Olympus International Society for Computer Aided Surgery (ISCAS) Best Paper Award
Another interdisciplinary medicine and engineering collaboration receives award!
Ramya Balachandran research assistant professor and member of the Vanderbilt Initiative in Surgery and Engineering (ViSE), was awarded with the OLYMPUS ISCAS Best Paper Award at the 17th Annual Conference of the International Society for Computer Aided Surgery (ISCAS) held June 26-29 in Heidelberg Germany. Her co-authors are J.H. Noble, G. Blachon, J.E. Mitchell, F.A. Reda, B.M. Dawant, J.M. Fitzpatrick, and R.F. Labadie.
Her presentation, “Clinical implementation of minimally-invasive, image-guided cochlear implantation surgery” was selected from over 80 presentations from very well established international groups spanning diverse topics ranging from endoscopic orthopedic surgery to image-guided liver resection to intraoperative planning for minimally-invasive neurosurgery.This award is a prime example of ViSE interdisciplinary collaboration and team science.
The International conference on Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS) draws scientists, engineers, and physicians to present technological innovations. For further information about the CARS conference please consult the program announcement http://www.cars-int.org/program/program.html and scroll to the 17th Annual Conference of the International Society for Computer Aided Surgery.