Special Session #6

SPECIAL SESSION #6

Emiliano Schena

Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Italy

• e.schena@unicampus.it

Francesca De Tommasi

Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Italy

• f.detommasi@unicampus.it

Martina Pulcinelli

Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Italy

• martina.pulcinelli@unicampus.it

Sarthak Misra

University of Twente, The Netherlands

• s.misra@utwente.nl

The use of sensors has gained broad acceptance in many clinical branches. In addition, there is an increasing interest in sensing technologies in several medical-related research fields. The assessment of accuracy, sensitivity, precision, response time, bandwidth and other metrological properties plays a pivotal role in understanding the applicability of a sensor in a specific medical-related field. Additional features, such as the biocompatibility, the size of the sensing elements, and aspects related to the data transmission can open the way towards emerging applications of sensors for monitoring physical, electrical, and chemical parameters in medicine and in clinical practice.

This special session is devoted to the description of novel sensing solutions and applications of sensors in medicine, as well as methods to assess sensors’ performance in this field. The session has also the ambition to be a meeting for scientists, clinicians, and researchers involved in the development and in use of sensors in medicine.

Paper submissions are welcome on (but not limited to) the following topics:

• New techniques for metrological characterization of sensors devoted to medical applications;
• New applications of sensors in medicine;
• Techniques for the assessment of metrological properties of sensors devoted to applications in medicine;
• Sensors for medical robotics;
• Sensors for physiological measurements;
• Sensors for surgical applications.

Emiliano Schena (Ph.D.) Full Professor at Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma. He is the scientific responsible for the UCBM Academy, the Course Director of the Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Course, and the Rector’s delegate for the Research Valorization and Campus Academy. He is IEEE Senior Member.
He is Co-Founder of HEREMOS s.r.l. His research interests focus on the design and development of new sensing solutions for wearable systems and minimally invasive surgery.

Francesca De Tommasi is currently Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma (UCBM). Her research interests focus on the design, development, characterization, and validation of systems based on fiber optic technology for measuring both mechanical and thermal quantities. She has been involved in many national projects. She is author of several publications on peer-reviewed journals, conference proceedings, and book chapters on topics related to sensors and applications of technologies in the medical field.

Martina Pulcinelli received the M.Sc. degree in biomedical engineering from Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma (UCBM) in 2023, where she is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree. Her research interests focus on the development of fiber optic-based systems for biomedical applications and on the application of different sensing technologies in clinical settings.

Sarthak Misra is currently a Full Professor with the Department of Biomechanical Engineering, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands, and with the Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. Prior to commencing his doctoral studies, he was a Dynamics and Controls Analyst with the International Space Station Program. His research interests include surgical robotics and medical microrobotics. He was the recipient of the European Research Council Starting, Proof-of-Concept, and Consolidator Grants and the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research VENI and VIDI Awards. He was the Co-Chair of the Robotics and Automation Society Technical Committee on Surgical Robotics and the International Federation of Automatic Control Technical Committee on Biological and Medical Systems.