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VISE Spring Seminar – Jason A. Spector, M.D., FACS
Jan. 12, 2018—VISE Spring Seminar to be led by Jason A. Spector, M.D., FACS Professor of Plastic Surgery, Otolaryngology, and Bioengineering, Weill Cornell Medical College (Hosted by VU Biomedical Engineering, co-sponsored by VISE) Date: Thursday, January 25, 2018 Location: Stevenson Center 5326 Time: 12:25 p.m. start, 12:15 p.m. lunch Title: The Ultimate Plastic Surgery: Tissue Regeneration, Biomimicry and Precision Medicine....
Tech transfer course gives grad students real-world journey
Jan. 10, 2018—PhD candidates, including two VISE affiliates, work with law and business school students on tech commercialization
MASI Lab teams up with EnvoyAI to develop segmentation algorithms
Jan. 9, 2018—The MASI lab is collaborating on the development of deep learning algorithms for abdomen segmentation that leverage artificial intelligence to better understand and diagnose disease. The MASI lab, affiliated with the Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering, is working with a team from EnvoyAI, which aims to simplify access to new AI algorithms by providing...
VISE symposium explores interoperative fluorescence to light up tumors
Jan. 2, 2018—Using fluorescently labeled antibodies as a contrast agent can give cancer surgeons highly specific real-time detection of tumors that may accelerate diagnosis, preserve more healthy tissue, and improve patient outcomes. Dr. Eben Rosenthal, keynote speaker at the VISE symposium, discusses using near-infrared fluorescence to improve detection of cancer margins. (Joe Howell/Vanderbilt) “There is a tension...
VISE Spring Seminar: David Sarment, DDS, MS
Jan. 2, 2018—VISE Spring Seminar to be led by David Sarment, DDS, MS President, Xoran Technologies Date: Thursday, January 11, 2018 Location: Stevenson Center 5326 Time: 12:25 p.m. start, 12:15 p.m. lunch Title: “Point of Care Computed Tomography: Imaging Where You Need It” Abstract: Intra-operative Computed Tomography (iCT) in head and neck surgery is scarcely...
BONUS VISE Seminar: Elena A. Kaye, PhD
Dec. 4, 2017—VISE Seminar to be delivered by Elena A. Kaye, PhD, Assistant Attending Physicist, Department of Physics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Date: Tuesday, December 5, 2017 (notice different day) Time: 12:10pm start, noon – folks, cookies and coffee on this one… Place: Stevenson Center 5326 Title: Achieving Sufficient Margins...
Nature technology feature on ultrasound for the brain features work of VISE affiliates
Nov. 10, 2017—Ultrasonic energy can be harnessed to alter brain activity and treat disease — but first, scientists need to learn how it works.
VISE Fall Seminar – Andrew Larson, PhD
Nov. 9, 2017—VISE Fall Seminar to be led by Andrew Larson, PhD Professor of Radiology and Electrical Engineering, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University Date: Thursday, November 16, 2017 Location: Stevenson Center 5326 Time: 12:10 p.m. start, Noon lunch Title: Development of Image-Guided Therapies for Liver Cancer Abstract: Image-guided loco-regional therapies are playing an increasingly critical...
VISE team wins $1.4 million NIH grant to reboot robotic surgery system
Nov. 2, 2017—A Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering (VISE) team is developing an image guidance interface for the da Vinci robotic surgery system to make partial kidney removal a less invasive “gold standard” when small tumors are involved.
VISE Fall Seminar – Stephen Aylward, PhD
Oct. 31, 2017—VISE Fall Seminar to be led by Stephen Aylward, PhD Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives, Kitware Inc. Date: Thursday, November 2, 2017 Location: Stevenson Center 5326 Time: 12:10 p.m. start, Noon lunch Title: Open Science and Computer-Augmented Point-of-Care Ultrasound Abstract: Open science is a bridge between academia and industry, and it is a way...
VISE collaboration results in NIH grant to develop steerable robotic needle to safely biopsy hard-to-reach lung nodules
Oct. 27, 2017—Collaboration between a mechanical engineer at Vanderbilt University and a pulmonologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) has resulted in a National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01 grant that will be used to develop a steerable robotic needle to safely biopsy hard-to-reach lung nodules.
The Robot Will Scope You Now – STORM lab present experimental endoscopy devices
Oct. 24, 2017—Picture sitting back while a robotically controlled capsule endoscope swims through your patient’s gut, or conducting an upper endoscopy and viewing the procedure on your smartphone instead of investing in a monitor. If two experimental devices presented at Digestive Disease Week 2017 pan out in clinical trials, these scenarios could become reality.
Annual Symposium
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VISE affiliates developing imaging upgrade for robotic surgery
Oct. 16, 2017—Removing part of a kidney with minimally invasive robotic surgery rather than an entire kidney when operating for smaller tumors is often best for patients from a recovery and health standpoint, but many surgeons hesitate to do so because of the complexity of the robotic partial nephrectomy procedure. Investigators with the Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery...
VISE is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Jack Noble to full-time teaching faculty as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Oct. 11, 2017—The Vanderbilt University School of Engineering announces the appointment of 11 new members to its full-time teaching faculty.