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About
Nikhil V. Navkar is a biomedical engineer and researcher whose work sits at the intersection of surgical robotics, medical imaging, and human-computer interaction. His research focuses on image-guided robotic interventions, augmented reality in surgical planning, and minimally invasive surgical technologies — areas where he has made meaningful contributions to both clinical practice and foundational methodology. Navkar's early work explored real-time MRI integration with robotic systems, most notably developing frameworks for beating-heart cardiac interventions and transapical aortic procedures, demonstrating how intraoperative imaging can directly inform robotic control. His 2012 paper on visual and force-feedback guidance (39 citations) became a foundational reference in MRI-guided robotics. He later extended this expertise to prostate cancer diagnostics, producing a series of highly regarded studies on MR-guided robotic transrectal biopsy systems and the interventional planning software supporting them. Among his more recent achievements, Navkar has investigated augmented reality interfaces for surgical planning (34 citations) and developed tele-mentoring frameworks to facilitate remote surgical education (34 citations). His work on surgical instrument tracking across cardiac surgery and aneurysm clipping (49 citations) represents his most-cited contribution. Collectively, his publications reflect a sustained commitment to making complex surgical procedures safer, more precise, and more accessible through intelligent technology integration.
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