDF
  19. Brauckmann M, Calamari E, Lipkind S, Leone B, Molica C, Piscopiello A, Terry W, Delph MA, Torres-Jara E, Popovic MB, Clancy EA, Fischer GS, Soft Exo-Skeletal Arm for C4-C5 Trauma Induced Spinal Cord Injuries, Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting - BMES, Seattle, WA, September 2013. PDF
  20. Chen Z, Deguet A, Taylor RH, DiMaio SP, Fischer GS, Kazanzides P, An Open-Source Hardware and Software Platform for Telesurgical Robotics Research, The MIDAS Journal - Systems and Architectures for Computer Assisted Interventions 2013, June 2013. MIDAS
  21. Delph II MA, Fischer SA, Gauthier PW, Martinez Luna CH, Clancy EA, Fischer GS, Development of a Cable Driven Flexible Robotic Rehabilitation Glove, Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting - BMES, Atlanta, GA, October 2012. PDF
  22. Eslami S, Fischer GS, Tokuda J, Iordachita I, Clinically Optimal Design and Development of an MRI-compatible Surgical Manipulator for the Prostate Percutaneous Intervention, 9th InterventionalMRI Symposium (iMRI), Boston, MA, USA, Sept. 2012.
  23. Fischer GS, Su H, Shang W, Li G, Hata N, Tempany C, Teleoperated Needle Placement for Real-time MRI-guided Prostate Interventions, 9th Interventional MRI Symposium (iMRI), Boston, MA, USA, Sept. 2012.
  24. Audette MA, Rashid T, Chakravarty MM, Guo JT, Gilles B, Fischer GS, Towards Digital Atlas- and MRA-guided, Intraoperative MRI-registered Robotic Deep Brain Therapy, 34th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), San Diego, USA, Aug. 2012. PDF
  25. Pilitsis JG, Fischer GS, Cole GA, Stereotactic Neurosurgery with Real-time MRI-Guided Robot Assistance, American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery - ASSFN, June 2012.
  26. Fischer GS, Shang W, Su H , Robot-Assisted Needle Alignment with Image-Guided Teleoperated Needle Insertion for Prostate Cancer Interventions, 20th Scientific Meeting and Exhibition of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine - ISMRM 2012, May 2012. PDF
  27. Swaney P, Burgner J, Cardona D, Su H, Pheiffer T, Rucker C, Lathop R, Gilbert H, Fischer GS, Miga M, Webster III R, Image-Guided Targeting of Concentric Tube Robots: Experiments using Ultrasound, Computed Tomography, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging, IEEE IROS IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Workshop on Image-Guided Medical Robotic Interventions, San Fransico, USA, Sept. 2011. PDF
  28. Su H, Yan X, Fischer GS, A 4-DOF Parallel Robotic Platform for MR Image-Guided Percutaneous Prostate Interventions, IEEE IROS IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Workshop on Image-Guided Medical Robotic Interventions, San Fransico, USA, Sept. 2011. PDF
  29. Su H, Iordachita I, Yan X, Fischer GS, Reconfigurable MRI-Guided Robotic Surgical Manipulator: Prostate Brachytherapy and Neurosurgery Applications, 7th Annual New England Manipulation Symposium (NEMS), Yale University, CT, USA, May 20, 2011
  30. Fischer GS, Su H, Piezoelectrically Actuated MRI-Compatible Needle Placement Robot for Transperineal Prostate Interventions, 7th Annual New England Manipulation Symposium (NEMS), Yale University, CT, USA, May 20, 2011.
  31. Su H, Fischer GS, Active Needle Steering System for Percutaneous Prostate Intervention in High-field MRI, Robotics Science and Systems, Workshop on Enabling Technologies for Image-Guided Interventional Procedures, June 2010. PDF
  32. Song S, Cho NB, Iordachita I, Fischer GS, Hata N, Fichtinger G, Tempany C, Development of a Pneumatic Robot for MRI-guided Transperineal Prostate Intervention, 18th Scientific Meeting and Exhibition of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine - ISMRM 2010, May 2010.
  33. Su H, Harrington K, Cole GA, Wang Y, Fischer GS, Modular Needle Steering Driver for MRI-guided Transperineal Prostate Intervention, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Workshop on Snakes, Worms and Catheters: Continuum and Serpentine Robots for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Anchorage, AK, May 2010. BU, PDF
  34. Cole GA, Fischer GS, MRI Compatible Surgical Systems: Analysis of Actuator Compatibility Methodologies and System Effectiveness, Robotics Science and Systems, Workshop on Enabling Technologies for Image-Guided Interventional Procedures, June 2010. PDF
  35. Carrino JA, Marker DR, Weiss CR, Fischer GS, Machado A, Fichtinger G, Augmented reality visualization using image-overlay for MR-guided interventions: system description, feasibility, and initial evaluation in a spine phantom, American Society of Spine Radiology, Feb 2010. ASSR
  36. Su H, Harrington K, Cole GA, Fischer GS, Active Needle Steering for Percutaneous Prostate Intervention in High-field MRI, 2010 Robotics: Science and Systems Conference, Workshop on Enabling Technologies for Image-Guided Robotic Interventional Procedures, Zaragoza, Spain, 2010. PDF
  37. Wang Y, Shazeeb MS, Sotak CH, Fischer GS, Optimization of Piezoelectric Motors to Enhance MR Compatiblity for Interventional Devices, 17th Scientific Meeting and Exhibition of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine - ISMRM 2009, April 2009.
  38. Fischer GS, Iordachita I, U-Thainual P, Carrino JA, Fichtinger G, A Training Suite for Image Overlay and Other Needle Insertion Techniques, Augmented environments for Medical Imaging including Augmented Reality in Computer-aided Surgery Workshop at MICCAI - AMI-ARCS 2008, September 2008. PDF
  39. Tokuda J, DiMaio SP, Fischer GS, Csoma C, Gobbi D, Fichtinger G, Hata N, Tempany CM, Real-time MR Imaging Controlled by Transperineal Needle Placement Device for MRI-guided Prostate Biopsy, 16th Scientific Meeting and Exhibition of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine - ISMRM 2008, May 2008.
  40. Fischer GS, Weiss CR, Dyer E, Csoma C, Deguet A, Carrino JA, Fichtinger G, Evaluation of MR Image Overlay for Spinal Interventions, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 15th Scientific Meeting - ISMRM 2006, Berlin, Germany, May 2007. PDF
  41. Fischer GS, Dyer E, Csoma C, Deguet A, Fichtinger G, Validation System of MRI Image Overlay and Other Insertion Techniques, Studies in Health Technology and Informatics - Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 15: In vivo, In vitro, In silico: Designing the Next in Medicine, Vol 125, pp 130-135, February 2007. PubMed
  42. Fischer GS, DiMaio SP, Iordachita I, Fichtinger G, Robotic Assistant for MR-guided Prostate Biopsy, 6th Interventional MRI Symposium, Leipzig, Germany, September 2006.
  43. Fischer GS, Deguet A, Csoma C, Taylor RH, Fayad LM, Carrino JA, Zinreich SJ, Fichtinger G, Image Overlay for MR-Guided Joint Arthrography, 6th Interventional MRI Symposium, Leipzig, Germany, pp 240-242, September 2006.
  44. Fischer GS, Deguet A, Csoma C, Taylor RH, Fayad L, Zinreich SJ, Fichtinger G, MRI Image Overlay: Joint Arthrography Porcine Trials, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 14th Scientific Meeting - ISMRM 2006, Seattle, Washington, p 1735, May 2006
  45. Fischer GS, Wamsley C, Zinreich SJ, Fichtinger G, MRI Guided Needle Insertion - Comparison of Four Techniques, Society for Interventional Radiology 31st Annual Scientific Meeting - SIR 2006, Toronto, Canada, March 2006.
  46. Fischer GS, Deguet A, Schlattman D, Taylor RH, Fayad L, Zinreich SJ, Fichtinger G, MRI Image Overlay: Applications to Arthrography Needle Insertion, Studies in Health Technology and Informatics - Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 14: Accelerating Change in Healthcare: Next Medical Toolkit, Vol 119, pp 150-155, February 2006.
  47. Fischer GS, Saha S, Horwat J, Yu J, Zand J, Marohn M, Talamini MA, Taylor RH, An Intra-Operative System for Relating Ischemic Damage to Retraction Forces, Annual fall meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society - BMES 2005, Baltimore, MD, September 2005.
  48. Zand JM, Fischer GS, Hanly E, Shih S, Marohn M, Taylor RH, Talamini MA, Ischemia Sensing Surgical Instruments, Annual congress of the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons - SAGES 2005, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, April 2005.
  49. DeOliviera M, Deguet A, Fischer GS, Balogh E, Taylor RH, Fayad LM, Zinreich SJ, Fichtinger G, Image Overlay for CT-Guided Hepatic Needle Insertions - Cadaver Studies, Congress of the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons - SAGES 2005, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, April 2005.

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