Rajni Patel
Contact
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Thompson Engineering Building, Room TEB 379
Or University Hospital (CSTAR) Room B7-218
Western University
Tel: 519-661-2111 ext. 36618
Tel: 519-661-4263
rvpatel@uwo.ca
Supervision of Graduate Students, Postdoctoral Fellows and Research Associates
PhD Students (in progress)
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Lukasz Nowakowski |
2021-present |
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Sara Abkhofte |
2019-present |
Development of an Autonomous Environment for Surgical Training. |
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Elaheh Arefinia |
2019-present |
Modeling and Autonomous Control of Catheters for Cardiac Interventions. |
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Navid Feizi |
2019-present |
Intelligent Walker for In-Home Monitoring, Assessment, and Assistance. (Jointly supervised with M. Kermani) |
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Filipe Pedrosa |
2019-present |
Modeling and Control of Hand-held, Concentric Tube Robot for Percutaneous Treatment of Calculi. |
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Yokhesh Tamilselvam |
2018-present |
A Robotics-based Approach for Investigating Impairments in Parkinson's Disease. (Jointly supervised with M. Jog) |
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Anirudh Vajpeyi |
2018-present |
An Intelligent Haptics-Enabled System for Medical Interventions. |
PhD Students (2000 to 2018)
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Greydon Gilmore |
2021 |
Towards A Comprehensive Software Suite for Stereotactic Neurosurgery. (Co-supervised with M. Jog) |
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Anastasiia Usova |
2018 |
Generalized Scattering-Based Design for Nonlinear Interconnected Systems with Application to Teleoperation. (Co-supervised with I. Polushin) |
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2017 |
Motor Skills Assessment in Arthroscopic Surgery by Processing of Kinematic Force and Bio-signal Data. (Jointly supervised with M. Naish and A.L. Trejos) |
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2017 |
Modeling of Force and Motion Transmission in Tendon-Driven Surgical Robots. (Jointly supervised with I. Polushin) |
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2017 |
Expert-in-the-Loop Multilateral Telerobotics for Haptics-Enabled Motor Function and Skills Development. |
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2016 |
Modeling, Sensorization and Control of Concentric-Tube Robots. |
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2016 |
Safe Haptics-enabled Patient-Robot Interaction for Robotic and Telerobotic Rehabilitation of Neuromuscular Disorders: Control Design and Analysis. |
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2016 |
The Role of Visualization, Force Feedback, and Augmented Reality in Minimally Invasive Heart Valve Repair. (Jointly supervised with B. Kiaii and T. Peters) |
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2014 |
Modeling and Control of Steerable Ablation Catheters. |
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2014 |
Design and Construction of a Prototype Robotic Haptic Device Based on Novel Smart Actuators (Magneto-Rheological Fluid Based Clutches). (Jointly supervised with M. Kermani) |
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2014 |
Control Design of Cooperative Haptic Teleoperation System for Robotic-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery. (Jointly supervised with I. Poushin) |
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2013 |
Robotics-Assisted Needle Steering for Percutaneous Interventions: Modeling and Experiments. (Jointly supervised with M. Kermani) |
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2013 |
On the Application of Mechanical Vibration in Robotics-Assisted Soft Tissue Intervention. (Jointly supervised with M. Naish) |
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2012 |
Haptics-Enabled Teleoperation for Robotics-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery. |
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2012 |
A Sensorized Instrument for Minimally Invasive Surgery for the Measurement of Forces during Training and Surgery: Development and Applications. |
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2012 |
Optimal Planning for Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery. (Jointly supervised with M. Naish) |
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2011 |
Modeling Lung Tissue Motion and Deformations: Applications in Tumour Ablative Procedures. (Jointly supervised with A. Samani) |
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2011 |
Image-Guided Robot-Assisted Techniques with Applications in Minimally Invasive Therapy and Cell Biology. |
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Niki Abolhassani |
2008 |
Trajectory Planning and Control of Robotic Needle Insertion. |
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2007 |
Haptics enabled robot-assisted active catheter insertion |
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2007 |
Design, Construction and Control of a Micro-Manipulator for Prostate Brachytherapy. (Jointly supervised with M. Moallem) |
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Basem Yousef |
2007 |
Design of a Manipulator & Probe Holder for Medical Applications. (Jointly supervised with M. Moallem) |
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2007 |
Time-Delay Compensation for Haptics-based Teleoperation. (Jointly supervised with M. Moallem) |
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2005 |
Haptic interaction in master-slave minimally invasive robotic surgery. (Jointly supervised with M. Moallem) |
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2005 |
Applying Artificial Potential Field to Path Planning for Mobile Robotics and Haptic Rendering for Minimally Invasive Surgery. (Jointly supervised with K. McIsaac) |
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2005 |
Vibration Control of Flexible Robotic Manipulators using Piezoelectric Materials. (Jointly supervised with M. Moallem) |
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2005 |
Real-Time Scheduling of Robotic & Control Systems with Task Dependencies. (Jointly supervised with M. Moallem) |
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2005 |
Development and Application of Fuzzy Logic-Based Autonomous Robot Navigation Algorithms. (Jointly supervised with M. Moallem) |
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2000 |
Real-Time Cooperative Control of a Dual-Arm Redundant Manipulator System |
Master's Students (in progress)
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Kanstantsin Pachkouski |
2021-present |
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Caroline Aitken |
2020-present |
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Christopher Morley |
2020-present |
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Master's Students (2000 to 2019)
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Sepehr Torab Parhiz |
2022 |
Force Perception and Control in Parkinson’s Disease. |
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Lexuan Wang |
2021 |
Eccentric-Tube Robots Modelling and Validation. |
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Jeffrey Hawel |
2020 |
Force Transmission Application During Colonoscopy as a Marker of Competence: Development of a Novel Training Device. (Jointly supervised with C. Schlachta) |
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Matthew Bernardinis |
2019 |
Investigation of Visual Perceptions in Parkinson’s Disease and the Development of Disease Monitoring Software. (Jointly supervised with M. Jog) |
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Mahsa Khosravi |
2019 |
Subthalamic nucleus localization for DBS surgery with online features using Machine Learning. |
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Pouya Soltani Zarrin |
2017 |
FBG-based Sensorization of Laparoscopic Instruments for Force Sensing. (Jointly supervised with A.L. Trejos) |
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2017 |
Design, Implementation and Control of a Robotic Platform for Post-Stroke Upper- and Lower-Limb Rehabilitation. |
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Cameron Dawson |
2017 |
Design and Evaluation of a Contact-Free Interface for Robotics Assisted Surgery. (Jointly supervised with A.L. Trejos) |
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2017 |
A Framework for Tumor Localization for Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery. |
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2016 |
Shape Memory Alloy Actuators and Sensors for Applications in Minimally Invasive Interventions. |
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2015 |
Design of Novel Sensors and Instruments for Minimally Invasive Lung Tumour Localization via Palpation. (Jointly supervised with M. Naish) |
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2015 |
Design and Control of Robotic Systems for Lower Limb Stroke Rehabilitation |
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2015 |
Force Sensing in Arthroscopic Instruments using Fiber Bragg Gratings. (Jointly supervised with M. Naish) |
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| Ali Moatadelro |
2014 |
Posture-dependent projection-based force reflection algorithms for bilateral teleoperators. (Jointly supervised with I. Polushin) |
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2014 |
Design and Development of a Surgical Robot for Needle-Based Medical Interventions. (Jointly supervised with M. Naish) |
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2013 |
InterNAV3D: A Navigation Tool for Robot-Assisted Needle-Based Intervention for the Lung. |
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2013 |
Design of a Minimally Invasive Single Port HDR Brachytherapy Applicator Lung Cancer Treatment. (Jointly supervised with M. Naish) |
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Abhijit Saxena |
2012 |
Development of a Novel Handheld Device for Active Compensation of Physiological Tremor. |
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Paul Christiaans |
2012 |
Design of a Hand-held Seed Injection Device for Lung Brachytherapy. |
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Jeremy Breetzke |
2011 |
Design of a Tele-Operated Surgical Simulation Environment. (Jointly supervised with M. Naish) |
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Tiam Zhang |
2011 |
An optimization-based approach to dosimetry planning for brachytherapy. |
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2009 |
Tactile Sensing System for Lung Tumour Localization during Minimally Invasive Surgery |
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Shiva Jayaraman |
2009 |
Validation of a sensorized instrument-based training system for minimally invasive surgery. (Jointly supervised with C.. Schlachta) |
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Shiva Mohan |
2008 |
InterNAV2.0: minimally invasive robot-assisted tumor ablative therapies. |
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Timothy Hayes |
2008 |
A Layered Framework for Surgical Simulation Development. (Jointly supervised with L. Capretz) |
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Hamid Reza Sadeghineshad |
2008 |
Real-Time Segmentation of Curved Needles for 3D Ultrasound Image Guidance. |
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Khalid Habib |
2008 |
Sensorless Collision Detection of the CataLyst-5 Robot. (Co-supervised with M. Kermani) |
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Roderick Locke |
2007 |
Remote Centre-of-Motion for Robotics-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery. |
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Sunil Kumar |
2007 |
Neural Network Based Modeling of Respiratory Motion for Robot-Assisted Lung Brachytherapy. |
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Martin Pytel |
2005 |
The development of an image-based navigation system for use in interstitial lung brachytherapy. |
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Robert Harrington |
2005 |
A Study of Haptic Interaction for Needle Insertion. (Jointly supervised with M. Moallem) |
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Mehdi Madani |
2004 |
Mechanical Design and Hybrid Position/Force Control of a Flexible Parallel Robot. (Jointly supervised with M. Moallem) |
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Niki Abolhassani |
2004 |
Robot-Assisted Needle Insertion in Soft Tissue. (Jointly supervised with M. Moallem) |
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Farnoosh Tavakkoli |
2004 |
Haptic interaction and visualization of elastic deformation. (Jointly supervised with M. Moallem) |
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Mitesh Shah |
2004 | Force and Position Control of Kinematically Redundant Manipulators. |
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Amanpreet Singh |
2004 | Kinematic Calibration of Redundant Robots with Application to the REDIESTRO Manipulator. |
| Kyung-Pil Kang | 2002 | Development of an Embedded Controller for a Smart Damper System. (Jointly supervised with M. Moallem) |
| Sylvia C.I. Cheong | 2002 | An Enhanced Multi-Robot Simulation Environment. |
| David X-P. Cheng | 2001 | Neural Network based Tracking Control of a Flexible Macro-Micro Manipulator System. |
| Jeff Z. Pan | 2000 | Design and Implementation of Distributed Real-Time Processing for Multi-Robot Control |
| Iain J. Bryson | 2000 | Software Architecture and Associated Design and Implementation Issues for Multiple-Robot Simulation and Visualization. |
Postdoctoral Fellows (2005 to 2018)
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2016-2018 |
Multimodal Sensorimotor Integration for Expert-in-the-Loop Telerobotic Surgical Training. |
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2016-2018 |
Robotics and haptics for neurological movement disorders. |
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2016-2018 |
Design of hand-held concentric tube robots for medical interventions. |
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2014-2016 |
Modeling and Control of Teleoperated Robotic Devices and Systems for Medical Interventions. |
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2014-2016 |
Image-Guided Robot-Assisted Force Control of Steerable Ablation Catheters. |
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2013-2014 |
Force Sensing and Haptics in Robotic-Assisted Medical Interventions. |
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2012-2014 |
Haptics and Teleoperation for Minimally Invasive Surgery. |
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2012 |
Surgical Training & Skills Assessment |
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2007-2009 |
Design of Mechatronic Devices for Applications in Robot-Assisted MIS |
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2008 |
Robot-Assisted Catheter Insertion for Cardiac Ablation |
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2007 |
Haptics and sensory substitution in robot-assisted MIS under time delay. |
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2005-2006 |
Virtual Fixtures for Image Guided Minimally Invasive Surgery |
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X-G. Wang |
2000-2002 |
Sensor Fusion and Distributed Real-Time Control of Multiple Robotic Systems. (Co-supervisor: M. Moallem) |
Research Associates (2004 - 2018)
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Chloe Nicholson-Smith |
2017-2021 |
Minimally Invasive Surgery and Therapy; Rehabilitation Robotics. |
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Karen Siroen |
2011-2018 |
Skills-Assessment for Robotics-Assisted Surgery. (Co-supervisor: C. Schlachta) |
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Abelardo Escoto |
2009-2017 |
Minimally Invasive Surgery and Therapy; Development of an Arthroscopy Training System. (Co-supervisor: A.L. Trejos) |
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Christopher D.W. Ward |
2009-2017 |
Multi-screen, Hands-free Pointer System for Surgical Training; Minimally Invasive Robotics-Assisted Surgery. |
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Srikanth Bhattad |
2014-2015 |
Robot-assisted, image-guided navigation for minimally invasive interventions; Real-time environments for teleoperated surgical systems. |
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Andrew Lyle |
2009-2011 |
Software Development for Surgical Training; Robot-Assisted MIS. |
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A.L. Trejos |
2004-2010 |
Design, Construction and Evaluation of Mechatronic Devices for Robotics-Assisted Interventions; Sensorization of Surgical Instruments. |
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G. McCreery |
2007-2007 |
A Robotic Device for Tissue Palpation in MIS. (Co-supervisor: M. Naish) |
