MSE graduate Ivan Fomin receives excellent grade
On February 17, 2021, Ivan Fomin, as one of the best graduates of the master's program in Medical Systems Engineering, completed his master's thesis in medical robotics focused on the applicability in interventional magnetic resonance imaging (iMRI) with the highest grade and will continue and deepen the exciting topic in the context of his subsequent PhD thesis at the research campus STIMULATE.
Prior to his master thesis, Ivan Fomin researched and developed for 3 months at the Athinoula A. Martinos Center in Boston in a collaborative project in cooperation and supervision with Dr. Thomas Witzel on the topic of "Gradient Power Amplifier". The resulting gradient amplifier for small format MRI systems is capable of simultaneously and reliably powering multiple gradient coils. Ivan Fomin was able to demonstrate the functionality of the innovative gradient amplifier with image recordings in combination with a tabletop MRI device developed at STIMULATE.
The skills acquired through the collaborative project were specifically used by Ivan Fomin to address the topics in his master's thesis, in which he primarily addressed the remote placement of instruments under magnetic resonance (or X-ray) imaging for more precise and safer therapy of tumor lesions. Using interdisciplinary combined medical engineering approaches, Ivan Fomin demonstrates a greatly simplified feasibility of minimally invasive interventions in the confined space of an MRI scanner - between the tunnel wall and the patient - compared to previous approaches. In particular, the robotic system makes it easier for the clinical operator to access the patient, eliminating the need for interventions that are currently still performed manually with arms stretched out deep in the center of the MRI tunnel. This will simplify treatment and make it safer, which may also lead to an increase in the number of cases. Radiological clinics can thus offer a greater range of patient-friendly, MRI-guided diagnostics and therapy.
