Expert Profile
Elena ***** is a Mechanical Engineer with a Ph. D. in Health Technologies. She has worked as research assistant at the EndoCAS Center (Center for Computer Assisted Surgery) and for the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Pisa. She has worked as Project Manager at MicroTech s. r. l. and now she is senior R&D in the same company. Her main research interests are in the field of biomedical robotics, computer-assisted surgery, analysis of surgical gesture, medical device design, development and certification.
MicroTech srl,Senior R&D engineer
3 years
Medical device company
Endocas Center/ Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
research associate
3 years
Computer assisted surgery and surgical robotics
Ph.D. in "Health Technology: Management of innovation in the biomedical field"
Summer school in Modelling and Computation in Biomechanics
Technical University Graz, September 2008
Summer school in Surgical Robotics
Lirmm, Montpellier- France, September 2007
Development of a muscle-skeleton model of surgeon-F.Cavallo, S.Sinigaglia , G.Megali, E.*****, P. Dario, A.Pietrabissa-Poster session GNB 2008
Improving daily clinical practice with 3D patient specific anatomical models: limits, methodologies and our experience-6th Annual HCTM Conference-Ferrari, Megali, Cappelli, *****, Cavallo, Pietrabissa
EndoCAS navigator platform: a common platform for computer and robotic assistance in minimally invasive surgery-G. Megali,V. Ferrari, C. Freschi, B. Morabito, F.Cavallo, G. Turini, E. *****, C. Cappelli, A. Pietrabissa, O.Tonet, A.Cuschieri, P.Dario, F. Mosca-The International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery 2008
A 3D mixed-reality system for stereoscopic visualization of medical dataset,Vincenzo Ferrari, Giuseppe Megali, Elena *****, Andrea Pietrabissa and Franco Mosca- Transaction on biomedical engineering 2009
Ultrasound Guided Robotic Biopsy using Augmented Reality and Human-Robot Cooperative Control, Cinzia Freschi, Elena *****, Vincenzo Ferrari, Giuseppe Megali, Andrea Pietrabissa, Franco Mosca,EMBC 2009
Sistema di navigazione per biopsia eco-guidata,Cinzia Freschi, Vincenzo Ferrari, Elena *****, Andrea Pietrabissa, Franco Mosca MMVR 2009
GHOST (Guidance Help for Operating Surgical Trainees)Piattaforma basata su Realtà Virtuale per il Telementoring in Laparoscopia, Andrea Pietrabissa, Vincenzo Ferrari, Andrea Moglia, Giuseppe Turini, Elena *****, Franco Mosca, MMVR 2009
A Navigation system for Robotic-Assisted Biopsy, C. Freschi, V. Ferrari E. *****, M. Ferrari, F. Mosca, Poster. session GNB 2010
Proficiency assessment of gesture analysis in laparoscopy by means of surgeon's musculo-skeleton model. F. Cavallo, A.Pietrabissa, G. Megali, E. *****, S. Sinigaglia, P. Dario, A. Cuschieri, F. Mosca. (Annals of Surgery January 2011)
Surrenalectomia Sinistra Robotica con ausilio di tampone emostatico STAR System- L.Morelli, F. Gremmo, S. D’Imporzano, E.***** , F. Mosca- 22° Congresso di Chirurgia dell’Apparato Digerente