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ViSE Seminar – Beyond Conventional Ultrasound: Advances in Elasticity Imaging and Therapeutics; November 15th, 12:15PM, Jacobs Believed in Me Auditorium (FGH 134)
Nov. 12, 2012—ABSTRACT Elasticity imaging techniques aim at the detection of tissue abnormalities following an external, internal or inherent mechanical stimulation. By taking advantage of the additional depth information provided by ultrasound imaging, the local tissue response (i.e., displacement, strain and/or vibration amplitude) that depends on its mechanical properties can be imaged. After introducing methods for 2D...
Vanderbilt spinoff company adds to local high-tech growth
Nov. 1, 2012—Neurotargeting, LLC, a spinoff company founded by ViSE members Benoit Dawant, Pierre-Francois D’Haese, and Peter Konrad has been awarded a three-year $2.7 million grant to continue development of an integrated solution for the treatment and management of patients undergoing deep brain stimulation (DBS) procedures for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease and other neurological disorders. For more than...
ViSE Seminar: Functionally Guided Tumor Resection Therapy: SC 5326, Nov 1, 12:15PM. Lunch provided.
Oct. 29, 2012—Abstract One of the significant challenges faced by neurosurgeons is the treatment of patients with primary infiltrating brain cancers. These cancers invade the normal brain. The identification and localization of these neoplasms is difficult because the margins are indistinct. Because patient’s outcomes are closely linked to the degree of surgical resection, the development of strategies designed...
ViSE Seminar – Raman Spectroscopy to Evaluate Surgical Margin Status in Soft Tissue Sarcomas, October 18, 2012. SC 5326, 12:15PM. Lunch provided.
Oct. 11, 2012—Abstract Soft tissue sarcomas (STS) are a heterogeneous group of malignant tumors that arise from mesenchymal tissues including fibrous connective tissue, cartilage, blood vessels, muscles, nerves, or fat. Standard treatment for primary STS involves surgical excision of the tumor with a margin of surrounding tissue. The quality of resection margin status has been regarded as...
ViSE Seminar – Engineering Better Surgical Outcomes for Lumpectomy, Sept. 27, 12:15-1:45PM, SC 5326
Sep. 12, 2012—Abstract As part of the Vanderbilt initiative for Surgery and Engineering (ViSE) pilot award program, an investigation towards engineering better outcomes for breast lumpectomy patients is underway. Over the past several decades, it has been shown that breast lumpectomy is as effective as mastectomy (total or radical) when clear margins are achieved, i.e. no cancer...
ViSE Seminar Series Fall Schedule
Sep. 6, 2012—September 27th, 2012 Ingrid Meszoely MD, Associate Professor of Surgery, Clinical Director of the Vanderbilt Breast Center, Mike Miga PhD, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Radiology and Radiological Sciences, and Neurological Surgery Place: Stevenson Center – 5326 Time: 12:15-1:45 Sponsored by: ViSE October 18th, 2012 Ginger Holt MD, Associate Professor of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Musculoskeletal...
Joint Mechanical Engineering and ViSE Seminar, Cartilage Mechanics and Lubrication, Monday September 10, 134 FGH 3:10PM
Sep. 6, 2012— Cartilage Mechanics and Lubrication Gerard Ateshian, Ph.D. Professor of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, Department Chair Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Musculoskeletal Biomechanics Laboratory Columbia University, New York City, New York Over the last two decades, considerable progress has been reported in the field of cartilage mechanics that impacts our understanding of the role...
Summer Research Series
Jul. 27, 2012—Please join us for our Summer Research Series Seminar on Thursday, August 9th in the Stevenson Center, Room 5326, 12:00 – 1:30 pm. We will be sharing core concepts on specific topics followed by a discussion of pressing issues. August 9, TOPIC: Modeling & Optimization for Intervention
Summer Research Series
Jul. 13, 2012—Please join us for our Summer Research Series Seminar on Thursday, July 26th in the Stevenson Center, Room 5326, 12:00 – 1:30 pm. We will meet every two weeks from now until August sharing core concepts on specific topics followed by a discussion of pressing issues. Mark the remaining dates in your calendar so you...
Valdastri wins Best Paper Award at the 16th Annual Conference of the International Society for Computer Aided Surgery (ISCAS)
Jul. 5, 2012—Pietro Valdastri, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and member of the Vanderbilt Initiative in Surgery and Engineering (ViSE), was awarded with the OLYMPUS ISCAS Best Paper Award at the 16th Annual Conference of the International Society for Computer Aided Surgery (ISCAS) June 30 in Pisa, Italy. The paper – “Remote active magnetic actuation for a...
ViSE goes to Washington
Jun. 29, 2012—Research team invited to present at NIH Institute’s 10th anniversary technology showcase. Vanderbilt University researchers were one of nine teams invited to participate in the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering’s (NIBIB) tenth anniversary technology showcase June 22 in Bethesda, Maryland. NIBIB is an institute within the National Institutes of Health. The showcase was...
Summer Research Series
Jun. 29, 2012—Please join us for our Summer Research Series Seminar on Thursday, July 12th in the Stevenson Center, Room 5326, 12:00 – 1:30 pm. We will meet every two weeks from now until August sharing core concepts on specific topics followed by a discussion of pressing issues. Mark the remaining dates in your calendar so you...
Robert Webster presented at Faculty Seminar during Commencement
May. 11, 2012—Robert J. Webster, III, assistant professor of mechanical engineering presented a seminar, “Re-engineering Surgery – The Rise of Robots in the Operating Room” during the May 10th commencement. http://www.vanderbilt.edu/commencement/week/faculty-seminars/
Comber and Simi place 1st and 2nd at the Design of Medical Devices Conference
Apr. 12, 2012—Eric Barth’s student David Comber (co-advised by Bob Webster) and Pietro Valdastri’s student Massimiliano Simi have won 1st and 2nd place in a competition at the Design of Medical Devices conference (http://www.dmd.umn.edu/). Theirs were 2 of 10 presentations selected among the 112 abstracts accepted. The winning papers/presentations are: Precision Pneumatic Robot for MRI-Guided Neurosurgery David...
Strong Showing of ViSE Members at the Annual SPIE Medical Imaging Symposium
Feb. 14, 2012—A number of ViSE faculty and student members participated in the 2012 SPIE Medical Imaging Symposium in San Diego, Feb 4-9. Among the 908 papers and posters presented at the conference, 24 were presented by ViSE members. Among the 1144 attendees, 22 were ViSE members. ViSE students were also recognized for the quality of their...
TEDMed conference spotlights latest medicine, technology ideas
Nov. 11, 2011—Representing the Vanderbilt Initiative of Surgery and Engineering (VISE), these faculty, staff and trainees joined nearly 1,000 others who came to TEDMed to give and see inspiring presentations, share insights and enjoy stimulating off-the-record conversations.