Tomoyuki Miyashita

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Tomoyuki Miyashita is a leading researcher at the intersection of robotics, biomechanics, and medical simulation, with a primary focus on improving minimally invasive cancer treatments. His work centers on two key areas: enhancing radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for liver and lung cancers, and developing advanced robotic systems for surgery. Miyashita’s major contributions include pioneering numerical simulations that model temperature-dependent thermal conductivity of liver tissue during RFA, enabling more precise control of coagulation zones—a critical challenge in treatment. His 2010 study on liver thermal conductivity has garnered 20 citations, while his 2011 work on intraoperative blood flow estimation using finite element methods has been cited 13 times. In robotics, he designed a novel 3-DOF parallel manipulator for minimally invasive surgery (13 citations) and developed a smooth curve-fitting approach for mobile robot trajectories using differential evolution (25 citations). His notable achievements include quantitative robotic palpation methods for identifying tissue material parameters and nonlinear elastic property analysis of breast tissues. Miyashita’s interdisciplinary approach—combining computational modeling, experimental validation, and robotic innovation—has significantly advanced both surgical precision and autonomous navigation, making him a respected figure in medical robotics and biomechanical simulation.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Smooth Curve Fitting of Mobile Robot Trajectories Using Differential Evolution

   25 citations · 2020
2. 2
   Temperature dependence of thermal conductivity of liver based on various experiments and a numerical simulation for RF ablation

   20 citations · 2010
3. 3
   Estimation of intraoperative blood flow during liver RF ablation using a finite element method-based biomechanical simulation

   13 citations · 2011
4. 4
   Development of a new 3‐DOF parallel manipulator for minimally invasive surgery

   13 citations · 2018
5. 5
   Validation of accuracy of liver model with temperature-dependent thermal conductivity by comparing the simulation and in vitro RF ablation experiment

   9 citations · 2012
6. 6
   The relation between temperature distribution for lung RFA and electromagnetic wave frequency dependence of electrical conductivity with changing a lung's internal air volumes

   9 citations · 2013
7. 7
   Quantitative palpation to identify the material parameters of tissues using reactive force measurement and finite element simulation

   8 citations · 2010
8. 8
   Evaluation and comparison of the nonlinear elastic properties of the soft tissues of the breast

   7 citations · 2011
9. 9
   Temperature dependence of thermal conductivity of liver based on various experiments and a numerical simulation for RF ablation.

   7 citations · 2010
10. 10
    Path Planning on Hierarchical Bundles with Differential Evolution

    6 citations · 2018

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