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Gregory S. Fischer is affiliated with Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on engineering and medicine, with a strong emphasis on biomedical engineering and surgery. The scientist has contributed extensively to subfields including biomedical engineering, surgery, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, control and systems engineering, and radiation.

Their main topics of work cover various areas such as soft robotics and applications, surgical simulation and training, ultrasound and hyperthermia applications, as well as photoacoustic and ultrasonic imaging. Additional research interests include piezoelectric actuators and control, advanced MRI techniques and applications, and advanced radiotherapy techniques.

Some of their recent published papers include:

  • Accelerating Surgical Robotics Research: A Review of 10 Years With the da Vinci Research Kit (2021, IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine)
  • State of the Art and Future Opportunities in MRI-Guided Robot-Assisted Surgery and Interventions (2022, Proceedings of the IEEE)
  • Human-Robot Shared Control for Surgical Robot Based on Context-Aware Sim-to-Real Adaptation (2022, 2022 International Conference on Robotics and Automation - ICRA)
  • Open source Vicon Toolkit for motion capture and Gait Analysis (2021, Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine)
  • A Fully Actuated Robotic Assistant for MRI-Guided Precision Conformal Ablation of Brain Tumors (2020, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics)

Fischer frequently publishes in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine, and IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters.

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
  • IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics
  • IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine
  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters

Their collaborative work features frequent co-authors including Christopher J. Nycz, Zhanyue Zhao, Charles Bales, Katie Gandomi, and Julie G. Pilitsis.

  • Christopher J. Nycz
  • Zhanyue Zhao
  • Charles Bales
  • Katie Gandomi
  • Julie G. Pilitsis

Best Publications

  • Surgical instruments with sensors for detecting tissue properties, and systems using such instruments

    Jason Matthew Zand;Gregory Scott Fischer

  • Methods and systems for controlling the operation of a tool

    Allen Carl;Joshua Adams;Kevin Craig;David Lavery

  • Sensing adjunct for surgical staplers

    Jason Matthew Zand;Gregory Scott Fischer

  • An open-source research kit for the da Vinci® Surgical System

    Peter Kazanzides;Zihan Chen;Anton Deguet;Gregory S. Fischer

  • APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR MEASURING TISSUE OXYGENATION

    Jason Matthew Zand;Gregory Scott Fischer

  • OpenIGTLink: an open network protocol for image-guided therapy environment

    Junichi Tokuda;Gregory S. Fischer;Xenophon Papademetris;Ziv Yaniv

  • MRI-Compatible Pneumatic Robot for Transperineal Prostate Needle Placement

    G.S. Fischer;I. Iordachita;C. Csoma;J. Tokuda

  • Wireless medical telemetry system and methods using radio-frequency energized biosensors

    Jason Zand;Gregory Fischer

  • Design and Characterization of a Lightweight and Fully Portable Remote Actuation System for Use With a Hand Exoskeleton

    Christopher J. Nycz;Tobias L. Bützer;Olivier Lambercy;Jumpei Arata

  • Robotic System for MRI-Guided Stereotactic Neurosurgery

    Gang Li;Hao Su;Gregory A. Cole;Weijian Shang

  • A soft robotic exomusculature glove with integrated sEMG sensing for hand rehabilitation

    Michael A. Delph;Sarah A. Fischer;Phillip W. Gauthier;Carlos H. Martinez Luna

  • Image overlay guidance for needle insertion in CT scanner

    G. Fichtinger;A. Deguet;K. Masamune;E. Balogh

  • Piezoelectrically Actuated Robotic System for MRI-Guided Prostate Percutaneous Therapy

    Hao Su;Weijian Shang;Gregory Cole;Gang Li

  • MRI Compatibility of Robot Actuation Techniques --- A Comparative Study

    Gregory S. Fischer;Axel Krieger;Iulian Iordachita;Csaba Csoma

  • Accelerating Surgical Robotics Research: Reviewing 10 Years of Research with the dVRK.

    Claudia D'Ettorre;Andrea Mariani;Agostino Stilli;Ferdinando Rodriguez y Baena

  • A MRI-guided concentric tube continuum robot with piezoelectric actuation: A feasibility study

    Hao Su;Diana C. Cardona;Weijian Shang;Alexander Camilo

  • A dual-armed robotic system for intraoperative ultrasound guided hepatic ablative therapy: a prospective study

    E.M. Boctor;G. Fischer;M.A. Choti;G. Fichtinger

  • Development of a pneumatic robot for MRI-guided transperineal prostate biopsy and brachytherapy: New approaches

    Sang-Eun Song;Nathan B. Cho;Gregory Fischer;Nobuhito Hata

  • Image-Guided Biopsy in the Era of Personalized Cancer Care: Proceedings from the Society of Interventional Radiology Research Consensus Panel.

    Alda L. Tam;Howard J. Lim;Ignacio I. Wistuba;Anobel Tamrazi

  • Real-time MRI-guided needle placement robot with integrated fiber optic force sensing

    Hao Su;Michael Zervas;Gregory A. Cole;Cosme Furlong

  • A Modular 2-DOF Force-Sensing Instrument for Laparoscopic Surgery

    Srinivas K. Prasad;Srinivas K. Prasad;Masaya Kitagawa;Gregory S. Fischer;Jason Zand

Frequent Co-Authors

Gabor Fichtinger
Gabor Fichtinger Queen's University
Clare M. Tempany
Clare M. Tempany Brigham and Women's Hospital
Iulian Iordachita
Iulian Iordachita Johns Hopkins University
Nobuhiko Hata
Nobuhiko Hata Brigham and Women's Hospital
Russell H. Taylor
Russell H. Taylor Johns Hopkins University
Kevin J. Harrington
Kevin J. Harrington Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Peter Kazanzides
Peter Kazanzides Johns Hopkins University
Mark A. Talamini
Mark A. Talamini Stony Brook University
John A. Carrino
John A. Carrino Hospital for Special Surgery
Ken Masamune
Ken Masamune Tokyo Women's Medical University

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