Mishek Musa

About

Mishek Musa is an emerging researcher at the intersection of medical robotics, soft robotics, and image-guided interventional systems. His work addresses some of the most pressing challenges in minimally invasive medicine, particularly the design and deployment of robotic platforms capable of operating within the demanding electromagnetic environment of MRI scanners. His highly cited 2020 review of MR-conditional actuations (34 citations) established him as a knowledgeable synthesizer in the field, while subsequent work on respiratory-compensated robots for liver cancer treatment (32 citations) demonstrated his ability to translate engineering innovation into clinically meaningful solutions for hepatocellular carcinoma. Musa has further distinguished himself through contributions to soft robotics, proposing novel stiffness modulation strategies for concentric backbone robots (28 citations), and through critical reviews of minimally invasive intracerebral hemorrhage evacuation (21 citations). His parallel robotic platforms for MRI-guided interventions reflect a systems-level engineering perspective, combining kinematics, sensing, and motion control across six degrees of freedom. More recently, his work on CT-guided autonomous radiofrequency ablation underscores his commitment to real-world clinical translation. With over 170 cumulative citations, Musa represents a promising voice in surgical and interventional robotics research.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   MR-Conditional Actuations: A Review

   34 citations · 2020
2. 2
   Respiratory Compensated Robot for Liver Cancer Treatment: Design, Fabrication, and Benchtop Characterization

   32 citations · 2021
3. 3
   Kinematics and Stiffness Modeling of Soft Robot With a Concentric Backbone

   28 citations · 2022
4. 4
   Minimally Invasive Intracerebral Hemorrhage Evacuation: A review

   21 citations · 2022
5. 5
   Design of a 6-DoF Parallel Robotic Platform for MRI Applications

   19 citations · 2022
6. 6
   Design and Modeling of a Two-wheeled Differential Drive Robot

   11 citations · 2024
7. 7
   Autonomous Respiratory Motion Compensated Robot for CT-Guided Abdominal Radiofrequency Ablations

   11 citations · 2023
8. 8
   MRI-Compatible Soft Robotic Sensing Pad for Head Motion Detection

   8 citations · 2022
9. 9
   Design of a 6 DoF Parallel Robot for MRI-guided Interventions

   8 citations · 2021

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