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Gregory S.
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PhD Candidate in Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins
University
Advisor: Gabor Fichtinger
MSE
Mechanical Engineering - Johns Hopkins University '05 (Advisor: Russell H.
Taylor)
MSE Electrical Engineering - Johns Hopkins University '04
BS Electrical Engineering - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute '02
BS Mechanical Engineering - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute '02
Affiliations:
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins Department of
Mechanical Engineering
Johns Hopkins Department of
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Computer Integrated Surgical Systems
and Technology Engineering Research Center (CISST ERC)
Contact Info:
Greg Fischer
Johns Hopkins
University
CISST ERC / LCSR
Computational Sciences &
Engineering Building
3400 North Charles Street
Baltimore , MD 21218
(410)
516-4723
gfisch
'at' jhu.edu
See my wiki page
for project descriptions and photos:
http://www.cisst.org/wiki/User:Gfischer
or
http://lcsr.jhu.edu/User:Gfischer
My Curriculum
Vita
Resume (updated Spring 2008)
My Master's
Thesis
MSE Mastser's Thesis - Electromagnetic Tracker Characterization and Optimal Tool Design
My Research
MRI
Compatible Robotics for Prostate Biopsy and Brachytherapy Needle Placement
Servo-pneumatic
Control Systems
MRI
and CT Needle Guidance with Image Overlay
Electro-Magnetic Tracker Optimization
(restricted access)
Robotic
Ultrasound Manipulation and Needle Guidance
Robotic
Ultrasound Servoing
Bio-sensing
Surgical Device Instrumentation
Vibration
Analysis for Monitoring Surgical Drill
Cooperatively
Controlled Robot-assisted Sinus Surgery
Steady
Hand Robotic Neurosurgery Applications
Publications
2008
IEEE/ASME
Transaction on Mechatronics:
MRI-Compatible
Pneumatic Robot for Transperineal Prostate Needle Placement
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, June 2008 (In press)
ISMRM
'08: Real-time MR
Imaging Controlled by Transperineal Needle Placement Device for MRI-guided
Prostate Biopsy
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, Toronto, Canada, May 2008 (Accepted)
ICRA
'08: Pneumatically Operated MRI-Compatible Needle Placement
Robot for Prostate Interventions
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, May 2008 (Accepted)
ICRA
'08: An Integrated MRI and Robot Control Software for an
MRI-compatible Robot in Prostate Intervention
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, May 2008 (Accepted)
2007
MICCAI
'07: Development of a Robotic Assistant for Needle-Based
Transperineal Prostate Interventions in MRI
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,
MICCAI
'07: Dynamic MRI Scan Plane Control for Passive Tracking of
Instruments and Devices
DiMaio SP, 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, Vol 2, pp 50-58, November 2007
ISMRM
'07: Evaluation of MR Image Overlay for Spinal Interventions
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
Studies
in Health Technology and Informatics: Validation System of MRI Image
Overlay and Other Insertion Techniques
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 14: In vivo, In vitro, In
silico: Designing the Next in Medicine, Vol 125, pp 130-135, 2007
MMVR
'07: Validation System of MRI Image Overlay and Other Insertion
Techniques
Fischer GS, Dyer E, Csoma C, Deguet A, Fichtinger G, Validation System of
MRI Image Overlay and Other Insertion Techniques, Medicine Meets Virtual
Reality 15 - MMVR 2007, Long Beach, California, January 200
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
CAOS
'06: Musculoskeletal Needle Placement with MRI Image Overlay Guidance
BioRob
'06: System for MRI-guided Prostate Interventions
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
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, 2006
MMVR
'06: Image Overlay Guidance for MRI Arthrography Needle Insertion
Fischer GS, Deguet A, Schlattman D, Fayad L, Zinreich SJ, Taylor RH,
Fichtinger G, Image Overlay Guidance for MRI Arthrography Needle Insertion,
Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 14 - MMVR 2006, Long Beach, California, January
200
MICCAI
'05: Electromagnetic Tracker Measurement Error Simulation and
Tool Design (poster)
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,
Fischer GS, Saha S, Horwat J, Yu J, Zand J, Marohn M, Talamini M, 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
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
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
CME '05: Intra-operative Ischemia Sensing Surgical Instruments
Fischer
GS, Zand J, Talamini M, 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
SAGES '05: Ischemia Sensing Surgical Instruments (abstract) (poster)
Zand J, Fischer
GS, Hanly E, Shih S, Marohn M, Taylor R, Talamini M, "Ischemia Sensing
Surgical Instruments", Annual congress of the Society of American Gastrointestinal
Endoscopic Surgeons - SAGES 2005, Ft. Lauderdale,
FL, April 2005
SAGES
'05: Image Overlay for CT-Guided Hepatic Needle Insertions -- Cadaver
Studies
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", Annual congress
of the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons - SAGES 2005,
Ft. Lauderdale, FL, April 2005
2004
MICCAI
'04: Needle Insertion in CT Scanner with Image Overlay
(AMI-ARCS)
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, October 2004
ICRA
'04: A Dual-Armed Robotic System for Intraoperative Ultrasound
Guided Hepatic Ablative Therapy (higher
quality)
Boctor E,
Fischer GS, Choti M, Fichtinger G,
Taylor R, 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
2003
MICCAI
'03: A Modular 2-DOF Force-Sensing Instrument For Laparoscopic
Surgery
Prasad S,
Kitagawa M, Fischer GS, Zand J,
Talamini M, Taylor R, 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, November 2003
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