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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
VISE Seminar: Incorporating FDA Regulatory Thinking Into Plans for Medical Devices. Thursday June 11th, 12:10. SC 5326, Refreshments provided at noon.
Jun. 8, 2015—Title: Incorporating FDA Regulatory Thinking Into Plans for Medical Devices Speaker: Kenneth J. Holroyd, MD, MBA, Medical Director, Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization Medical Device Regulatory Affairs Program, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research Date: Thursday, June 11th Time: 12:10pm start, noon snacks Place: Stevenson Center 5326 Abstract: Discussion of the utility of thinking...
VISE Summer Seminar Series Announced
Jun. 8, 2015—June 11th , Thursday, Speaker: Kenneth J. Holroyd, MD, MBA, Medical Director, Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization – Incorporating FDA Regulatory Thinking Into Plans for Medical Devices June 25th, Thursday, Speakers: Michael Siebold, VU Dept. of Mechanical Engineering & Jarrod Collins, VU Dept. of Biomedical Engineering – Research in Progress Reports July 16th, Thursday,...
VISE Seminar: Intraventricular Neuroendoscopy: Operating with One Hand Tied Behind my Back. Limitations at the Frontier of Neurosurgery. Thursday April 9th, 12:15. SC 5326, Refreshments provided.
Apr. 6, 2015—Intraventricular Neuroendoscopy: Operating with One Hand Tied Behind my Back. Limitations at the Frontier of Neurosurgery Speaker: Robert P. Naftel, Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery, VUMC Date: Thursday, April 9th, 2015 Time: 12:15 pm, lunch served Place: Stevenson Center 5326
VISE Seminar: Using Human Motion Analysis to Improve Surgical Outcomes: Recent Progress & Future Opportunities, Thursday March 16th, 12:15. SC 5326, Refreshments provided.
Mar. 23, 2015—Title: Using Human Motion Analysis to Improve Surgical Outcomes: Recent Progress & Future Opportunities Speaker: Karl E. Zelik, PhD – Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, & Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Date: Thursday, March 26th Time: 12:15-1:10 Place: Stevenson Center 5326 Abstract: Human motion analysis refers to a set of biomechanical measurement techniques that enable us...