Papers
6
Total Citations
280
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About
Jacques Demongeot is a pioneering figure at the intersection of biomedical engineering, robotics, and computational neuroscience. His most influential work laid the groundwork for computer-driven stereotactic neurosurgery, as demonstrated by his highly cited 1987 paper on a robot integrated with CT and MRI scanners (128 citations). This foundational contribution helped establish the feasibility of robotic assistance in delicate surgical procedures. Demongeot is also a visionary in the field of health smart homes, co-authoring a seminal 2004 paper (90 citations) that defined the concept of using ambient intelligence to support independent living for the elderly, chronically ill, and disabled—a field now central to gerontechnology. His research extends to modeling biological vision, where he applied dynamical systems and lateral inhibition to understand both normal and degenerative retinal processes. By bridging robotics, neural network modeling, and healthcare, Demongeot’s work has had a lasting impact on surgical robotics, assistive living technologies, and the computational understanding of sensory systems.
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- 2New trends in health smart homes90 citations · 2004
- 3Is There any Future for Robots in Neurosurgery?29 citations · 1991
- 4Nouvelles directions en habitats intelligents pour la santé19 citations · 2003
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- 6Imaging and Modelling of a Degenerative Disease of Retina3 citations · 2009