Publications
2024
A Multiuser, Multisite, and Platform-Independent On-the-Cloud Framework for Interactive Immersion in Holographic XR
Hosein Neeli, Khang Q. Tran, Jose Daniel Velazco-Garcia, Nikolaos V. Tsekos
2023
Immersion into 3D Biomedical Data via Holographic AR Interfaces based on the Universal Scene Description (USD) Standard
Khang Q. Tran, Hosein Neeli, Nikolaos V. Tsekos, Jose D. Velazco-Garcia
IEEE 23rd International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering (BIBE), 2023
Dense U-Nets for Enhancement of Undersampled MRI Using Cross-Contrast Feature Transfer
Robert Griffin, Rishabh Sharma, Andrew Webb, Nikolaos V. Tsekos
IEEE 23rd International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering (BIBE), 2023
From Perception to Precision: Navigating Perceptual Loss in MRI Super-Resolution
Mohammad Javadi, Rishabh Sharma, Panagiotis Tsiamyrtzis, Shishir Shah, Ernst L. Leiss, Nikolaos V. Tsekos
IEEE 23rd International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering (BIBE), 2023
Learning to deep learning: statistics and a paradigm test in selecting a UNet architecture to enhance MRI
Rishabh Sharma, Panagiotis Tsiamyrtzis, Andrew G. Webb, Ernst L. Leiss, Nikolaos V. Tsekos
Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine, 2023
Mixed Reality Holographic Models for the Interactive and Synergetic Exploration of Space Structures in Architectural Design and Education
Juan José Castellón González, Anukriti Mishra, Guangyu Xu, Jose Daniel Velazco Garcia, Nikolaos V. Tsekos
An Overview of Common Educational Robotics Competition Challenges
Eftychios G. Christoforou, Sotiris Avgousti, Panicos Masouras, Andreas S. Panayides, Nikolaos V. Tsekos
2022
A MULTIUSER TELERADIOLOGY PARADIGM THAT MERGES ON-THE-FLY REMOTE CONTROL OF THE MRI SCANNER AND IMMERSIVE DATA VISUALIZATION WITH MULTI-PLATFORM HOLOGRAPHIC AUGMENTED REALITY INTERFACES
J. Velazco-Garcia, K. Koolstra, A. Webb, I. Seimenis, C. Loukas, E. Leiss, N. Tsekos
DEEP LEARNING IN UPSCALING LOW QUALITY MR IMAGES: A COMPARISON STUDY OF THREE UNET ARCHITECTURES WITH AND WITHOUT PRIOR EMPLOYMENT
R. Sharma, P. Tsiamyrtzis, A. Webb, I. Seimenis, C. Loukas, E. Leiss, N. Tsekos
A Deep Learning Approach to Upscaling "Low-Quality" MR Images: An In-Silico Comparison Study Based On UNet Framework
Rishabh Sharma, Panagiotis Tsiamyrtzis, Andrew G. Webb, Ioannis Seimenis, Constantinos Loukas, Ernst Leiss, Nikolaos V. Tsekos.
Dynamic Guidance Virtual Fixtures for Guiding Robotic Interventions: Intraoperative MRI-guided Transapical Cardiac Intervention Paradigm
Jhasketan Padhan, Nikolaos Tsekos, Abdulla Al-Ansari, Julien Abinahed, Zhigang Deng, Nikhil V. Navkar
IEEE 22nd International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering (BIBE), 2022
System for performing mr-guided transrectal prostate biopsy
Abdulla Al-Ansari, Adham Darweesh, Khalid Al-Rumaihi, Carlos Verlasque, Julien Abinahed, Nikhil Navkar, Mansour Karkoub, Nikolaos Tsekos
Deep Learning methods for automatic evaluation of delayed enhancement-MRI. The results of the EMIDEC challenge.
Alain Lalande Zhihao Chen, Thibaut Pommier, Thomas Decourselle, Abdul Qayyum, Michel Salomon, Dominique Ginhac, Youssef Skandarani, Arnaud Boucher, Khawla Brahim, Marleen de Bruijne, Robin Camarasa, Teresa M. Correia, Xue Feng, Kibrom B. Girum, Anja Hennemuth, Markus Huellebrand, Raabid Hussain, Matthias Ivantsits, Jun MaCraig Meyer, Rishabh Sharma, Jixi Shi, Nikolaos V. Tsekos, Marta Varela, Xiyue Wang, Sen Yang, Hannu Zhang, Yichi Zhang, Yuncheng Zhou, Xiahai Zhuang, Raphael Couturier, Fabrice Meriaudeau
Two Deep Learning Approaches for Automated Segmentation of Left Ventricle in Cine Cardiac MRI
Wenhui Chu, Nikolaos V. Tsekos
12th International Conference on Bioscience, Biochemistry and Bioinformatics, 2022
Simulations of MRI Guided and Powered Ferric Applicators for Tetherless Delivery of Therapeutic Interventions
Wenhui Chu, Khang Tran, Nikolaos V. Tsekos
12th International Conference on Bioscience, Biochemistry and Bioinformatics, 2022
2021
A Comparative Study of Collider Types & Input Methods for Interaction with Nested Holograms
Anjum, Arshak & Padhan, Jhasketan & Velazco-Garcia, Daniel & Abinahed, Julien & Navkar, Nikhil & Tsekos, Nikolaos & Ansari, Abdulla & Balakrishnan, Shidin
Evaluation of how users interface with holographic augmented reality surgical scenes: Interactive planning MR‐Guided prostate biopsies
Jose D Velazco-Garcia, Nikhil V Navkar, Shidin Balakrishnan, Georges Younes, Julien Abi-Nahed, Khalid Al-Rumaihi, Adham Darweesh, Mohamed S M Elakkad, Abdulla Al-Ansari, Eftychios G Christoforou, Mansour Karkoub, Ernst L Leiss, Panagiotis Tsiamyrtzis, Nikolaos V Tsekos
The International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, 2021
Robotic Systems on the Frontline Against the Pandemic
Sotiris Avgousti, Eftychios G. Christoforou, Panicos Masouras, Andreas S. Panayides & Nikolaos V. Tsekos
International Conference on Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies, 2021
A Holographic Augmented Reality Interface for Visualizing of MRI Data and Planning of Neurosurgical Procedures
Cristina M. Morales Mojica, Jose D. Velazco-Garcia, Eleftherios P. Pappas, Theodosios A. Birbilis, Aaron Becker, Ernst L. Leiss, Andrew Webb, Ioannis Seimenis & Nikolaos V. Tsekos
End‐user evaluation of software‐generated intervention planning environment for transrectal magnetic resonance‐guided prostate biopsies
Jose D. Velazco-Garcia, Nikhil V. Navkar, Shidin Balakrishnan, Julien Abi-Nahed, Khalid Al-Rumaihi, Adham Darweesh, Abdulla Al-Ansari, Eftychios G. Christoforou, Mansour Karkoub, Ernst L. Leiss, Panagiotis Tsiamyrtzis, Nikolaos V. Tsekos
The International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, 2021
2020
An Adaptive Space-Filling Curve Trajectory for Ordering 3D Datasets to 1D: Application to Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging Data for Classification
Unal Sakoglu, Lohit Bhupati, Nazanin Beheshti, Nikolaos Tsekos & Lennart Johnsson
Myocardial Infarction Segmentation in Late Gadolinium Enhanced MRI Images using Data Augmentation and Chaining Multiple U-Net.
Rishabh Sharma, Christoph F. Eick, Nikolaos V. Tsekos
Bioinformatics and Bioengineering (BIBE), 2020
SM2N2: A Stacked Architecture for Multimodal Data and Its Application to Myocardial Infarction Detection.
Rishabh Sharma, Christoph F. Eick, Nikolaos V. Tsekos
STACOM Workshop, MICCAI, 2020
Evaluation of User Interaction with an Augmented Environment for Planning Transrectal MR-Guided Prostate Biopsies
Jose D. Velazco-Garcia, Nikhil V. Navkar, Shidin Balakrishnan, Georges Younes, Julien Abi-Nahed, Khalid Al-Rumaihi, Adham Darweesh, Mohamed S. M. Elakkad, Abdulla Al-Ansari, Eftychios G. Christoforou, Mansour Karkoub, Ernst L. Leiss, Panagiotis Tsiamyrtzis, Nikolaos V. Tsekos
The International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery (IJMRCAS), 2020
A Holographic Augmented Reality Interface for Visualization of MRI data and Planning of Neurosurgical Procedures
Cristina M. Morales Mojica, Jose D. Velazco-Garcia, Eleftherios P. Pappas, Theodosios A. Birbilis, Aaron Becker, Ernst L. Leiss, Andrew Webb, Ioannis Seimenis & Nikolaos V. Tsekos
Journal of Digital Imaging, 2020
A Modular and Scalable Computational Framework for Interactive Immersion into Imaging Data with a Holographic Augmented Reality Interface
Jose D. Velazco-Garcia, Dipan J. Shah, Ernst L. Leiss, Nikolaos V. Tsekos
Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine (CMPB), 2020
End-User Evaluation of Software Generated Intervention Planning Environment for Transrectal MR-Guided Prostate Biopsies
Jose D Velazco-Garcia, Nikhil V Navkar, Shidin Balakrishnan, Julien Abi-Nahed, Khalid Al-Rumaihi, Adham Darweesh, Abdulla Al-Ansari, Eftychios G Christoforou, Mansour Karkoub, Ernst L Leiss, Panagiotis Tsiamyrtzis, Nikolaos V Tsekos
The International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery (IJMRCAS), 2020
Evaluation of Interventional Planning Software Features for MR-guided Transrectal Prostate Biopsies
Arshak Anjum, Jhasketan Padhan, Daniel Velazco-Garcia, Julien Abinahed, Nikhil Navkar, Nikolaos V. Tsekos, Abdulla Al Ansari, Shidin Balakrishnan
Bioinformatics and Bioengineering (BIBE), 2020
2019
Preliminary Evaluation of Robotic Transrectal Biopsy System on an Interventional Planning Software
Jose D. Velazco-Garcia, Nikhil V. Navkar, Shidin Balakrishnan, Julien Abinahed, Abdulla Al-Ansari, Adham Darweesh, Khalid Al-Rumaihi, Eftychios G. Christoforou, Ernst L. Leiss, Mansour Karkoub, Panagiotis Tsiamyrtzis, Nikolaos V. Tsekos
Bioinformatics and Bioengineering (BIBE), 2019
Automated Segmentation and 4D Reconstruction of the Heart Left Ventricle from CINE MRI
Cristina M. Morales Mojica, Jose D. Velazco-Garcia, Eleftherios P. Pappas, Theodosios A. Birbilis, Aaron Becker, Ernst L. Leiss, Andrew Webb, Ioannis Seimenis, Nikolaos V. Tsekos
Bioinformatics and Bioengineering (BIBE), 2019
Interactive and Immersive Image-guided Control of Interventional Manipulators with a Prototype Holographic Interface
Cristina M. Morales Mojica, Jose Daniel Velazco-Garcia, Haoran Zhao, Ioannis Seimenis, Ernst L. Leiss, Dipan Shah, Andrew Webb, Aaron T. Becker, Panagiotis Tsiamyrtzis, Nikolaos V. Tsekos
Bioinformatics and Bioengineering (BIBE), 2019
Seizure Detection using Common Spatial Patterns and Classification Techniques
G. Giannakakis, N. Tsekos, K. Giannakaki, K. Michalopoulos, P. Vorgia and M. Zervakis
IEEE 19th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering (BIBE), 2019
BNU-Net: A Novel Deep Learning Approach for LV MRI Analysis in Short-Axis MRI
Wenhui Chu, Giovanni Molina, N. Navkar, C. Eick, A. Becker, P. Tsiamyrtzis, N. Tsekos
IEEE 19th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering (BIBE), 2019
Robotic device and system software for image-guided and robot-assisted surgery
Nikolaos TSEKOS, Nikhil V. NAVKAR
Studies on Positioning Manipulators Actuated by Solid Media Transmissions
Haoran Zhao; Xin Liu; Rahul Korpu; Michael J. Heffernan; Aaron T. Becker; Nikolaos V. Tsekos
International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2019
Educational Robotics Competitions and Involved Methodological Aspects
Eftychios G. Christoforou, Panicos Masouras, Pericles Cheng, Sotiris Avgousti, Nikolaos V. Tsekos, Andreas S. Panayides & George K. Georgiou
International Conference on Robotics in Education (RiE), 2019
3D Reconstruction of Tubular Structure Using Radially Deployed Projections
Mahmut Unan; Junmo An; Ionnis Seimenis; Dipan J. Shah; Nikolaos V. Tsekos
IEEE Conference on Multimedia Information Processing and Retrieval (MIPR), 2019
2018
MRI-Guided Robotic Breast Biopsy and Therapeutics
Nikolaos V. Tsekos and Eftychios G. Christoforou
Robotic device for image-guided surgery and interventions
Nikolaos V. Tsekos; Michael Heffernan
Manipulator-driven selection of semi-active MR-visible markers
Junmo An 1, Andrew G Webb 2, Dipan J Shah 3, Karen Chin 3, Nikolaos V Tsekos
The International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery (IJMRCAS), 2018
A Prototype Holographic Augmented Reality Interface for Image-Guided Prostate Cancer Interventions
Cristina M. Morales Mojica, Jose D. Velazco Garcia, Nikhil V. Navkar, Shidin Balakrishnan, Julien Abinahed, Walid El Ansari, Khalid Al-Rumaihi, Adham Darweesh, Abdulla Al-Ansari, Mohamed Gharib, Mansour Karkoub, Ernst L. Leiss, Ioannis Seimenis, Nikolaos V. Tsekos
Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine (VCBM), 2018
A Platform Integrating Acquisition, Reconstruction, Visualization, and Manipulator Control Modules for MRI-Guided Interventions
Jose D. Velazco Garcia, Nikhil V. Navkar, Dawei Gui, Cristina M. Morales, Eftychios G. Christoforou, Alpay Ozcan, Julien Abinahed, Abdulla Al-Ansari, Andrew Webb, Ioannis Seimenis & Nikolaos V. Tsekos
Journal of Digital Imaging (JDI), 2018
2017
Holographic Interface for three-dimensional Visualization of MRI on HoloLens: A Prototype Platform for MRI Guided Neurosurgeries
Cristina M. Morales Mojica, Nikhil V. Navkar, Dimitrios Tsagkaris, Andrew Webb, Theodosios A. Birbilis, Ioannis Seimenis, Nikolaos V. Tsekos
IEEE 17th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering (BIBE), 2017
Early Studies of a Transmission Mechanism for MR-Guided Interventions
Haoran Zhao, Xin Liu, Habib M. Zaid, Dipan J. Shah, Michael J. Heffernan, Aaron T. Becker and Nikolaos V. Tsekos
IEEE 17th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering (BIBE), 2017
Towards a Modular, Customizable Robotic System for Needle-Based Image-Guided Interventions: Preliminary Designs, Implementation, and Testing
Nikhil V. Navkar, Leonardo Barbosa, Shidin Balakrishnan, Julien Abinahed, Walid El Ansari, Khalid Al-Rumaihi, Adham Darweesh, Abdulla Al-Ansari, Nikolaos V. Tsekos, Mansour Karkoub, and Mohamed Gharib
IEEE 17th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering (BIBE), 2017
Towards MRI-Guided and Actuated Tetherless Milli-Robots: Preoperative Planning and Modeling of Control
Thibault Kensicher, Julien Leclerc, Daniel Biediger, Dipan J. Shah, Ioannis Seimenis, Aaron T. Becker, Nikolaos V. Tsekos
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2017
Magnetic Hammer Actuation for Tissue Penetration Using a Millirobot
Julien Leclerc, Ashwin Ramakrishnan, Nikolaos V. Tsekos, and Aaron T. Becker
Design and simulation of a superconducting magnetic system for milli/microrobotics applications
Julien Leclerc, Aaron Becker, Nikolaos Tsekos, Kévin Berger, Jean Lévêque
International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales (MARSS), 2017
Noise Sensitive Trajectory Planning for MR Guided TAVI
Mustafa Bayraktar, Erol Yeniaras, Sertan Kaya, Seraphim Lawhorn, Kamran Iqbal & Nikolaos V. Tsekos
International Conference on Functional Imaging and Modeling of the Heart, 2017
Robotic device and systems for image-guided and robot-assisted surgery
Nikolaos V. TsekosNicholas C. von Sternberg
2016
A method for fast 3D imaging of contrast enhanced vessels or catheters using magnetic resonance projections
M.Unan, I.Seimenis, A.G.Webb, N.V.Tsekos
Two missing components for Solid Media Transmission: Amplifiers and manifolds
Li Huang, Xin Liu, Nikolaos V. Tsekos, Aaron T. Becker
IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), 2016
Tracking of a Robotic Device by Controlling the Visibility of Markers from the Robot Control
Junmo An, Eftychios G. Christoforou, Karen Chin, Jeremy Hinojosa, Dipan J. Shah, Andrew G. Webb, and Nikolaos V. Tsekos
Tracking of MRI Interventional Devices with Computer-Controlled Detunable Markers
Junmo An, Xin Liu, Mahmut Unan, Eftychios G. Christoforou, Andrew G. Webb & Nikolaos V. Tsekos
XIV Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing, 2016
3D Reconstruction of Tubular Structures from Three Orthogonal MRI Projections
Junmo An, Mahmut Unan, Karen Chin, Dipan J. Shah, Andrew G. Webb, Ioannis Seimenis & Nikolaos V. Tsekos
XIV Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing, 2016
A New Transmission Mechanism for the Actuation of Manipulators for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Guided Interventions
Xin Liu, Daniel Biediger, Rahul Kopru, Eftychios G. Christoforou & Nikolaos V. Tsekos
XIV Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing, 2016
2015
2014
Design and Qualification of a Parallel Robotic Platform to Assist With Beating-Heart Intracardiac Interventions
Amirhossein Salimi, Amin Ramezanifar, Javad Mohammadpour, Karolos M. Grigoriadis, Nikolaos V. Tsekos
A novel, general-purpose, MR-compatible, manually actuated robotic manipulation system for minimally invasive interventions under direct MRI guidance
Eftychios G. Christoforou, Ioannis Seimenis, Eleni Andreou, Eleni Eracleous, Nikolaos V. Tsekos
The International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, 2014
A new method for MR compatible actuation: Solid media flexible transmission
Nicholas C von Sternberg, Junmo An, Karen Chin, Dipan J Shah, and Nikolaos V Tsekos
Manipulator-mounted optical/NMR dual-modality probe for multimodality scanning in MR guided and robot-assisted interventions
Junmo An, Ahmet E. Sonmez, Mahmut Unan, Robert D. Darrow, Ileana Hancu, R. Jason Stafford, Andrew G. Webb, and Nikolaos V. Tsekos
Localization and tracking with RF coils that are optically detuned by the control of an MR compatible manipulator
Junmo An, Nicholas von Sternberg, Karen Chin, Dipan J. Shah, Andrew G. Webb, and Nikolaos V. Tsekos
MR compatible endoscope for assessing the spatial distribution of co-registered optical and 1H signals
Junmo An, Andrew Webb, Ioannis Seimenis, Eftychios Christoforou, Nikolaos V. Tsekos
A manually-actuated MRI compatible robotic manipulator for image-guided interventions
Eftychios G. Christoforou, Christoforos Keroglou, Andrew Webb, Nikolaos V. Tsekos, Ioannis Seimenis
Tracking of MR compatible interventional robots by controlling the MRI visibility of optically detunable MR markers
Junmo An, Andrew Webb, Ioannis Seimenis, Eftychios Christoforou, Nikolaos V. Tsekos
2013
Using Motion Correction to Improve Real-Time Cardiac MRI Reconstruction
E. Bilgazyev, I. Uyanik, M. Unan, Dipan Shah, Nikolaos V. Tsekos, E. L. Leiss
Sixth International Conference on Machine Vision (ICMV) Proceedings, 2013
Applying a Level Set Method for Resolving Physiologic Motions in Free-Breathing and Non-gated Cardiac MRI
Ilyas Uyanik, Peggy Lindner, Panagiotis Tsiamyrtzis, Dipan Shah, Nikolaos V. Tsekos & Ioannis T. Pavlidis
International Conference on Functional Imaging and Modeling of the Heart, 2013
Implementation of a Force-Feedback Interface for Robotic Assisted Interventions with Real-time MRI Guidance
Nicholas C. von Sternberg, Atilla Kilicarslan, Nikhil V. Navkar, Zhigang Deng, Karolos Grigoriadis, Nikolaos V. Tsekos
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2013
GPU-Accelerated Interactive Visualization and Planning of Neurosurgical Interventions
Mario Rincon-Nigro, Nikhil V. Navkar, Nikolaos V. Tsekos, and Zhigang Deng
2012
A Framework for Integrating Real-Time MRI With Robot Control: Application to Simulated Transapical Cardiac Interventions
Nikhil V Navkar, Zhigang Deng, Dipan J Shah, Nikolaos V Tsekos
Development and initial testing of a prototype concentric tube robot for surgical interventions
Costas Sophocleous, Eftychios G. Christoforou, Panayiotis S. Shiakolas, Ioannis Seimenis, Nikolaos V. Tsekos, and Charalambos C. Doumanidis
IEEE 12th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering (BIBE), 2012
Image Guided Mechanically Scanned and Co-registered Localized Optical and MR Spectroscopies
Ahmet E. Sonmez, Andrew G. Webb and Nikolaos V. Tsekos
IEEE 12th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering (BIBE), 2012
Intraoperative Registration of Preoperative 4D Cardiac Anatomy with Real-time MR Images
Xifeng Gao, Nikhil V. Navkar, Dipan J. Shah, Nikolaos V. Tsekos and Zhigang Deng
IEEE 12th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering (BIBE), 2012
ROBOCATH: a patient-mounted parallel robot to position and orient surgical catheters
Amirhossein Salimi, Amin Ramezanifar, Javad Mohammadpour, K. Grigoriadis, N. V. Tsekos
A system for endoscopic mechanically scanned localized proton MR and light-induced fluorescence emission spectroscopies
Ahmet E. Sonmez, Andrew G. Webb, William M. Spees, Alpay Ozcan, Nikolaos V. Tsekos
An Actuated Phantom for Developing and Studying MRI-Guided Interventions in Dynamic Environments
Nicholas C. von Sternberg, Yousef S. Hedayati, Habib M. Zaid, Erol Yeniaras, Eftychios Christoforou, and Nikolaos V. Tsekos
4th IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob), 2012
Development and Initial Testing of a General–Purpose, MR–Compatible, Manually–Actuated Manipulator for Image–Guided Interventions
Eftychios G. Christoforou, Ioannis Seimenis, Eleni Andreou, Nikolaos V. Tsekos
4th IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob), 2012
Robot-assisted Mechanical Scanning and Co-registration of Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Light-Induced Fluorescence
Ahmet E. Sonmez, William M. Spees, Alpay Özcan, Zhigang Deng, Andrew G. Webb and Nikolaos V. Tsekos
4th IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob), 2012
Visual and Force-Feedback Guidance for Robot-Assisted Interventions in the Beating Heart with Real-Time MRI
Nikhil V. Navkar, Zhigang Deng, Dipan J. Shah, Kostas E. Bekris, Nikolaos V. Tsekos
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2012
Left endocardium tracking via collaborative trackers and shape prior
Yan Zhou, Shaoting Zhang, Nikolaos Tsekos Ioannis Pavlidis Dimitris Metaxas
9th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI), 2012
An Approach for Preoperative Planning and Performance of MR-guided Interventions Demonstrated With a Manual Manipulator in a 1.5T MRI Scanner
Ioannis Seimenis, Nikolaos V. Tsekos, Christoforos Keroglou, Eleni Eracleous, Constantinos Pitris & Eftychios G. Christoforou
Devices, systems and methods for multimodal biosensing and imaging
Nikolaos V. Tsekos, Ahmet E. Sonmez
2011
Magnetic Resonance Based Control of a Robotic Manipulator for Interventions in the Beating Heart
Erol Yeniaras, Johann Lamaury, Nikhil Navkar, Dipan J. Shah, Karen Chin, Zhigang Deng, and Nikolaos V. Tsekos
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2011
Image-Based Methodologies and Their Integration in a Cyber-Physical System for Minimally Invasive and Robotic Cardiac Surgeries
Erol Yeniaras and Nikolaos V. Tsekos
Integration of Virtual Reality Enhanced MRI Guidance and Visuo-Haptic Interface: A Novel Cyber-Physical System for Cardiovascular Surgeries
Erol Yeniaras, Nikhil V. Navkar, Ahmet E. Sonmez, Johann Lamaury,
Atilla Kilicarslan, Zhigang Deng, Karolos Grigoriadis and Nikolaos V.
Tsekos
Design of a Haptic System for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgeries
Atilla Kilicarslan, Javad Mohammadpour, Karolos Grigoriadis, Nikolaos V. Tsekos
MR-based Real Time Path Planning for Cardiac Operations with Transapical Access
Erol Yeniaras, Nikhil V. Navkar1, Ahmet E. Sonmez, Dipan J. Shah, Zhigang Deng, and Nikolaos V. Tsekos
A Novel Virtual Reality Environment for Preoperative Planning and Simulation of Image Guided Intracardiac Surgeries with Robotic Manipulators
Erol Yeniaras, Zhigang Deng, Mushabbar A. Syed, Mark G. Davies
and Nikolaos V. Tsekos
Robot-facilitated scanning and co-registration of multi-modal and multi-level sensing: Demonstration with magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy
Ahmet E. Sonmez, Alpay Özcan, William M. Spees, Nikolaos V. Tsekos
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2011
Extracting geometric features of aortic valve annulus motion from dynamic MRI for guiding interventions
Nikhil V. Navkar, Erol Yeniaras, Dipan J. Shah, Nikolaos V. Tsekos, Zhigang Deng
IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI), 2011
Novel methodology and software tool for the preoperative planning of minimally invasive MRI-guided interventions
I. Seimenis, C. Keroglou, N.V. Tsekos, E. Eracleous, and E. Christoforou
Prototype cyber-physical system for magnetic resonance based, robot assisted minimally invasive intracardiac surgeries
E Yeniaras, J Lamaury, Y Hedayati, NV Sternberg, NV Tsekos
International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (IJCARS), 2011
Simulations and Experimental Demonstration of Coupling Molecular and Macroscopic Level Modalities with a Robotic Manipulator
Ahmet E. Sonmez, Yousef Hedayati, Alpay Özcan, William M. Spees, Nikolaos V. Tsekos
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2011
Linear Parameter Varying Control of a Robot Manipulator for Aortic Valve Implantation
A. Ramezanifar, A. Salimi, J. Mohammadpour, A. Kilicarslan, K. Grigoriadis, N. V. Tsekos
Dynamic Simulation of Blood Flow Effects on Flexible Manipulators During Intra-Cardiac Procedures on the Beating Heart
A. Salimi, J. Mohammadpour, K. Grigoriadis, N. V. Tsekos
Robot-Assisted Procedures with MRI Guidance
Mark G. Davies, Nikolaos V. Tsekos, and Erol Yeniaras
Cardiac MRI Intervention and Diagnosis via Deformable Collaborative Tracking
Yan Zhou, Nikolaos V. Tsekos & Ioannis T. Pavlidis
International Conference on Functional Imaging and Modeling of the Heart, 2011
Generation of 4D Access Corridors from Real-Time Multislice MRI for Guiding Transapical Aortic Valvuloplasties
Nikhil V. Navkar, Erol Yeniaras, Dipan J. Shah, Nikolaos V. Tsekos, and Zhigang Deng
An approach for robot-assisted biosensing: Demonstration with MRI-guided MR spectroscopy
Ahmet E. Sonmez, Yousef Hedayati, Andrew G. Webb, Zhigang Deng, Nikolaos V. Tsekos
2010
Design of an actuated phantom to mimic the motion of cardiac landmarks for the study of image-guided intracardiac interventions
Nicholas von Sternberg, Yousef Hedayati, Erol Yeniaras, Eftychios Christoforou, and Nikolaos V. Tsekos
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, 2010
An approach to MR-guided interventions with a manually-operated manipulator
E.G. Christoforou, C. Keroglou, I. Seimenis, N.V. Tsekos, E. Andreou, C. Pitris, E. Eracleous
Design and Analysis of a Prototype Haptic Device for Cardiovascular Interventions
Atilla Kilicarslan, Javad Mohammadpour, Karolos Grigoriadis, and Nikolaos V. Tsekos
Towards A New Cyber-Physical System for MRI-Guided and Robot-Assisted Cardiac Procedures
Erol Yeniaras, Johann Lamaury, Zhigang Deng, and Nikolaos V. Tsekos
A Computational System for Performing Robot-Assisted Cardiac Surgeries with MRI Guidance
Erol Yeniaras, Nikhil Navkar, Mushabbar A. Syed, and Nikolaos V. Tsekos
Consideration of Geometric Constraints Regarding MR–Compatible Interventional Robotic Devices
Christoforos Keroglou, Ioannis Seimenis, Nikolaos V. Tsekos, Constantinos Pitris, Eleni Eracleous, Eftychios G. Christoforou
3rd IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob), 2010
Collaborative Tracking for MRI-Guided Robotic Intervention on the Beating Heart
Y. Zhou, E. Yeniaras, P. Tsiamyrtzis, N. Tsekos & I. Pavlidis
International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, 2010
Visualization and Planning of Neurosurgical Interventions with Straight Access
Nikhil V. Navkar, Nikolaos V. Tsekos, Jason R. Stafford, Jeffrey S. Weinberg & Zhigang Deng
International Conference on Information Processing in Computer-Assisted Interventions, 2010
MR-compatibility of a robotic system for minimally interventional procedures under real-time MRI guidance: A novel approach
I. Seimenis, C. Keroglou, E. Eracleous, N.V. Tsekos, E. Christoforou
Robotic Systems for MRI-Guided Interventions
Eftychios G. Christoforou, and Nikolaos V. Tsekos
MRI-Guided Robot-Assisted Interventions: An Opportunity and a Challenge in Computational Surgery
Nikolaos V. Tsekos, Erol Yeniaras & Ahmet Eren Sonmez
Prototype system for developing MRI-guided and robot assisted minimally invasive intracardiac procedures
E. Yeniaras, J. Lamaury, Y. Hedayati, N.V. Sternberg and N.V. Tsekos
An Approach for MRI Based Pre-Operative Planning of Cardiac Interventions Via Trans-Apical Access
Erol Yeniara, Nikhil Navkar, Zhigang Deng, Mushabbar A. Syed, Nikolaos V. Tsekos
A Method for Planning Interventions in the Brain with Straight Access Paths
Nikhil Navkar, Zhigang Deng, Jason Stafford, Jeffrey Weinberg, Nikolaos V. Tsekos
2009
Design of MR-compatible robotic devices: magnetic and geometric compatibility aspects
Christoforos Keroglou, Nikolaos V. Tsekos, Ioannis Seimenis, Eleni Eracleous, Christodoulos G. Christodoulou, Constantinos Pitris, Eftychios G. Christoforou
9th International Conference on Information Technology and Applications in Biomedicine, 2009
MRI-guided robotics at the U of houston: EvolvingMethodologies for interventions and surgeries
Nikolaos V. Tsekos
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2009
Simple RF design for human functional and morphological cardiac imaging at 7 tesla
Maarten J. Versluis, Nikolaos V. Tsekos, Nadine Bs Smith and Andrew G. Webb
Coregistration and Visualization of Regionally Perfused Myocardium from First-Pass Multislice Sets Based on Independent Components Analysis
Ahmet E. Sonmez, Julien Milles, Zhigang Deng, Nikolaos V. Tsekos
2008
A Regression Mixture Model with Spatial Constraints for Clustering Spatiotemporal Data
K. BLEKAS, C. NIKOU, N. GALATSANOS and N. V. TSEKOS
International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools, 2008
Erratum to “Guest Editorial: Introduction to the Focused Section on Mechatronic Systems for MRI Applications”
Azadeh Khanicheh, Nikolaos Tsekos, and Constantinos Mavroidis
Guest Editorial Introduction to the Focused Section on Mechatronic Systems for MRI Applications
Azadeh Khanicheh; Nikolaos Tsekos; Constantinos Mavroidis
The Interconnection of MRI Scanner and MR-Compatible Robotic Device: Synergistic Graphical User Interface to Form a Mechatronic System
Alpay Özcan; Nikolaos Tsekos
A General-Purpose MR-Compatible Robotic System
Nikolaos V. Tsekos; Eftychios Christoforou; Alpay Ozcan
2007
Curve Clustering with Spatial Constraints for Analysis of Spatiotemporal Data
Konstantinos Blekas; Christoforos Nikou; Nikolaos Galatsanos; Nikolaos V. Tsekos
19th IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence(ICTAI), 2007
Magnetic Resonance–Compatible Robotic and Mechatronics Systems for Image-Guided Interventions and Rehabilitation: A Review Study
Nikolaos V. Tsekos, Azadeh Khanicheh, Eftychios Christoforou, and Constantinos Mavroidis