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SATO Ikuma 教授

SATO, Ikuma Professor

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My specialty, computer-aided surgery, is a field of study that uses engineering technologies such as computers and robots to support doctors and improve patients' Quality of Life (QOL). Through engineering technology, we propose new "eyes and hands" for doctors, enabling intricate surgeries that were previously difficult with human hands and eyes, and visualizing aspects invisible during surgery. This improves surgical safety and precision, and proposes new surgical methods, ultimately reducing the burden on doctors and improving patients' QOL. Representative technologies include surgical navigation systems, surgical robots, and surgical training systems. My goal is to achieve safer and more precise surgeries by applying advanced engineering technologies to medicine, such as surgical navigation systems and surgical robots that utilize medical imaging information such as MRI and ultrasound images acquired during surgery, as well as augmented reality (AR) technology.

Recent Books

• Hiroki Uenai, Ikuma Sato, Takashi Suzuki, Miyuki Uematsu, Ryoichi Nakamura, Yoshihiro Muragaki, Hiroshi Iseki, Ken Masamune: "Development of a medical image overlay display navigation system using a tablet PC," Journal of the Japan Society for Computer-Assisted Surgery, Vol. 13, No. 4, pp. 445-452, 2011.
• Akihide Naganawa, Takuya Yamao, Ikuma Sato, Masato Oka, Mikiya Tanaka, and Ken Masamune: "High-Precision Control of MRI-Compatible Puncture Therapy Navigation Robot," Journal of the Japan Association for AEM, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 155-161, 2010.
• Akihide Naganawa, Ikuma Sato, Masato Oka, and Ken Masamune: "[Explanation] Control of an Open MRI-Guided Puncture Therapy Navigation Robot," Journal of the Japan Society for Life Support, Special Issue "Mechatronics for Life Support," Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 13-18, 2010.
• Toyotaro Niino, Takeshi Nakagawa, Shuhei Noguchi, Ikuma Sato, Tatsuro Kawai, Hiromasa Yamashita, Ken Masamune, Kenjun Doi, and Makoto Mihara: "Research on cryopreservation of ovaries using supercooling phenomena induced by magnetic fields," Academic Collaborations for Sick Children, Vol.2, No.1, 2010. Online Publication.
• Takeshi Nakagawa, Makoto Mihara, Shuhei Noguchi, Kazuhiro Fujii, Tetsuo Owada, Toyotaro Niino, Ikuma Sato, Hiromasa Yamashita, Ken Masamune, Kenjun Doi: "Development of a pathological specimen preparation method using supercooling freezing technology by applying a fluctuating magnetic field," Academic Collaborations for Sick Children, Vol.2, No.1, 2010. Online Publication
• Masamune, Ken; Sato, Ikuma; Funakubo, Akio; Doi, Kenjun; "Development of a tomographic image overlay display system for MRI-guided treatment support," Journal of the Japan Society for Computer-Assisted Surgery, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 15-23, 2009.
• SATO Ikuma, NANAWA A, FUNAKUBO, TOKUN DOHI, KAT-TAKE MEN, "Development of an MRI-compatible image-guided surgical support manipulator and evaluation of electromagnetic wave countermeasures," Journal of the Japan Society for Computer-Assisted Surgery, Vol.10, No.4, pp.529-538, 2008.