26-30 July 2026

EMBC 2026

Toronto, Canada
Tu.3.8: Image-Guided Medical Robotics
Tuesday, 28 July, 14:30 - 16:00
Location: Room 718B
Session Type: Oral
Session Co-Chairs: Brian Telfer and George Kolostoumpis
Theme 7: Biorobotics and Biomechanics
Tue, 28 Jul, 14:30 - 14:45

Tu.3.8.1: DESIGN OF AN MRI-COMPATIBLE SOFT ROBOT DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR IN-TISSUE NAVIGATION IN MINIMALLY INVASIVE NEUROSURGERY
Yen-Chun Chen, Ran Hao, Ridaa Z. Ali, Mark Griswold, M. Cenk Çavuşoğlu, Case Western Reserve University
Tue, 28 Jul, 14:45 - 15:00

Tu.3.8.2: REAL-TIME FORWARD KINEMATICS FOR CONTROL OF AN MRI-GUIDED MAGNETICALLY ACTUATED ROBOTIC CATHETER
Yen-Chun Chen, Yuttana Itsarachaiyot, Ran Hao, E. Erdem Tuna, M. Cenk Çavuşoğlu, Case Western Reserve University
Tue, 28 Jul, 15:00 - 15:15

Tu.3.8.3: SlicerRoboTMS: An Open-Source 3D Slicer Extension for Robot-Assisted Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Wenzhi Bai, Yituo Guo, University of Manchester; Bhaskar Basu, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Andrew Weightman, Zhenhong Li, University of Manchester
Tue, 28 Jul, 15:15 - 15:30

Tu.3.8.4: Experimental Evaluation of a Magnetically Actuated Microdrill for Biomedical Applications
Matthew Siracusa, Siwen Xie, Colton Gleason, Benjamin Van der Woerd, Sarah Khalife, Onaizah Onaizah, McMaster University
Tue, 28 Jul, 15:30 - 15:45

Tu.3.8.5: AN MRI-COMPATIBLE ROBOTIC SYSTEM FOR QUANTIFYING CORTICAL RESPONSES TO FORCE STIMULI
Yves Nazon II, Pawel Golyski, Bradford Hendershot, Courtney Butowicz, Extremity Trauma and Amputation Center of Excellence
Tue, 28 Jul, 15:45 - 16:00

Tu.3.8.6: SLICERFRANKA: OPEN-SOURCE INTEGRATION OF THE FRANKA ROBOT WITH 3D SLICER VIA A NATIVE ROS2 INTERFACE
Oluwagbotemi Iseoluwa, Radian Gondokaryono, Lueder Kahrs, University of Toronto