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Total Citations
144
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About
Tony Boiadjiev is a pioneering researcher in the field of medical robotics, with a specialized focus on automating bone drilling procedures in orthopaedic surgery. Over more than a decade of sustained investigation, he has worked to address the well-documented limitations of manual bone drilling — including inaccurate hole placement, thermal osteonecrosis, and inadvertent damage to blood vessels and tendons — by developing intelligent robotic systems capable of performing these delicate procedures with greater precision and safety. His most influential contribution, a 2013 study on the design and performance of a robotized orthopaedic drilling module (30 citations), established a foundational framework for the field. Subsequent work advanced key capabilities including far cortex detection to prevent dangerous breakthroughs (16 citations), adaptive feed rate control (17 citations), and bone structure identification using sensor-based algorithms (15 citations). His research has also produced tangible hardware innovations, notably the hand-held ODRO-2 surgical robot prototype, bringing his concepts closer to clinical application. With cumulative citations exceeding 120 across his published works, Boiadjiev's research has meaningfully shaped the trajectory of surgical robotics, offering promising solutions to improve patient outcomes for the approximately one million Europeans annually requiring bone implant procedures.
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- 2Feed rate control in robotic bone drilling process17 citations · 2020
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- 6Automatic bone drilling by femoral head structure detection8 citations · 2017
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