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About
Bo Yang is a biomedical robotics researcher whose work sits at the compelling intersection of medical imaging and minimally invasive surgical systems. His research has focused primarily on the design and control of MRI-compatible robotic platforms, addressing one of the most technically demanding challenges in modern medical robotics: operating precisely within the powerful magnetic fields of an MRI scanner. Yang's most significant contributions center on pneumatically actuated robotic systems for MRI-guided procedures. His 2010 paper on a 1-DOF pneumatically actuated needle driver — cited over 100 times — established foundational principles for precise position control using long transmission lines, overcoming the electromagnetic constraints imposed by MRI environments. Building on this, he developed a master-slave surgical system for breast biopsy under continuous MRI guidance, enabling real-time image-guided intervention rather than relying on pre-acquired images, a meaningful clinical advancement cited nearly 70 times. Yang also pursued innovative multimodal imaging, combining MRI with optical coherence tomography to achieve concurrent large-field and high-resolution visualization — a novel contribution bridging complementary imaging scales. Collectively, his work has helped lay important groundwork for the next generation of image-guided robotic surgery, making procedures safer, more accurate, and clinically viable.
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