Karun Sharma
Papers
20
Total Citations
487
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About
Karun Sharma is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of medical robotics and MRI-guided interventions, with a career dedicated to designing innovative robotic systems that enhance the precision and safety of image-guided procedures. His work spans a broad spectrum of clinical applications, including low back pain injections, shoulder arthrography, liver cancer treatment, long bone biopsy, and intracerebral hemorrhage evacuation. A defining hallmark of Sharma's research is his development of MRI-compatible robotic platforms constructed entirely from nonmetallic, nonmagnetic, and electrically nonconductive materials, enabling real-time imaging without compromising scanner integrity. His influential 2018 survey on MRI robots for needle-based interventions (91 citations) has become a foundational reference in the field, while his remote center of motion needle-guide robot (87 citations) demonstrated landmark advances in pneumatically actuated, MR-safe manipulation. Sharma has also made significant contributions to body-mounted robotic assistants and respiratory-compensated systems for liver tumor ablation, addressing the practical challenges of patient movement during procedures. Collectively, his publications have accumulated over 380 citations, reflecting a substantial and growing impact on the future of minimally invasive, image-guided surgical robotics.
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Top Papers
- 1MRI Robots for Needle-Based Interventions: Systems and Technology91 citations · 2018
- 2Multi-Imager Compatible, MR Safe, Remote Center of Motion Needle-Guide Robot87 citations · 2017
- 3Body-mounted robotic assistant for MRI-guided low back pain injection34 citations · 2019
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- 9Robotically Assisted Long Bone Biopsy Under MRI Imaging19 citations · 2017
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