MRI-Guided Robotic Catheter

Jan 1, 2026 · 1 min read
MRI-compatible robotic catheter prototype.
project

Goals

The goal of this project is the development of a robotic active catheter system for performing catheter-based intra-cardiac procedures under real-time inter-operative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) guidance.
The project synergistically integrates high-speed MRI technologies with robotic motion planning and control techniques to develop a novel co-robotic system.
Specifically, the research focuses on i) development of MRI-compatible robotic catheter prototypes, and algorithms for robotic motion planning and control of active catheter systems; ii) development of algorithms for achieving real-time intra-operative MRI acquisition and image reconstruction; iii) development of advanced human-machine interfaces with real-time interactive 3D visualization; and, iv) hardware realization and experimental validation of the developed technologies.

Highlights

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Medical Robotics Image-Guided Surgery Catheter MRI Robotic Catheter Robotics
M. Cenk Cavusoglu
Authors
M. Cenk Cavusoglu
Nord Professor of Engineering
M. Cenk Cavusoglu is the Nord Professor of Engineering in Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering at Case Western Reserve University. He is also the director of the Medical Robotics and Computer Integrated Surgery (MeRCIS) Laboratory. His research focuses on medical robotics, haptics, human–machine interfaces, and control, spanning control, mechanism, and system design to AI-assisted interventions. He is a Fellow of AIMBE. He has led 12 federally funded projects as principal investigator, with a total budget over $12.6M, and has served on editorial boards for leading robotics and mechatronics journals. His work advances safe, precise, and intelligent robotic systems for surgery and image-guided interventions.