Jin Seob Kim
Papers
6
Total Citations
656
H-Index
5
About
Jin Seob Kim is a leading researcher at the intersection of robotics, medical imaging, and minimally invasive surgery, with a primary focus on needle steering and MRI-guided interventions. His seminal 2006 paper, “Nonholonomic Modeling of Needle Steering,” with over 620 citations, introduced the foundational concept that a flexible bevel-tip needle can be modeled using nonholonomic kinematics—a breakthrough that enabled 3D path planning and control for steerable needles in soft tissue. This work has become a cornerstone in the field of surgical robotics. Kim has since advanced this vision through practical, data-driven systems for prostate cancer diagnosis. His recent work demonstrates autonomous robotic trajectory correction during MRI-guided transperineal procedures, achieving high accuracy without patient-specific parameters. He has also designed a novel 4-DOF patient-mounted parallel robot for MRI-guided percutaneous interventions, and developed semi-automatic calibration systems for fiber Bragg grating (FBG)-sensorized needles, addressing critical bottlenecks in clinical translation. Kim’s research uniquely bridges theoretical kinematics with real-time, image-guided robotic systems, making significant strides toward autonomous, precise, and safe needle-based interventions.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1Nonholonomic Modeling of Needle Steering620 citations · 2006
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5Inverse kinematic solutions of 6-D.O.F. biopolymer segments6 citations · 2016
- 6