About Me
Françoise Siepel received her M.Sc. in Technical Medicine with specialization Robotics and Imaging in 2010. She obtained her PhD in 3 years and has spent more than 7 years on research, winning approx. 1 million euros of personal awards including one PhD and 2 Postdoc grants and has currently 40+ publications. She has international experience from the University of Bergen, Kings College and more than 5 years at the Stavanger University hospital where she worked out various technical medical related projects. In 2016 she joined the Robotics and Mechatronics group, and focuses on medical technology and especially image guided robotic interventions and is involved in research/education. She performs the daily coordination of the European DIH-HERO, MURAB and national SUNRAM project.
Expertise
Engineering & Materials Science
# Biopsy
# Magnetic Resonance Imaging
# Needles
# Phantoms
# Pneumatics
# Robotics
# Robots
# Ultrasonics
Organisations
Publications
Recent
Groenhuis, V.
, de Groot, A. G., Cornel, E. B.
, Stramigioli, S.
, & Siepel, F. J. (Accepted/In press).
3-D and 2-D Reconstruction of Bladders for the Assessment of Inter-Session Detection of Tissue Changes: A Proof of Concept.
International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery.
Groenhuis, V.
, de Groot, A. G., Cornel, E. B.
, Stramigioli, S.
, & Siepel, F. J. (Accepted/In press).
3-D Visualization and Inter-Session Comparison for Robotic Assisted Bladder Cancer Screening. Abstract from Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics, HSMR 2023, London, United Kingdom.
Nikolaev, A. V., de Jong, L., Zamecnik, P.
, Groenhuis, V.
, Siepel, F. J.
, Stramigioli, S., Hansen, H. H. G.
, & de Korte, C. L. (2023).
Ultrasound-guided breast biopsy using an adapted automated cone-based ultrasound scanner: a feasibility study.
Medical physics,
50(6), 3475-3489.
https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.16323
Jovanovic, K., Schwier, A., Matheson, E., Xiloyannis, M.
, Rodijk-Rozeboom, E., Hochhausen, N., Vermeulen, B., Graf, B., Wolf, P., Nawrat, Z., Escuder, J., Mechelinck, M., Sørensen, B., Boscolo, P. R., Obach, M., Tognarelli, S., Jankovic, M., Leroux, C., Ferrigno, G.
, ... Stramigioli, S. (2022).
Robotic Innovations in Support of the Healthcare Workers Against COVID-19 - DIH-HERO Perspective. In A. Müller, & M. Brandstötter (Eds.),
Advances in Service and Industrial Robotics - RAAD 2022 (pp. 375-382). (Mechanisms and Machine Science; Vol. 120). Springer.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04870-8_44
Welleweerd, M. K. (2022).
Robot-assisted biopsies on MR-detected lesions. [PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT, University of Twente]. University of Twente.
https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036553223
Welleweerd, M. K.
, de Groot, A. G.
, Groenhuis, V.
, Siepel, F. J.
, & Stramigioli, S. (2021).
Out-of-Plane Corrections for Autonomous Robotic Breast Ultrasound Acquisitions. In
2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2021 (pp. 12515-12521). (Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation; Vol. 2021-May). IEEE.
https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA48506.2021.9560865
Lagomarsino, M.
, Groenhuis, V., Casadio, M.
, Welleweerd, M. K.
, Siepel, F. J.
, & Stramigioli, S. (2021).
Image-guided Breast Biopsy of MRI-visible Lesions with a Hand-mounted Motorised Needle Steering Tool.
van Doremalen, R. F. M. (2021).
The unattained power of the third dimension in medical imaging: Implications for clinical practice. [PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT, University of Twente]. University of Twente.
https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036552981
Groenhuis, V.
, Siepel, F. J.
, & Stramigioli, S. (2021).
Magnetic Resonance Pneumatic Stepper Motor With Multiple Concentric Shafts Output.
IEEE/ASME transactions on mechatronics,
27(4), 2379.
https://doi.org/10.1109/TMECH.2021.3102024
Jovanovic, K., Schwier, A., Matheson, E., Xiloyannis, M.
, Rozeboom, E., Hochhausen, N., Vermeulen, B., Graf, B., Wolf, P., Nawrat, Z., Escuder, J., Mechelinck, M., Sorensen, B., Boscolo, P. R., Obach, M., Tognarelli, S., Jankovic, M., Leroux, C., Ferrigno, G.
, ... Stramigioli, S. (2021).
Digital Innovation Hubs in Health-Care Robotics Fighting COVID-19: Novel Support for Patients and Health-Care Workers Across Europe.
IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine,
28(1), 40-47. [9330556].
https://doi.org/10.1109/MRA.2020.3044965
Welleweerd, M. K., Pantelis, D.
, de Groot, A. G.
, Siepel, F. J.
, & Stramigioli, S. (2021).
Robot-assisted ultrasound-guided biopsy on MR-detected breast lesions. In
2020 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) (pp. 2965-2971). [9341695] IEEE.
https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS45743.2020.9341695
Siepel, F. J., Maris, B. M.
, Welleweerd, M. K.
, Groenhuis, V., Fiorini, P.
, & Stramigioli, S. (2021).
Needle and Biopsy Robots: a Review.
Current Robotics Reports.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s43154-020-00042-1
Nikolaev, A., de Jong, L., Weijers, G. G. C.
, Groenhuis, V.
, Siepel, F. J.
, Stramigioli, S., Hansen, H. H. G.
, & de Korte, C. L. (2021).
Automated Cone-Based Breast Ultrasound Scanner For Screening And Biopsy. In
Proceedings of the 8th Dutch Bio-Medical Engineering Conference
Nikolaev, A. V., de Jong, L., Weijers, G.
, Groenhuis, V., Mann, R. M.
, Siepel, F. J., Maris, B. M.
, Stramigioli, S., Hansen, H. H. G.
, & de Korte, C. L. (2021).
Quantitative Evaluation of an Automated Cone-based Breast Ultrasound Scanner for MRI - 3D US Image Fusion.
IEEE transactions on medical imaging,
40(4), 1229-1239. [9319185].
https://doi.org/10.1109/TMI.2021.3050525
Groenhuis, V., Nikolaev, A., Nies, S.
, Welleweerd, M. K., de Jong, L., Hansen, H. H. G.
, Siepel, F. J.
, de Korte, C. L.
, & Stramigioli, S. (2021).
3-D Ultrasound Elastography Reconstruction Using Acoustically Transparent Pressure Sensor on Robotic Arm.
IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics,
3(1), 265-268. [9286770].
https://doi.org/10.1109/TMRB.2020.3042982
Bluiminck, M.
, Groenhuis, V.
, Siepel, F. J.
, & Stramigioli, S. (2021).
Design of 3D Printed Needle Insertion Device and Control Using Mobile Phone Application. In
Proceedings of the 8th Dutch Bio-Medical Engineering Conference 2021 BME.
Maris, B. M., Fiorini, P., Calanca, A., Tenga, C.
, Siepel, F. J.
, Groenhuis, V.
, & Stramigioli, S. (2020).
Increasing the precision of the biopsy with robots: two case studies. In
Proceedings of the I-RIM Conference 2020 (pp. 1-4)
Nikolaev, A. V., De Jong, L.
, Groenhuis, V.
, Welleweerd, M. K.
, Siepel, F. J.
, Stramigioli, S., Hansen, H. H. G.
, & De Korte, C. L. (2020).
Quantitative evaluation of automated robot-assisted volumetric breast ultrasound. In
IUS 2020 - International Ultrasonics Symposium, Proceedings [9251310] (IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS; Vol. 2020). IEEE.
https://doi.org/10.1109/IUS46767.2020.9251310
Welleweerd, M. K.
, de Groot, A. G., de Looijer, S. O. H.
, Siepel, F. J.
, & Stramigioli, S. (2020).
Automated robotic breast ultrasound acquisition using ultrasound feedback. In
2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2020 (pp. 9946-9952). [9196736] (Proceedings IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA); Vol. 2020). IEEE.
https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA40945.2020.9196736
Welleweerd, M. K.
, Siepel, F. J.
, Groenhuis, V.
, Veltman, J.
, & Stramigioli, S. (2020).
Design of an end-effector for robot-assisted ultrasound-guided breast biopsies.
International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery,
15(4), 681-690.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11548-020-02122-1
Groenhuis, V., Tagliabue, E.
, Welleweerd, M. K.
, Siepel, F. J., Munoz Osorio, J. D., Maris, B. M., Dall'Alba, D., Zimmermann, U., Fiorini, P.
, & Stramigioli, S. (2020).
Deformation Compensation in Robotically-Assisted Breast Biopsy. Abstract from 11th International Conference on Information Processing in Computer-Assisted Interventions, IPCAI 2020, Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
de Jong, L.
, Welleweerd, M. K., van Zelst, J. C. M.
, Siepel, F. J.
, Stramigioli, S., Mann, R. M.
, de Korte, C. L.
, & Fütterer, J. J. (2020).
Production and clinical evaluation of breast lesion skin markers for automated three-dimensional ultrasonography of the breast: a pilot study.
European radiology,
30(6), 3356-3362.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-020-06695-y
Groenhuis, V. (2020).
Robotic systems for breast biopsy using MRI and ultrasound imaging: Optimal guidance to target lesion in deformable tissue. [PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT, University of Twente]. University of Twente.
https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036548922
Abdelaziz, M. E. M. K., Kundrat, D., Pupillo, M., Kwok, T. M. Y., Chi, W.
, Groenhuis, V.
, Siepel, F. J., Riga, C.
, Stramigioli, S., Yang, G-Z.
, & Dagnino, G. (2020).
Toward a Versatile Robotic Platform for Fluoroscopy and MRI-Guided Endovascular Interventions: A Pre-Clinical Study. In
2019 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) (pp. 5411-5418). [8968237] IEEE.
https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS40897.2019.8968237
Groenhuis, V.
, Siepel, F. J.
, & Stramigioli, S. (2020).
Miniaturization of MR Safe Pneumatic Rotational Stepper Motors. 7150-7156. Paper presented at 2019 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Macau, China.
https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS40897.2019.8968262
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Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science
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C3427
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7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands