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Mechatronics in Medicine

The MIM Lab develops robotic and mechatronics surgical systems for a variety of procedures.

Head of Group

B415C Bessemer Building
South Kensington Campus

+44 (0)20 7594 7046

What we do

The Mechatronics in Medicine Laboratory develops robotic and mechatronics surgical systems for a variety of procedures including neuro, cardiovascular, orthopaedic surgeries, and colonoscopies. Examples include bio-inspired catheters that can navigate along complex paths within the brain (such as EDEN2020), soft robots to explore endoluminal anatomies (such as the colon), and virtual reality solutions to support surgeons during knee replacement surgeries.

Meet the team

Mr Ayhan Aktas
Casual - Student demonstrator - lower rate

Dr Daniel Bautista Salinas
Research Associate

Dr Kaiwen Chen
Research Associate

Mr Zejian Cui
Research Assistant

Mr Connor Daly
Research Postgraduate

Emeritus Professor Brian L Davies FREng
Emeritus Professor

Mr Zhaoyang Jacopo Hu
Research Postgraduate

Dr Hisham M Iqbal
Research Associate

Mr Alex Ranne
Research Postgraduate

Professor Ferdinando M Rodriguez y Baena
Co-Director of Hamlyn Centre, Professor of Medical Robotics

Dr Jialei Shi
Research Associate

Mr Spyridon Souipas
Casual - Other work

Ms Emilia Zari
Research Postgraduate

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Henckel:2006,
author = {Henckel, J and Richards, R and Lozhkin, K and Harris, S and Rodriguez, y Baena F and Barrett, ARW and Cobb, JP},
journal = {J Bone Joint Surg Br},
pages = {1513--1518},
title = {Very low-dose computed tomography for planning and outcome measurement in knee replacement - The imperial knee protocol},
volume = {88B},
year = {2006}
}

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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Surgeons need to be able to measure angles and distances in three dimensions in the planning and assessment of knee replacement. Computed tomography (CT) offers the accuracy needed but involves greater radiation exposure to patients than traditional long-leg standing radiographs, which give very little information outside the plane of the image. There is considerable variation in CT radiation doses between research centres, scanning protocols and individual scanners, and ethics committees are rightly demanding more consistency in this area. By refining the CT scanning protocol we have reduced the effective radiation dose received by the patient down to the equivalent of one long-leg standing radiograph. Because of this, it will be more acceptable to obtain the three-dimensional data set produced by CT scanning. Surgeons will be able to document the impact of implant position on outcome with greater precision.
AU  - Henckel,J
AU  - Richards,R
AU  - Lozhkin,K
AU  - Harris,S
AU  - Rodriguez,y Baena F
AU  - Barrett,ARW
AU  - Cobb,JP
EP  - 1518
PY  - 2006///
SN  - 0301-620X
SP  - 1513
TI  - Very low-dose computed tomography for planning and outcome measurement in knee replacement - The imperial knee protocol
T2  - J Bone Joint Surg Br
VL  - 88B
ER  -