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Thomas Looi
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Research
Latest papers
Fetoscopic Robotic Open Spina Bifida Treatment (FROST): A Preclinical Feasibility and Learning Curve Study.
BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2025
Magnetically actuated dexterous tools for minimally invasive operation inside the brain.
Science robotics · 2025
Optimizing Osteotomy Geometries in Posterolateral Mandibulectomies.
JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery · 2024
Latest funding
- $868,275
Development of TRi-Arm hybrid Concentric Tube Robot (TRACTR) for epilepsy surgery
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
- $592,875
Tunable Traction for Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
- $864,450
Development of a minimally invasive bone cutting tool for craniosynostosis surgery
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
34 publications.
Fetoscopic Robotic Open Spina Bifida Treatment (FROST): A Preclinical Feasibility and Learning Curve Study.
Kunpalin Y, Kik CC, Lebouthillier F, Abbasi N, Ryan G, Spoor J, Looi T, Kulkarni AV, Van Mieghem T
Magnetically actuated dexterous tools for minimally invasive operation inside the brain.
He C, Nguyen R, Mayer H, Cheng L, Kang P, Aubeeluck DA, Thiong'ᴏ G, Fredin E, Drake J, Looi T, Diller E
Optimizing Osteotomy Geometries in Posterolateral Mandibulectomies.
Kim HAJ, De Biasio MJ, Forte V, Gilbert RW, Irish JC, Goldstein DP, de Almeida JR, Hanasono MM, Yu P, Chepeha DB, Looi T, Yao CMKL
Using robotics to move a neurosurgeon's hands to the tip of their endoscope.
Price K, Peine J, Mencattelli M, Chitalia Y, Pu D, Looi T, Stone S, Drake J, Dupont PE
Effect of Wearing a Face Mask on Hand-to-Face Contact by Children in a Simulated School Environment
Science M, Caldeira-Kulbakas M, Parekh RS, Maguire BR, Carroll S, Anthony SJ, Bitnun A, Bourns LE, Campbell DM, Cohen E
A robotic MR-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound platform for intraventricular hemorrhage: assessment of clot lysis efficacy in a brain phantom.
Raghuram H, Looi T, Pichardo S, Waspe AC, Drake JM
A simulation study to investigate the use of concentric tube robots for epilepsy surgery.
Kang PH, Looi T, Thiong'o GM, Drake J
Preliminary Study of a Modular MR-Compatible Robot for Image-Guided Insertion of Multiple Needles.
Aleong AM, Looi T, Luo K, Zou Z, Waspe A, Singh S, Drake JM, Weersink RA
A robotic magnetic resonance-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound platform for neonatal neurosurgery: Assessment of targeting accuracy and precision in a brain phantom.
Raghuram H, Keunen B, Soucier N, Looi T, Pichardo S, Waspe AC, Drake JM
Associating Surgeon Feedback With Material Physical Properties in the Development Process of a Resective Epilepsy Surgery Simulator.
Thiong'o GM, Mayer H, Looi T, Kulkarni AV, Drake JM
Development of TRi-Arm hybrid Concentric Tube Robot (TRACTR) for epilepsy surgery
Principal investigators: Podolsky, Dale J
Keywords: Concentric Tube Robots; Drug-Resistant Epilepsy; Epilepsy; Epilepsy Surgery; Machine Learning; Minimally Invasive Surgery; Robot Control; Surgical Robotics
Tunable Traction for Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection
Principal investigators: Diller, Eric D; Looi, Thomas; Shlomovitz, Eran
Keywords: Colorectal Cancer; Endoscopic Procedure; Esophageal Cancer; Gastric Cancer; Novel Endoscopic Instruments
Development of a minimally invasive bone cutting tool for craniosynostosis surgery
Principal investigators: Podolsky, Dale J
Keywords: Bone Cutting Device; Craniosynostosis; Craniotomy; Medical Device; Minimally Invasive Surgery; Surgical Instrument; Surgical Navigation; Surgical Robotics
An MRI-compatible focused ultrasound platform for non-invasive treatment of intraventricular hemorrhage of prematurity
Principal investigators: Drake, James M; Waspe, Adam C
Keywords: Animal Model; Cavitation Monitoring; Focused Ultrasound; Histotripsy; Hydrocephalus; Intraventricular Hemorrhage; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Sonothrombolysis; Surgical Robotics; Ultrafast Doppler Ultrasound Imaging
Development of miniaturized robotic tools for cleft palate repair
Principal investigators: Podolsky, Dale J
Keywords: Cleft Palate Surgery; Medical Device Design; Pediatric Surgery; Phantoms; Surgical Instrument Design; Surgical Instruments; Surgical Robotics; Surgical Simulators; Surgical Wrist Design
Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgical Tools for In-utero Repair of Open Spina Bifida
Principal investigators: Drake, James M
Keywords: Fetal Surgery; Minimally Invasive Surgery; Myelomingocele; Spina Bifida; Surgical Robotics
Enhanced detection of childhood eye cancer and blindness using computer-generated 3D models of the eyeball.
Principal investigators: Mallipatna, Ashwin
Development of a Magnetic Resonance guided High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Therapy Platform for Perinatal Applications
Principal investigators: Waspe, Adam C; Allard, Mathieu; Drake, James M
Keywords: Fetal Intervention; Fetal Malformations; High Intensity Focused Ultrasound; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Medical Robotics; Motion Compensation; Mri Compatibility; Pregnant Rabbit Model; Thermometry; Treatment Planning
Temperature measurement in cortical bone and bone marrow during magnetic resonance guided focused ultrasound thermo-therapy in a porcine model
Principal investigators: Drake, James M; Cheng, Hai-Ling M; Sivaloganathan, Sivabal
Keywords: Biomedical Engineering (1102); Biophysics (3113); Bone Tumour Therapy; High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound; Magnetic Resonance Thermometry; Mathematical Modelling (2960); Medical And Health Sciences (1211); Relaxation Time Mapping; Temperature Modeling; Thermal Ablation
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Birgit Ertl-Wagner and Birgit Ertl-Wagner: 102 shared papers
- Dominik Mertz and Michelle Science: 12 shared papers
- James Drake and Thomas Looi: 7 shared papers
- Cynthia Hawkins and James Drake: 6 shared papers
- Cynthia Hawkins and Birgit Ertl-Wagner: 6 shared papers
- Cynthia Hawkins and Birgit Ertl-Wagner: 6 shared papers
- Adam Waspe and Thomas Looi: 4 shared papers
- Mojgan Hodaie and Thomas Looi: 3 shared papers
- James Drake and John Phillips: 2 shared papers
- Mojgan Hodaie and Kullervo Hynynen: 2 shared papers
- John Phillips and Thomas Looi: 2 shared papers
- Jessica Hopkins and Dominik Mertz: 1 shared paper
- Jessica Hopkins and Eyal Cohen: 1 shared paper
- Jessica Hopkins and Michelle Science: 1 shared paper
- Jessica Hopkins and Vinita Dubey: 1 shared paper
- Jessica Hopkins and Thomas Looi: 1 shared paper
- Dominik Mertz and Eyal Cohen: 1 shared paper
- Dominik Mertz and Vinita Dubey: 1 shared paper
- Dominik Mertz and Thomas Looi: 1 shared paper
- Eyal Cohen and Michelle Science: 1 shared paper
- Eyal Cohen and Vinita Dubey: 1 shared paper
- Eyal Cohen and Thomas Looi: 1 shared paper
- Cynthia Hawkins and Mojgan Hodaie: 1 shared paper
- Cynthia Hawkins and Kullervo Hynynen: 1 shared paper
- Cynthia Hawkins and Thomas Looi: 1 shared paper
- James Drake and Kullervo Hynynen: 1 shared paper
- James Drake and Eric Diller: 1 shared paper
- James Drake and Adam Waspe: 1 shared paper
- James Drake and Birgit Ertl-Wagner: 1 shared paper
- James Drake and Birgit Ertl-Wagner: 1 shared paper
- Mojgan Hodaie and Adam Waspe: 1 shared paper
- Kullervo Hynynen and Thomas Looi: 1 shared paper
- Peter Kim and John Phillips: 1 shared paper
- Peter Kim and Thomas Looi: 1 shared paper
- Michelle Science and Thomas Looi: 1 shared paper
- Eric Diller and Thomas Looi: 1 shared paper
- Vinita Dubey and Thomas Looi: 1 shared paper
- Birgit Ertl-Wagner and Thomas Looi: 1 shared paper
- Birgit Ertl-Wagner and Thomas Looi: 1 shared paper
- Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
- Neurosciences and Mental Health
- Medicine
- Surgery
- Department of Surgery
- Biomedical Engineering
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology
- Other
Co-authors at University of Toronto, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
James Drake
Surgery
7 shared papers, latest 2025
Adam Waspe
Neurosciences and Mental Health
4 shared papers, latest 2022
Mojgan Hodaie
Department of Surgery
3 shared papers, latest 2019
John Phillips
Faculty
2 shared papers, latest 2012
Kullervo Hynynen
Medical Biophysics
1 shared papers, latest 2018
Peter Kim
Cell Biology
1 shared papers, latest 2011
Michelle Science
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Eric Diller
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Vinita Dubey
Clinical Public Health Division
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Birgit Ertl-Wagner
Neurosciences and Mental Health
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Jessica Hopkins
Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Birgit Ertl-Wagner
Biomedical Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Dominik Mertz
Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Eyal Cohen
Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Cynthia Hawkins
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology
1 shared papers, latest 2019
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