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VISE Seminar: Image synthesis and super-resolution: New approaches for medical image analysis. Thursday March 31st, 12:20. SC 5326, Refreshments provided at 12:15.
Mar. 28, 2016—TITLE: Image synthesis and super-resolution: New approaches for medical image analysis SPEAKER: Dr. Jerry L. Prince, William B. Kouwenhoven Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Johns Hopkins University DATE: March 31st, 2016 TIME: 12:20pm Start, 12:15 Lunch PLACE: Stevenson Center 5326 ABSTRACT: Did you forgot to acquire an image? Or maybe the one you...
VISE Seminar: Promote and Accelerate Commercialization and Translation (EmPACT) of Medical Device Technologies.Thursday March 17th, 12:20. SC 5326, Refreshments provided at 12:15.
Mar. 14, 2016—Title: Promote and Accelerate Commercialization and Translation (EmPACT) of Medical Device Technologies Speakers: Dr. Pietro Valdastri, PhD, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, & Byron Smith, MS, VISE Corporate Outreach and Marketing Specialist Date: March 17, 2016 Time: 12:20pm Start, 12:15 Lunch Place: Stevenson Center 5326 Abstract: In Fall of 2015 VISE piloted a new program...
VISE Affiliates shine at 2016 SPIE Medical Imaging Conference.
Mar. 14, 2016—Recognition was given to several VISE affiliates at the February 2016 SPIE Medical Imaging Conference in San Diego. Neal Dillon was the runner up for the Young Scientist Award sponsored by Siemens with his paper “Increasing Safety of a Robotic System for Inner Ear Surgery Using Probabilistic Error Modeling Near Vital Anatomy”. The award is...
VISE Seminar: Implantable Artificial Kidney. Thursday March 3rd, 12:20. SC 5326, Refreshments provided at 12:15.
Feb. 29, 2016— Title: Implantable Artificial Kidney Speaker: Dr. William H. Fissell, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, VUMC & Amanda K. W. Buck, PhD, Instructor in Radiology and Radiological Sciences, VUMC Date: Thursday, March 3rd, 2016 Time: 12:20pm start, 12:15pm lunch (***NOTE TIME CHANGE***) Place: Stevenson Center 5326
VISE Guest Seminar: Histotripsy: Imaging Guided Ultrasound Therapy for Non-invasive Surgery. Thursday Feb 18th, 12:10. SC 5326, Refreshments provided at 12:00.
Feb. 10, 2016—Title: Histotripsy: Imaging Guided Ultrasound Therapy for Non-invasive Surgery Speaker: Zhen Xu, PhD, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan Date: Thursday, February 18th, 2016 Time: 12:10pm start Place: Stevenson Center 5326 Biography: Zhen Xu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI....
VISE Affiliates Land NIH R01
Feb. 4, 2016—VISE affiliates Brett Byram (PI) , Mike Miga (Co-I) and Dan Brown (Co-I) recently landed an NIH R01 surrounding ultrasound technology advancements. The project is on ultrasound image formation applied to liver biopsy, and it represents a new programmatic research direction at Vanderbilt that leverages the spirit and energy of VISE to confront challenging clinical...
Joint BME/VISE Guest Seminar: An Adaptable Framework to Extract Abnormal Brain Networks. WEDNESDAY January 27st, 12:10pm, Noon lunch. SC 5326.
Jan. 25, 2016— Title: An Adaptable Framework to Extract Abnormal Brain Networks Speaker: Dr. Archana Venkataraman, Postdoctoral Associate, Image Processing and Analysis Group, Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging at Yale University Date: ***Wednesday, January 27th *** Time: 12:10pm start Place: Stevenson Center 5326 Abstract: There is increasing evidence that complex neurological disorders reflect distributed impairments across...
VISE Affiliate named as 2016 Chancellor Faculty Fellow
Jan. 21, 2016—Robert Webster, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Associate Professor of Otolaryngology, Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery and Associate Professor of Urologic surgery was named as one of fourteen Chancellor Faculty Fellows. Webster’s research interests are in surgical robotics in particular and more generally in applying scientific and engineering tools to...
Joint BME/VISE Guest Seminar: Advancing Brain-Machine Interfaces Towards Clinical Viability. Thursday January 21st, 12:10pm, Noon lunch. SC 5326.
Jan. 15, 2016—Title: Advancing Brain-Machine Interfaces Towards Clinical Viability Speaker: Dr. Chethan Pandarinath, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Neural Prosthetics Laboratory, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Neurosurgery, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University Date: Thursday, January 21st Time: 12:10pm start, noon lunch Place: Stevenson Center 5326 Abstract: Brain-machine interfaces (BMIs) aim to restore function for people with disabilities by directly...
Joint BME/VISE Guest Seminar: Biomedical Optics: Image-Guided Interventions in Oncology and Ophthalmology. WEDNESDAY January 13, 1:10pm. SC 5326.
Jan. 11, 2016—Title: Biomedical Optics: Image-Guided Interventions in Oncology and Ophthalmology Speaker: Yuankai Kenny Tao, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmic Research, Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic Date: ***Wednesday, January 13th*** Stevenson Center 5326 Time: ***1:10 pm*** Place: Stevenson Center 5326 Abstract: Optical imaging techniques are particularly attractive for visualizing tissue morphology, biological dynamics, and disease pathogenesis...
VISE Guest Seminar: The Changing Face of Tissue Biopsy. TUESDAY Dec 1, 12:00. SC 5326, Refreshments provided at 11:50.
Nov. 23, 2015—Title: The Changing Face of Tissue Biopsy Guest Speaker: Alda L. Tam, MD, Associate Professor of Interventional Radiology, Department of Interventional Radiology University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Date: TUESDAY, December 1st Time: noon-1pm Place: Stevenson Center 5326 Abstract: Image-guided percutaneous biopsy is a common procedure in oncology, integral to confirming the diagnosis of...
Medical capsule hardware and software now open source
Nov. 6, 2015—VISE Affiliate Pietro Valdastri Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering (https://my.vanderbilt.edu/stormlab/lab-members/) and his team at the STORM lab (https://my.vanderbilt.edu/stormlab/) have been instrumental in developing technologies to foster the development of medical capsule robots small enough to be swallowed that could be used for preventive screenings and to diagnose and treat a number of internal diseases. Through a website and...
VISE 2015 Symposium Announced!
Nov. 4, 2015—Key dates: December 4th – Deadline for Symposium Registration and Submission of Abstracts & Laboratory Descriptions December 16th – Symposium Register and Submit at: http://tinyurl.com/VISE-2015-Symposium Submission Types: Laboratory Descriptions (PIs only) – Have a short description of your laboratory and contact information supplied to all attendees Poster Abstracts –Important both new posters and posters reflective...
VISE Guest Seminar: Computational Modeling and Enhancement of Human Skill: A Step Towards Surgery as a Data Science. Thursday Nov 12th, 12:00. SC 5326, Refreshments provided at 11:50.
Nov. 2, 2015—Title: Computational Modeling and Enhancement of Human Skill: A Step Toward Surgery as a Data Science Guest Speaker: Gregory D. Hager, PhD Mandell Bellmore Professor of Computer Science Computational Interaction and Robotics Laboratory Department of Computer Science Johns Hopkins University Date: Thursday, November 12th Time: noon-1pm Place: Stevenson Center 5326 Abstract: We are entering an...
VISE affiliate to present at Translational Research Forum October 30
Oct. 26, 2015—Pietro Valdastri, PhD, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering and VISE Affiliate will present “A Magnetic Capsule Endoscope for Robotic Colonoscopy (T1)” at the upcoming Translational Research Forum this Friday, October 30 at 10:30am. Read more: https://my.vanderbilt.edu/translationalresearchforum/agenda/
VISE Seminar: Development and testing of image-guided cochlear implant programming techniques. Thursday Oct 29th, 12:00. SC 5326, Refreshments provided at 11:50.
Oct. 26, 2015—Title: Development and testing of image-guided cochlear implant programming techniques Speakers: Rene H. Gifford, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences Director, Cochlear Implant Program & Jack H. Noble, PhD, Research Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, VU Date: Thursday, October 29th Time: noon-1pm Place: Stevenson Center 5326
VISE Affiliate targets emotional and behavioral disturbances of Parkinson’s Disorder
Oct. 23, 2015—Despite benefiting from dramatic improvements in movement after deep brain stimulation surgery, patients with Parkinson’s disease can be inadequately served when physicians and researchers focus only on its motor manifestations, said Joseph Neimat, M.D., VISE Affiliate and Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery at Vanderbilt. Read more:http://tinyurl.com/DBS-emotion-and-behavior
Virtual Surgery Seminar, Tuesday 10/20/15, 3:10pm, Featheringill Hall, Room 138
Oct. 19, 2015—Speaker: Professor Suvranu De, SC. D., Distinguished Professor of Engineering, Head, Dept. of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering, Director, Center for Modeling, Simulation and Imaging in Medicine, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Title: “Virtual Surgery” Day: Tuesday, October 20, 2015 Time: 3:10 pm Place: Featheringill Hall, Room 138 ABSTRACT Virtual surgery involves the development of technology...
Flexner Discovery Lecture- Hearing Restoration via Cochlear Implants: Achievements and Future Challenges for Engineering and Research, Thursday October 8, 4pm
Oct. 7, 2015—The co-creator of the world’s first microelectronic multi-channel cochlear implant — a device that provides sound signals to the brain in deaf individuals — will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture. Ingeborg Hochmair, Ph.D., CEO and CTO of cochlear implant manufacturer MED-EL Corporation, will speak on Thursday, Oct. 8. Her lecture, “Hearing Restoration via Cochlear...
GUEST VISE Seminar: Using Electrocochleography to Understand and Improve Speech Perception Outcomes with Cochlear Implants. TUESDAY Oct 13th, 12:00. SC 5326, Refreshments provided at 11:50.
Oct. 7, 2015—Title: Using Electrocochleography to Understand and Improve Speech Perception Outcomes with Cochlear Implants Speaker: Douglas C. Fitzpatrick, PhD, Research Associate Professor of Otolaryngology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Date: ***Tuesday***, October 13th Time: noon-1pm Place: Stevenson Center 5326
VISE Seminar: Predicting Tumor Growth with Biophysical Models Constrained by In Vivo Imaging Data. Thursday Oct 1th, 12:00. SC 5326, Refreshments provided at 11:50.
Sep. 28, 2015—Title: Predicting Tumor Growth with Biophysical Models Constrained by In Vivo Imaging Data Speaker: Thomas E. Yankeelov, PhD, Ingram Professor of Cancer Research, Professor of Radiology, Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Date: Thursday, October 1st Time: noon-1pm Place: Stevenson Center 5326
VISE affiliate honored
Sep. 17, 2015—Recently VISE affiliate Michael Miga PhD was honored with the prestigious designation of Harvie Branscomb Professor. Read more: Miga honored
Vanderbilt Initiative in Surgery and Engineering (ViSE) is now the Vanderbilt Institute in Surgery and Engineering (VISE)
Sep. 14, 2015—Just announced: The Vanderbilt Initiative in Surgery and Engineering is now the Vanderbilt Institute in Surgery and Engineering. The promotion from a three-year trial program to an established institute is the consequence of a Vanderbilt Reinvestment Award from the University’s $50 million Trans-Institutional Program, which is part of Vanderbilt’s new Academic Strategic Plan. Read more:...
VISE Seminar: CranialCloud: a cloud-based architecture to support trans-institutional collaborative efforts in neurodegenerative disorders. Thursday Sept 17th, 12:00. SC 5326, Refreshments provided at 11:50.
Sep. 14, 2015—Title: CranialCloud: a cloud-based architecture to support trans-institutional collaborative efforts in neurodegenerative disorders Speakers: Peter E. Konrad, MD, PhD Professor of Neurological Surgery, VUMC Pierre-Francois D’Haese, PhD,Research Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, VU Date: Thursday, September 17th Time: Noon-1pm Place: Stevenson Center 5326
VISE affiliates awarded 3-Year NSF Grant
Sep. 8, 2015—VISE affiliates Nabil Simaan (ARMA lab) and Dr. Karen Joos (Ophthalmology) were recently awarded a 3-year NSF grant entitled “Continuum Robots for Multi-Scale Manipulation.” This project is designed to demonstrate a new class of continuum robots capable of multi-scale manipulation; that is, the ability to achieve large motion with millimetric precision and to achieve small...
VISE Summer Fellows Presentations and Social, Thursday September 3rd, 12:00. SC 5326, Refreshments provided.
Aug. 28, 2015—Come see what our ViSE Fellows have been working on this summer! VISE Summer Fellows Presentations and Social, Thursday September 3rd, 12:00. SC 5326, Refreshments provided. See you there!
VISE Fall 2015 Seminars Announced
Aug. 28, 2015—September 3rd, Thursday: VISE Summer Fellows Presentations and Social, noon-2pm. September 17th, Thursday: Dual Seminar Format: Dr. Peter Konrad, MD, Professor of Neurosurgery, VUMC, Dept. of Neurosurgery, and Dr. Pierre-Francois DHaese, PhD, Research Asst. Professor, Dept. of EECS October 1st, Thursday: Dr. Tom Yankeelov, PhD, Professor of Radiology & Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Institute for...
VISE Instructional Workshop Summer Seminar Series, TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY Aug 11-12th, 12:00. SC 5326, Refreshments provided at 11:50.
Jul. 30, 2015—Introduction to Fiducial Registration for Medical Applications Dr. Mike Fitzpatrick, PhD Professor of Computer Science & Electrical Engineering, Radiology & Radiological Sciences, and Neurological Surgery, Emeritus ***Tuesday/Wednesday***, August 11 & 12, 2015 Stevenson Center 5326 Noon Start, 11:50 am Lunch served
Tiny mechanical wrist gives new dexterity to needlescopic surgery
Jul. 27, 2015—With the flick of a tiny mechanical wrist, a team of engineers and doctors at Vanderbilt University’s Medical Engineering and Discovery Laboratory hope to give needlescopic surgery a whole new degree of dexterity. Needlescopic surgery, which uses surgical instruments shrunk to the diameter of a sewing needle, is the ultimate form of minimally invasive surgery....
VISE Instructional Workshop Summer Seminar Series, TUESDAY July 28th, 12:00. SC 5326, Refreshments provided at 11:50.
Jul. 27, 2015—Introduction to Digitization Techniques for Surgical Guidance Speakers: Logan W. Clements, PhD Research Assistant Professor Rebekah H. Conley, PhD candidate Vanderbilt University Biomedical Engineering