Gastone Ciuti

Gastone Ciuti received the Master’s degree (with Hons.) in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Pisa (Italy) in 2008 and the Ph.D. in BioRobotics (with Hons.) from The BioRobotics Institute (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy) in 2012. Since November 1st, 2016, he is Assistant Professor (tenure track) of Biomedical Robotics at The BioRobotics Institute of Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy (link) - Head of The Computer-Integrated Technologies for Robotic Surgery Laboratory, The Surgical Robotics and Allied Technologies Area. Since January 1st, 2012, he is Member of EKYMED medical device Srl, Milano, Italy (link) and since November 1st, 2017, he is CEO, CTO (medical division) and Co-Founder of Mediate Srl (link). Current research interests of Gastone Ciuti include robot/computer-assisted platforms (i.e., teleoperated magnetic-based robotic platforms) for navigation, localization and tracking of smart and innovative devices for guided, focused and targeted minimally invasive surgery and diagnosis (e.g., in advanced capsule endoscopy and cardiovascular surgery). It also includes monocular 3D reconstruction, augmented reality and vision-based strategies for tracking, monitoring and autonomous navigation of magnetically-driven robotic devices in endoluminal medical procedures. The research vision of Gastone Ciuti is aimed at encouraging cross-fertilization between different disciplines, creating innovative knowledge substrates from which generating novel technological solutions for focused/guided diagnosis and therapy and enlarging/opening new scenarios of Bioengineering for computer integrated systems. He is actively involved in different National and International research projects, such the EU H2020 Endoo project (link). He is co-author of more than 50 International peer reviewed papers on computer-integrated platforms and innovative endoscopic devices for medical robotic intervention and treatment and he is also inventor of more than 10 patents.

Scientific interest
Current research interests of Gastone Ciuti include robot/computer-assisted platforms (i.e., teleoperated magnetic-based robotic platforms) for navigation, localization and tracking of smart and innovative devices for guided, focused and targeted minimally invasive surgery and diagnosis (e.g., in advanced capsule endoscopy and cardiovascular surgery). It also includes monocular 3D reconstruction, augmented reality and vision-based strategies for tracking, monitoring and autonomous navigation of magnetically driven robotic devices in endoluminal medical procedures. The research vision of Gastone Ciuti is aimed at encouraging cross-fertilization between different disciplines, creating innovative knowledge substrates from which generating novel technological solutions for focused/guided diagnosis and therapy and enlarging/opening new scenarios of bioengineering for computer-integrated systems.

KEY FIGURES
Citations and indexes (Scopus and Scholar Sources)
Number of citations: 1281 (Google Scholar) / 846 (Scopus) / 718 (Scopus w/o self-citations)
H-index: 17 (Google Scholar) / 15 (Scopus) / 14 (Scopus w/o self-citations) - i10-index: 25 (Google Scholar)

Publications and patents (in a few pills)
1 book chapters (Springer 2014)
40 papers/contributions in refereed journals and magazines (Scopus)
19 papers/short papers in refereed conferences and workshops (Scopus)
23 National and International conference abstracts
11 National and/or International Patents