Massimo Narizzano

University of Genoa

Papers

3

Total Citations

139

H-Index

3

About

Massimo Narizzano is a leading researcher at the intersection of robotics, medical imaging, and formal verification. His most impactful work centers on advancing robot-assisted neurosurgery, where he has made a seminal contribution to frameless registration systems. In his highly cited 2017 study (120 citations), Narizzano introduced and validated the Neurolocate system, demonstrating that touch-free, frameless registration achieves comparable accuracy to traditional frame-based methods for stereoelectroencephalography (SEEG). This breakthrough significantly reduces patient discomfort and surgical setup time, directly improving clinical workflow. Beyond medical robotics, Narizzano explores formal methods for cyber-physical systems, including the consistency of property specification patterns with Boolean and constrained numerical signals, and the verification of distributed control programs through middleware models. His work bridges rigorous theoretical foundations with practical, life-saving applications, establishing him as a key figure in both surgical robotics and dependable system design.

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H-Index
3
Papers
139
Total Citations
46
Avg Citations/Paper
🏆 Most Cited Paper
A new tool for touch-free patient registration for robot-assisted intracranial surgery: application accuracy from a phantom study and a retrospective surgical series
120 citations · 2017
📈 Most Prolific Year: 2017 (2 Papers)
🤝 Key Collaborators: 17
🏛 Institutions: University of Genoa

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