Ralf Bruder

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Ralf Bruder is a leading researcher in medical robotics, specializing in the intersection of robotic systems, image guidance, and precision therapy. His work focuses on developing calibration methods and tracking technologies that enable robots to interact safely and accurately with human anatomy, particularly for radiosurgery and transcranial magnetic stimulation. Bruder's most influential contribution is his 2012 paper on non-orthogonal tool/flange and robot/world calibration (67 citations), which provides a foundational method for computing coordinate transformations in robot-assisted medical applications. He has also made significant advances in respiratory motion compensation for robotic radiotherapy, demonstrating how multi-modal sensors can predict and correlate internal tumor motion with external surrogates (27 citations). Bruder's research extends to innovative tracking systems, including a time-multiplexed structured light system for intracranial radiosurgery (22 citations) and direct head navigation using 3D laser scans for robot-guided transcranial magnetic stimulation (21 citations). His work on robotic ultrasound guidance for liver and prostate SBRT (20 and 18 citations) shows his commitment to translating robotic precision into clinical practice, while his development of force/torque calibration for safety layers (9 citations) addresses critical safety concerns in medical robotics.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Non‐orthogonal tool/flange and robot/world calibration

   67 citations · 2012
2. 2
   Treatment Planning Considerations for Robotic Guided Cardiac Radiosurgery for Atrial Fibrillation

   35 citations · 2016
3. 3
   Evaluation of the potential of multi-modal sensors for respiratory motion prediction and correlation

   27 citations · 2013
4. 4
   Accuracy analysis for triangulation and tracking based on time‐multiplexed structured light

   22 citations · 2014
5. 5
   Towards direct head navigation for robot-guided Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation using 3D laserscans: Idea, setup and feasibility

   21 citations · 2010
6. 6
   Robotic intrafractional US guidance for liver SABR: System design, beam avoidance, and clinical imaging

   20 citations · 2016
7. 7
   Robotic ultrasound-guided SBRT of the prostate: feasibility with respect to plan quality

   18 citations · 2016
8. 8
   Hand-assisted positioning and contact pressure control for motion compensated robotized transcranial magnetic stimulation

   13 citations · 2012
9. 9
   A New Class for Robotic Sailing: The Robotic Racing Micro Magic

   9 citations · 2011
10. 10
    Calibration of force/torque and acceleration for an independent safety layer in medical robotic systems

    9 citations · 2012

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