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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
VISE affiliates win awards at the European Symposium for Pediatric Cochlear Implants
Jul. 17, 2015—Alex Sweeny (Vanderbilt 2nd Year Fellow) and George Wanna (Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center) won the best poster award at the European Symposium for Pediatric Cochlear Implants (ESPCI). The ESPCI conference showcased 367 posters of which 7 by ViSE affiliates were chosen to be oral talks. First Prize went to the Vanderbilt...
VISE Fellow awarded Best Oral Presentation at Hamlyn Symposium
Jul. 13, 2015— Philip Swaney of the MED Lab was recognized with the Best Oral Presentation Award at the Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics. Summary of the presentation: Lung cancer is the most deadly form of cancer, and survival depends on early-stage diagnosis and treatment. Toward accurate diagnosis of lung cancer, we have created a new...
VISE Research in Progress Summer Seminar Series, Thursday July 16th, 12:00. SC 5326, Refreshments provided at 11:50.
Jul. 10, 2015—Title: Correcting Heat-Induced Distortions in MR Thermometry Speaker: Pooja Gaur, PhD candidate Department: Chemical and Physical Biology Program Title: Robotically Controlled Magnetic Capsule Colonoscopy Speaker: Addisu Zerihun, PhD candidate Department: Mechanical Engineering
VISE wins TIPs Award
Jun. 25, 2015—VISE has been awarded one of seventeen cross-disciplinary Trans-Institutional Program (TIPs) initiative awards! Read more: http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2015/06/seventeen-projects-win-tips-funding/
VISE Research in Progress Summer Seminar Series, Thursday June 25th, 12:00. SC 5326, Refreshments provided at 11:50.
Jun. 18, 2015— Title: Using Target Registration Error to Statistically Ensure Robotic Bone Milling Safety Speaker: Michael Siebold, PhD candidate Department: Mechanical Engineering Title: Towards the development of a planning framework for microwave ablation treatment of hepatic tumors Speaker: Jarrod Collins , PhD candidate Department: Biomedical Engineering