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ME and ViSE Guest Seminar: Computational Modeling of Cardiac Valve Function and Intervention, FGH 134, Monday December 1st, 3:10. Refreshments provided.
Nov. 19, 2014—Title: Computational Modeling of Cardiac Valve Function and Intervention Speaker: Dr. Wei Sun, PhD, Associate Professor of BME, Georgia Institute of Technology/Emory University Date: Monday, December 1st Time: 3:10 pm Place: Jacobs Believed in Me Auditorium (FGH 134)
Dr. Robert Sweet to present at 3rd Annual ViSE Symposium Dec 10th
Nov. 13, 2014—Dr. Robert Sweet from the University of Minnesota will be featured as the keynote speaker for the 2014 ViSE Symposium to be held December 10, 2014. Dr. Sweet practices Urology with a focus on robotics and endourology and his lab is actively engaged in simulation projects including the development of a human tissue property database,...
ViSE Researchers Awarded NIH R21 for Steerable Needle Intracerebral Hemorrhage (ICH) Intervention
Nov. 13, 2014—Recently a team of multidisciplinary ViSE researchers were awarded a R21 NIH grant to develop a system capable of decreasing hematoma size that results from intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). The basic premise of this image-guided surgical system called an active cannula, consists of a series of thin, nested tubes. Each tube has a different intrinsic curvature. By...
ViSE Affiliates Land $1.5M NIBIB Grant for Magnetic Capsule Endoscope Research
Nov. 6, 2014—Pietro Valdastri, ViSE affiliate and assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Vanderbilt University with his colleagues will continue to develop a unique endoscope for colonoscopy in patients with inflammatory bowel disease with the support of a 4-year, $1.5 million grant – “A magnetic capsule endoscope for colonoscopy in patients with IBD” – from the National...
ViSE Seminar Series: Challenges in Thoracic Surgery: Transoral Access to the Peripheral Lung with Continuum Robots, SC 5326, Tuesday November 11, 11:50. Refreshments provided.
Nov. 5, 2014—Challenges in Thoracic Surgery: Transoral Access to the Peripheral Lung with Continuum Robots Speakers: Eric L. Grogan, MD, MPH Assistant Professor of Thoracic Surgery, VUMC, Department of Thoracic Surgery & Philip J. Swaney, BS, PhD Cand. VU, Department of Mechanical Engineering Thursday, November 11th, 2014 Stevenson Center 5326 Snacks & refreshments at 11:50am Noon seminar...
ViSE Seminar Series: Image-Based Planning and Guidance of Bronchoscopy for the Chest, SC 5326, Thursday October 23, 11:50. Refreshments provided.
Oct. 16, 2014—Image-Based Planning and Guidance of Bronchoscopy for the Chest Speaker: Bill Higgins, PhD Professor of Electrical Engineering, Computer, and Bioengineering Pennsylvania State University Thursday, October 23rd, 2014 Stevenson Center 5326 Snacks & refreshments at 11:50am Noon seminar start
ViSE Seminar Series: Robotic Beating Heart Surgery: Design of Next Generation Robotic Surgical Systems, SC 5326, Thursday October 9, 11:50. Refreshments provided.
Oct. 8, 2014—Robotic Beating Heart Surgery: Design of Next Generation Robotic Surgical Systems Speaker: M. Cenk Cavusoglu, PhD, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Case Western Reserve University Date: Thursday, October 9, 2014 Time: 11:50 social, noon start Place: Stevenson Center 5326 Abstract: Use of intelligent robotic tools promises an alternative and superior way of performing...
ViSE Seminar Series: Latent Feature Analysis in a Retrospective Study of Clinically Acquired CT Scans of Traumatic Brain Injury, SC 5326, Thursday September 25, 11:50. Refreshments provided.
Sep. 22, 2014—Title: Latent Feature Analysis in a Retrospective Study of Clinically Acquired CT Scans of Traumatic Brain Injury Speakers: Mayur B. Patel, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Trauma & Surgical Critical Care, VUMC Andrew J. Plassard, PhD Cand., EECS Date: Thursday, September 25th, 2014 Time: Noon start, 11:50 lunch social Place: Stevenson Center 5326
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (TBME) article by ViSE affiliates featured in TBME Monthly Highlights
Sep. 5, 2014—This article reports on a multi-surgeon, multi-site validation of a trajectory planning algorithm for deep brain stimulation procedures. The study was conducted by ViSE affiliates and collaborators Yuan Liu, Peter E. Konrad, Joseph S. Neimat, Stephen B. Tatter, Hong Yu, Ryan D. Datteri, Bennett A. Landman, Jack H. Noble, Srivatsan Pallavaram, Benoit M. Dawant, and...
ViSE Fall Seminar Series Schedule
Sep. 3, 2014—9/11/2014: Stevenson Center 5326, 11:50am -1:00pm Speaker: Christopher Brace, PhD, Associate Professor of Radiology & Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin (co-founder of Neuwave Medical). Theme: Ablation Technologies 9/25/2014: Stevenson Center 5326, 11:50am -1:00pm Speakers: Dr. Albert Attia (Radiosurgery), MD, Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology, VUMC & TBA (engineer) Theme: Challenges in Radiation Oncology 10/9/2014: Stevenson...
VISE Fall Seminar: “Microwave tumor ablation: Technical development, future directions”- Thursday, September 11th, SC 5326, 11:50 social, Noon start
Sep. 3, 2014—Title: “Microwave tumor ablation: Technical development, future directions” Speaker: Christopher L. Brace, PhD, Associate Professor of Radiology & Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin Thermal ablation is a minimally invasive, image-guided technique for treating many cancers, especially of the liver, kidney and bone. The goal of thermal ablation is to heat or cool the...
Medical Device Town Hall, Wed Oct 15, 1-3pm; 208 Light Hall
Aug. 29, 2014—Join Ken Holroyd, MD CTTC Medical Director for a Medical Device Regulatory Affairs Program (MDRAP) Town Hall Meeting to learn about the program offerings. Wednesday October 15, 1-3pm 208 Light Hall
VUBME seeks outstanding faculty candidate
Aug. 14, 2014—FACULTY POSITION in BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY The Department of Biomedical Engineering at Vanderbilt University (VUBME) invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position. VUBME seeks an outstanding candidate who can add to existing strengths in translational research working at the interface between surgery and engineering. This search is closely associated with the Vanderbilt Institute in...
ViSE Seminar Series: NSF/NIH Predoc Fellowship Workshop, SC 5326, Thursday August 21, 11:50. Refreshments provided.
Aug. 14, 2014—Speakers: Bob Webster, PhD Associate Prof of ME Jack Noble, PhD Assistant Prof of EECS Thursday, August 21st, Stevenson Center 5326 Snacks & refreshments at 11:50 Noon seminar start
VISE NIH Grant Workshop & Peer Review Seminar, Tuesday, August 19, 2014, Stevenson Center 5326 – Noon
Aug. 14, 2014—VISE NIH Grant Workshop & Peer Review Seminar Speaker: Mike Miga, PhD Date & Time: Tuesday August 19th, Noon Place: Stevenson Center 5326
VISE RIP Seminar, Thursday, July 24th, Stevenson Center 5326, 11:50 social, Noon start
Jul. 22, 2014—Title: VISE Summer RIP seminar Series Date & Time: Thursday July 24th, Noon Place: Stevenson Center 5326 Descriptions: Title: Mastoid Segmentation for Robotic Acoustic Neuroma Surgery Speaker: Kepra McBrayer Years completed: 1, EECS Advisor: Benoit Dawant, PhD Title: How To Recognize a Liver Speaker: Yifei Wu Years completed: 3, BME Advisor: Mike Miga,...
ViSE Research in Progress Seminar Series, FRIDAY July 11, 12:00pm SC 5326. Refreshments provided.
Jul. 8, 2014—Title: VISE Summer RIP seminar Series Date & Time: Friday July 11th, Noon Place: Stevenson Center 5326 Descriptions: Title: Toward the Development of a Three-Dimensional Computational Model of Biomechanical Stresses during Vocal Fold Vibration: Part I Speaker: Carolyn K. Novaleski Years completed: 2, Hearing & Speech Sciences Advisor: Bernard Rousseau, PhD Title: Toward...
TIME CHANGE! ViSE Research in Progress Seminar Series, Thursday June 26, 9:30am SC 5326. Refreshments provided.
Jun. 18, 2014—With World Cup USA vs Germany starting at 11am Thursday we have changed the RIP seminar time! Title: VISE Summer RIP seminar Series Date & Time: June 26th, SOCIAL: 9:30 am, Seminar begins at 9:40 Place: Stevenson Center 5326 Descriptions: Title: Towards the development of an image guidance system for breast cancer surgeries Speaker: Rebekah Conley Years...
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ViSE Research in Progress Seminar Series, Thursday June 12, 11:50, SC 5326. Refreshments provided.
Jun. 10, 2014—Welcome to the ViSE summer series! The summer series is a bit more creative/instructive in nature. With the amount of research occurring within ViSE we are implementing a Research-In-Progress (RIP) Seminar. For this year we are highlighting graduate students that have completed 2-3+ years, and will be conducting a dual short-seminar format. Title: VISE Summer...
Webster accepts appointment as Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Robotics
Jun. 4, 2014—ViSE Affiliate Robert J Webster, III recently accepted an appointment as an Associate Editor position with the prestigious journal, IEEE Transactions on Robotics. IEEE Transactions on Robotics is published by IEEE Robotics and Automation Society and covers both theory and applications on topics including: kinematics, dynamics, control, and simulation of robots and intelligent machines and...
ViSE Summer Research Series
Jun. 3, 2014—This summer we will have a series of research-in-progress reports from many of our 2nd and 3rd year students. This represents a great chance to present some of the first passes at ideas, and then brainstorm for suggestions towards improvement. We will have these sessions over lunch. This is a great opportunity for students and...
Brain clots meet their match with robot needle
Apr. 16, 2014—It’s a popular desert made from gelatin, but for ViSE-affiliated scientists at Vanderbilt University, it’s also proving to be the ideal medium for testing a highly sophisticated robot, a steerable needle called the Active Cannula. The needle is designed to navigate through the brain to reach and remove potentially fatal blood clots, leaving the surrounding...
ViSE Guest Speaker Dr. Simon Warfield to present Thursday April 17, 11:50, SC 5326. Refreshments provided.
Apr. 7, 2014—Advances in Pediatric Image Processing at Children’s Hospital Boston Thursday April 17th 2014 Stevenson Center 5326 11:50-1:10 pm Snacks & refreshments at 11:50 Noon seminar start About Simon Warfield Dr. Warfield is a Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School, the Director of the Computational Radiology Laboratory (CRL), and the Director of Research of the...
Tuesday, March 25, 2014: “Minimizing Physical Disability with Robotic Arms, Legs, and Exoskeletons,” Professor Michael Goldfarb
Mar. 25, 2014—“Minimizing Physical Disability with Robotic Arms, Legs, and Exoskeletons”Professor Michael Goldfarb Reception – Light Hall, North Lobby – 4:30-5:30 p.m. Lecture – Room 208 – Light Hall – 5:30-6:30 p.m. The Chancellor’s Lecture Series is proud to feature Vanderbilt Professor Michael Goldfarb as the final lecturer of the 2013-2014 academic year. Recently recognized by Popular...
ViSE Seminar Series: Issues of access and visualization in managing diseases of the pancreas: Engineering approaches to therapy, SC 5326, Thursday March 27, 11:50. Refreshments provided.
Mar. 21, 2014—Title: Issues of access and visualization in managing diseases of the pancreas: Engineering approaches to therapy Speakers: Dr. William Nealon, MD Vice-Chairman, Department of Surgery, Associate Surgeon-in-Chief, VUMC Dr. Charles Caskey, PhD Assistant Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences Date: Thursday, March 27th, 2014 Time: Noon start, 11:50 lunch social Place: Stevenson Center 5326 Abstract:...
ME/EECS/VISE co-sponsored Robotics seminar, Monday March 17, 134 FGH (Jacob’s Believed in Me Auditorium) 3:10 p.m
Mar. 13, 2014—Dan Popa, Associate Professor with the Electrical Engineering Department at The University of Texas at Arlington, will present Multiscale Robotics: A view from Microns and Millimeters to Human size Monday March 17, 3:10-4 pm, Jacobs Believed in Me Auditorium/FGH 134. Abstract: Having been established more than half a century ago, the fields of control and...
ViSE Seminar Series: Temporal Patterns of Deep Brain Stimulation: From Mechanisms to Improved Therapy, SC 5326, Thursday March 13, 11:50. Refreshments provided.
Mar. 4, 2014—Title: Temporal Patterns of Deep Brain Stimulation: From Mechanisms to Improved Therapy Speaker: Warren M. Grill, Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Neurobiology, and Surgery, Duke University Date: Thursday, March 13th, 2014 Time: Noon start, 11:50 lunch social Place: Stevenson Center 5326 Abstract: Deep brain stimulation (DBS) has developed from an experimental technique...
ViSE co-sponsors Discovery Lecture featuring Blake Wilson, Lasker Award award winner: March 13th, 4pm, 208 Light Hall
Mar. 4, 2014—Blake S. Wilson, DSc, Lasker Award winner will be featured at the March 13, 2014 Vanderbilt Discovery Lecture. The Lasker Awards are among the most respected science prizes in the world. Eighty-three Lasker laureates have received the Nobel Prize, including 31 in the past two decades. Title: “The development of the modern cochlear implant and...
ViSE affiliate students win SPIE Awards!
Feb. 25, 2014—A number of ViSE faculty and student members participated in the SPIE Medical Imaging: Image-Guided Procedures Robotic Interventions, and Modeling Conference in San Diego, Feb 15-20, 2014. Andrew Asman was a best student paper “all-conference” finalist at SPIE for his paper “Statistical label fusion with hierarchical performance models” with Vanderbilt co-authors Alexander S. Dagley and...