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Jacob Rosen
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Jacob Rosen |
| Phone: (206) 685-1600 (Office) - (206) 616-4936 (Lab) E-mail: rosen@u.washington.edu |
Tel-Aviv University, Israel, 1987, B.Sc.
Tel-Aviv University, Israel, 1993, M.Sc.
Tel-Aviv University, Israel, 1997, Ph.D.
Biosketch
Jacob Rosen received his B.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering, M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Biomedical Engineering from Tel-Aviv University in 1987, 1993 and 1997 respectively. From 1987 to 1992 he served as an officer in the IDF studying human-machine interfaces. From 1993 to 1997 he was a research associate developing and studying the EMG based powered Exoskeleton at the Biomechanics Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tel-Aviv University. During the same period of time he held a biomechanical engineering position in a startup company developing innovative orthopedic spine/pelvis implants. Since 1997, he has been at the University of Washington in Seattle where he has been Research Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering since 2000 with adjunct position in the Department of Surgery and and the Department Mechanical Engineering.
Honors
Best Paper award finalist - International Conference of Robotics and Automation (ICRA), May 2002, Washington DC. - 2002
Valdimir Shraiber scholarship for Ph.D., Tel-Aviv University - 1996
Dean's special recognition for excellence, Faculty of Engineering, Tel-Aviv University, 1995
M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering - Magna Cum Laude, 1993
Leslie Porter scholarship for M.Sc., Tel-Aviv University, 1992
Award and special recognition of creative contribution to a new human engineering military standard, IDF, Israel, 1990
Research Interests
Biorobotics, Surgical Robotics, Wearable Robotics (Exoskeleton), Human-Machine Interfaces, Biomechanics, Minimally Invasive Surgery.
Biorobotics Lab: http://brl.ee.washington.edu/
Selected Publications
Note: Selected publications are available for downloading in PDF format from the BioRobotics web site - http://brl.ee.washington.edu/Publications/Publications.html
Book Chapter
John E. Speich and Jacob Rosen, Medical Robotics, In Encyclopedia of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, Gary Wnek and Gary Bowlin (Editors), pp. 983-993, Marcel Dekker, Inc., NY, 2004 [BC1- BRL 178]
Recent Journal Papers
MacFarlane M., J. Rosen, B. Hannaford, C. Pellegrini, M. Sinanan, Force Feedback Grasper Helps Restore the Sense of Touch in Minimally Invasive Surgery, Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 278-285, May/June 1999. [JP1]
Rosen J., B. Hannaford, M. MacFarlane, M. Sinanan, Force Controlled and Teleoperated Endoscopic Grasper for Minimally Invasive Surgery - Experimental Performance Evaluation, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 46, No. 10, pp. 1212-1221, October 1999. [JP2]
Rosen J., M. B. Fuchs, and M. Arcan, Performances of Hill-Type and Neural Network Muscle Models - Towards a Myosignal Based Exoskeleton, Computers and Biomedical Research, Vol. 32, No. 5, pp. 415-439, October 1999. [JP3]
Richards C., J. Rosen, B. Hannaford, M. MacFarlane, C. Pellegrini, M. Sinanan, Skills Evaluation in Minimally Invasive Surgery Using Force/Torque Signatures, Surgical Endoscopy, Vol 14, No. 9, pp. 791-798. [JP4]
Rosen J., B. Hannaford, Richards C., M. Sinanan, Markov Modeling of Minimally Invasive Surgery Based on Tool/Tissue interaction and Force/Torque Signatures for Evaluating Surgical Skills, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering Vol. 48. No. 5, pp. 579-591 May 2001. [JP5]
Rosen J., M. Brand, M. Fuchs and M. Arcan, A Myosignal-Based Powered Exoskeleton System, IEEE Transactions on System Man and Cybernetics - Part A: Systems and Humans, Vol. 31, No. 3, pp. 210 - 222, May 2001 [JP6].
Rosen J., M. Solazzo, B. Hannaford, M. Sinanan, Objective Evaluation of Laparoscopic Skills Based on Haptic Information and Tool/Tissue Interactions, Computer Aided Surgery, Volume 7, Issue 1, pp. 49-61 July 2002 [JP7].
Rosen J. and M. Arcan, Modeling the Apparent Mass of a Human Body/Chair System in a Vibration Environment, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, April 2003, Volume 125, Issue 2, pp. 223-231 [JP 8].
Rosen J., J. D. Brown, L. Chang, M. Sinanan B. Hannaford, Generalized Approach for Modeling Minimally Invasive Surgery as a Stochastic Process Using a Discrete Markov Model, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering Vol. 53, No. 3, pp. 399- 413, March 2006 [JP9]
M.J.H. Lum, J. Rosen, M. N. Sinanan, B. Hannaford, Optimization of Spherical Mechanism for a Minimally Invasive Surgical Robot: Theoretical and Experimental Approaches, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering Vol. 53, No. 7, pp. 1440-1445, July 2006 [JP10]
Recent Conference Papers
Rosen J. and M. Arcan, Modeling a Sitting Human Body/Chair System in a Vibration Environment, Recent Advances in Experimental Mechanics, Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Experimental Mechanics, Lisbon, Portugal, July 1994. [CP1]
Hannaford B., J. Trujillo, M. Sinanan, M. Moreyra, J. Rosen, J. Brown, R. Lueschke, M. MacFarlane, Computerized Endoscopic Surgical Grasper, Studies in Health Technology and Informatics - Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, Vol. 50, pp. 265-271, IOS Press, January 1998. [CP2]
Rosen J., M. MacFarlane, C. Richards, B. Hannaford, C. Pellegrini, M. Sinanan, Surgeon/Endoscopic Tool Force-Torque Signatures In The Evaluation of Surgical Skills During Minimally Invasive Surgery, Studies in Health Technology and Informatics - Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, Vol. 62, pp. 290-296, IOS Press, January 1999. [CP3]
Rosen J., C. Richards, B. Hannaford, M. Sinanan, Hidden Markov Models of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Studies in Health Technology and Informatics - Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, Vol. 70 pp. 279-285, IOS Press, January 2000. [CP4]
Rosen J., M. Solazzo, B. Hannaford, M. Sinanan , Objective Evaluation of Laparoscopic Surgical Skills Using Hidden Markov Models Based on Haptic Information and Tool/Tissue Interactions, American College of Surgeons Annual Meeting - Washington State Chapter, Lake Chelan, June 2000. [CP5]
Longnion J., J. Rosen, M. Sinanan, B. Hannaford, Effects of Geared Motor Characteristics on Tactile Perception of Tissue Stiffness, Studies in Health Technology and Informatics - Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, Vol. 81, pp. 286-292, IOS Press, January 2001. [CP6]
Rosen J., M. Solazzo, B. Hannaford, M. Sinanan, Objective Laparoscopic Skills Assessments of Surgical Residents Using Hidden Markov Models Based on Haptic Information and Tool/Tissue Interactions, Studies in Health Technology and Informatics - Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, Vol. 81, pp.417-423, IOS Press, January 2001. [CP7]
Rosen J., J. D. Brown, M. Barreca, L. Chang, B. Hannaford, M. Sinanan, The Blue DRAGON - A System for Monitoring the Kinematics and the Dynamics of Endoscopic Tools in Minimally Invasive Surgery for Objective Laparoscopic Skill Assessment, Studies in Health Technology and Informatics - Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, Vol. 85, pp.412-418, IOS Press, January 2002. [CP8]
Brown D. J., J. Rosen, M. Moreyra, M. Sinanan, B. Hannaford, 'Computer-Controlled Motorized Endoscopic Grasper for In Vivo Measurements of Soft Tissue Biomechanical Characteristics,' Studies in Health Technology and Informatics - Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, vol. 85, pp. 71-73, IOS Press, January 2002 [CP9].
Rosen J., J. D. Brown, L. Chang, M. Barreca, M. Sinanan, B. Hannaford, The Blue DRAGON - A System for Measuring the Kinematics and the Dynamics of Minimally Invasive Surgical Tools In-Vivo, Proceedings of the 2002 IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Washington DC, USA, May 11-15, 2002. [CP10]
Rosen J., L. Chang, J. D. Brown, B. Hannaford, M. Sinanan, R. Satava, Minimally Invasive Surgery Task Decomposition - Etymology of Endoscopic Suturing, Studies in Health Technology and Informatics - Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, vol. 94, pp. 295-301, IOS Press, January 2003 [CP11].
Brown J. D., J. Rosen, Y. S. Kim, L. Chang, M. Sinanan, B. Hannaford, In-Vivo and In-Situ Compressive Properties of Porcine Abdominal Soft Tissues, Studies in Health Technology and Informatics - Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, vol. 94, pp. 26-32, IOS Press, January 2003 [CP12].
Brown J. D. J. Rosen, M. N. Sinanan, B. Hannaford, In-Vivo and Postmortem Compressive Properties of Porcine Abdominal Organs, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 2878 / 2003, pp. 238 –245, Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention - MICCAI 2003, Toronto, Canada [CP13].
Kowalewski T.M., J. Rosen, L. Chang, M. Sinanan, B. Hannaford, Optimization of a Vector Quantization Codebook for Objective Evaluation of Surgical Skill, Studies in Health Technology and Informatics - Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, vol. 98, pp. 174-179, IOS Press, January 2004 [CP14].
Brown J. D., J. Rosen, L. Chang, M. Sinanan, B. Hannaford, Quantifying Surgeon Grasping Mechanics in Laparoscopy Using the Blue DRAGON System, Studies in Health Technology and Informatics - Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, vol. 98, pp. 34-36, IOS Press, January 2004 [CP15].
M.J.H. Lum, J. Rosen, M. N. Sinanan, B. Hannaford, Kinematic Optimization of a Spherical Mechanism for a Minimally Invasive Surgical Robot, 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, pp. 829-834, New-Orleans, LA, USA, April 26-30, 2004 [CP16].
Rosen J., M. Lum, D. Trimble, B. Hannaford, M. Sinanan, Spherical Mechanism Analysis of a Surgical Robot for Minimally Invasive Surgery – Analytical and Experimental Approaches, Studies in Health Technology and Informatics - Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, Vol. 111. pp. 422-428, IOS Press, January 2005 [CP17]
Cavallaro E., J. Rosen, J. C. Perry, S. Burns, B. Hannaford, Hill Based Model as a Myoprocessor for a Neural Controlled Powered Exoskeleton Arm – Parameter Optimization, Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE international Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2005, pp. 4525 – 4530, Barcelona Spain, April 2005 [CP18]
Rosen J,, J. C. Perry, N. Manning, S. Burns, B. Hannaford, The Human Arm Kinematics and Dynamics During Daily Activities – Toward a 7 DOF Upper Limb Powered Exoskeleton, - ICAR 2005 – Seattle WA, July 2005. [CP19]
Lum M. J. H., D. Warden, J. Rosen, M. N. Sinanan, and B. Hannaford. Hybrid analysis of a spherical mechanism for a minimally invasive surgical (MIS) robot - design concepts for multiple optimizations. Proceedings of Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, Long Beach, CA, USA, January 2006. PMID: 16404076 [CP20]
Mackel T., J. Rosen, C. Pugh, Data Mining of the E-pelvis Simulator Database A Quest for a Generalized Algorithm for Objectively Assessing Medical Skill Proceedings of Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, Long Beach, CA, USA, January 2006. PMID: 16404077 [CP21]
Fodero K. II, H. King, M.J.H. Lum, C. Bland, J. Rosen, M. Sinanan, B. Hannaford, Control System Architecture for a Minimally Invasive Surgical Robot Proceedings of Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, Long Beach, CA, USA, January 2006. PMID: 16404036 [CP22]
Lum M.J.H., D. Trimble, J. Rosen, K. Fodero II, H. King, G. Sankarayanaranan, J. Dosher, R. Leushke, B. Martin-Anderson, M.N. Sinanan, and B. Hannaford. Multidisciplinary approach for developing a new minimally invasive surgical robot system. Proceedings of the 2006 BioRob Conference, Pisa, Italy, February, 2006. [CP23]
Perry J.C., J. Rosen, Design of a 7 Degree-of-Freedom Upper-Limb Powered Exoskeleton Proceedings of the 2006 BioRob Conference, Pisa, Italy, February, 2006. [CP24]
De S., P. Swanson, M. Sinanan, J. Rosen, A. Dagan, and B. Hannaford, Assessment of Tissue Damage due to Mechanical Stresses, Proceedings of the 2006 BioRob Conference, Pisa, Italy, February, 2006. [CP25]
Active Grants
PI
Neural Control of an Upper Limb Powered Exoskeleton System - National Science Foundation - PI with Co-PI Blake Hannaford Ph.D. (EE) and Consultant Stephen Burns MD (Rehabilitation Medicine - VA Seattle).
Developing a Generalized Algorithms for Objectively Assessing Medical and Surgical Skill with Various Modalities - Data Mining Using Markov Models – Department of Defense, Department of the Army, US Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity – PI – June 2004-June 2006
Trauma Pod – The operating room of the Future (Phase 1) – Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DARPA – PI – February 2005 – March 2007
Co-PI
Mini Robot design for Military Telesurgery in the Battlefield: Breaking the Size Barrier for Surgical Manipulators - Department of Defense, Department of the Army, US Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity - Co-PI with PI - Blake Hannaford Ph.D. (EE), Co-PI - Mika Sinanan MD, Ph.D. (Surgery), Richard Satava MD (Surgery)) - May 2002 - May 2006

