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VISE Spring Seminar – Lena Maier-Hein, PhD
Feb. 15, 2021—VISE Spring Seminar to be led by Lena Maier-Hein, PhD Head of Div. Computer Assisted Medical Interventions (CAMI), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, DE Date: Thursday, February 25, 2021 Time: 12:15 p.m. Room Admittance, 12:25 p.m. start Zoom: Details will be sent morning of… Title: Surgical Data Science Abstract: Machine learning has begun to revolutionize almost all...
Surgical robots developed by Vanderbilt researchers could make radical prostatectomy safer and less invasive
Feb. 10, 2021—Researchers at the Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering have developed a minuscule robot that could revolutionize surgical procedures for treating prostate cancer, which affects one in nine men in the United States. Using a lifelike model, the team demonstrated that the surgical robot could not only remove the prostate gland and tissues through the urethra,...
Neck-worn Camera for Surgical Training Videos
Feb. 8, 2021—A lightweight camera designed to be worn around a surgeon’s neck provides videos of operations, including open procedures, and is serving as a resource to enhance the training of surgical residents and for quality improvement initiatives.
VISE Spring Seminar – Eric Tkaczyk, MD, PhD and Shramana Ghosh, PhD,
Jan. 29, 2021—VISE Spring Seminar to be led by Eric Tkaczyk, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Medicine, VUMC Shramana Ghosh, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow The Vanderbilt Dermatology Translational Research Clinic (VDTRC) Date: Thursday, February 11, 2021 Time: 12:15 p.m. Room Admittance, 12:25 p.m. start Zoom: Details will be sent morning of… Title: Measurement of soft tissue biomechanical properties for...
VISE affiliates developing a novel integrative approach for early detection of lung cancer
Jan. 20, 2021—Vanderbilt researchers have received a National Cancer Institute grant to develop a novel, integrative approach to detect early signs of lung cancer. The four-year project builds on a related, recent study that established the value of using three separate measures—structural imaging, a protein marker and information available from electronic health records—to predict lung cancer in...
New engineering graduate program in surgery and intervention launches in fall 2021
Jan. 15, 2021—In fall 2021, Vanderbilt University will offer a graduate program that will equip engineers to improve translation of technology for medical procedures and surgery.
Improving the Wikipedia gender gap with Women of VISE begins Jan. 18
Jan. 15, 2021—The Women of VISE are hosting a virtual Wikithon focused on women in science, technology, engineering and math the week of Jan. 18 to contribute to and improve the quality of Wikipedia pages on female scientists and researchers. The event is open to the public; it requires registration on Wikipedia.
Custom, virtual world highlights annual VISE symposium
Jan. 6, 2021—For the last eight years, on the second Wednesday in December, poster boards were set up at the crack of dawn in the lobby of Light Hall. Students, postdocs and faculty members would trickle in a few hours later to hang the poster themselves. By afternoon, the Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering’s Annual Surgery,...
Nabil Simaan recognized as thought leader in health care robotics
Nov. 20, 2020—Vanderbilt University Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science and Otolaryngology Nabil Simaan has been named a top voice in health care robotics by technology discovery platform InsightMonk and market intelligence firm BIS Research.
Vanderbilt researchers bring paradigm-shifting technology to endoscopic procedures
Nov. 19, 2020—A collaboration between international and Vanderbilt University researchers is helping to update a tried-and-true medical technology for the 21st century. The development of an intelligent and autonomous Magnetic Flexible Endoscope holds the promise of making colonoscopies safer, less painful, more widely available and less expensive.
Perfecting MRI images with deep learning, Vanderbilt researchers change the way we see the brain
Nov. 10, 2020—Vanderbilt and VUMC researchers have created a technique that corrects distortions in MRI images, which helps researchers and radiologists to better interpret brain scans.
VISE Fall Seminar – Sheila Russo, PhD
Nov. 6, 2020—VISE Fall Seminar to be led by Sheila Russo, PhD Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Boston University Date: Thursday, November 19, 2020 Time: 12:15 p.m. Room Admittance, 12:25 p.m. start Zoom: Details will be sent morning of… Title: Toward Soft Robotic Systems for Advanced Endoscopic Procedures Abstract: Traditional medical robots are mainly based on the idea of...
VISE Fall Seminar – Elisa Konofagou, PhD
Oct. 27, 2020— VISE Fall Seminar to be led by Elisa Konofagou, PhD, Robert and Margaret Hariri Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology, Columbia University Date: Thursday, November 5, 2020 Time: 12:15 p.m. Room Admittance, 12:25 p.m. start Zoom: Details will be sent morning of… Title: Ultrasound-based Brain Therapeutics and Cancer Elasticity Imaging Abstract: Therapeutic ultrasound is older than ultrasound...
AI-based Tech to Improve Stroke Outcomes
Oct. 22, 2020—New assistive technologies allowing high-risk neurovascular procedures to be done more widely and easily are being developed by an interdisciplinary team of surgeons and engineers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Vanderbilt computer scientists awarded NSF grant to restructure research’s road to the public
Oct. 19, 2020—Vanderbilt researchers have been awarded a National Science Foundation Convergence Accelerator 2020 Cohort Phase 1 grant to create a standardized platform that will streamline the development, testing and dissemination of technology that can improve human health.
VISE Fall Seminar – Tal Arbel, PhD
Oct. 13, 2020—VISE Fall Seminar led by Tal Arbel, PhD Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering McGill University Date: Thursday, October 22, 2020 Time: 12:15 p.m. Room Admittance, 12:25 p.m. start Zoom: Details will be sent morning of… Title: “Modelling and Propagating Uncertainties in Machine Learning for Lesion and Tumour Detection, Segmentation, Synthesis and Disease Prediction in Medical...
VISE Fall Seminar – Marvin Doyley, PhD
Oct. 1, 2020—VISE Fall Seminar led by Marvin Doyley, PhD Chair and Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Rochester Date: Thursday, October 8, 2020 Time: 12:15 p.m. Room Admittance, 12:25 p.m. start Zoom: Details will be sent morning of… Title: Ultrasound elastography: from atherosclerosis to understanding the pancreatic cancer tumor microenvironment Abstract: Elastography is emerging as...
VISE Seminar Fall Series – Amber Simpson, PhD
Sep. 21, 2020—VISE Fall Seminar to be led by Amber Simpson, PhD Associate Professor in Biomedical Computing and Informatics Queen’s University, ON, Canada Date: Thursday, September 24, 2020 Time: 12:15 p.m. Room Admittance, 12:25 p.m. start Zoom: Details will be sent morning of… Title: Surgical Data Science in Colorectal Liver Metastases Abstract: Colorectal cancer is the second...
Vanderbilt engineers extend popular online MATLAB course into a new series
Sep. 15, 2020—Building on the exceptional success of their 2015 massive open online course (MOOC), “Introduction to Programming with MATLAB,” Mike Fitzpatrick, professor emeritus of computer science, and Akos Ledeczi, professor of computer engineering, are adding new courses to create an extended series. Fitzpatrick and Ledeczi have teamed up with Jack Noble, assistant professor of electrical engineering,...
VISE affiliate Will Grissom awarded $1.4 million NIH grant to develop smaller, quieter MRI system
Sep. 8, 2020—Vanderbilt engineers have received a $1.4 million NIH grant to work toward a compact, silent, less expensive and potentially portable MRI device.
VISE Fall Seminar September 10- Muneeb Ahmed, MD
Sep. 8, 2020—VISE Fall Seminar to be led by Muneeb Ahmed, MD Chief, Vascular and Interventional Radiology Vice Chair for Interventional Services|Radiology Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Associate Professor of Radiology| Harvard Medical School Date: Thursday, September 10, 2020 Time: 12:15 p.m. room admittance, 12:25 p.m. (Zoom details will go out in the morning of the 10th)...
VISE Fall Seminar August 27 – Christos Constantinidis, PhD
Aug. 21, 2020—VISE Fall Seminar to be led by Christos Constantinidis, PhD Professor, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy Wake Forest School of Medicine Date: Thursday, August 27, 2020 Time: 12:15 pm, Room admittance, 12:25 p.m. start (Zoom details will go out the morning of the 27th) Title: “Uncovering the Neural Circuit Basis of Cognitive Maturation in Adolescence”...
VISE Summer Instructional Seminar – 8.13.20
Aug. 7, 2020—VISE Research in Progress (RiP) Date: Thursday, August 13, 2020 Time: Noon admittance, 12:05 p.m. remarks, 12:10 p.m. start Speaker #1: Yev Diachek, PhD Candidate Title: “Adaptive language mapping for presurgical language assessment” RiP #1 Talk Description: Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is a safe, non-invasive method commonly used preoperatively for language mapping in neurosurgery patients. In...
Vanderbilt researchers receive $1.4 million grant to improve outcomes after macular hole repair
Aug. 5, 2020—Researchers from Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center have received a $1.4 million grant from the National Eye Institute at the National Institute of Health to identify surgical techniques that improve vision after macular hole repair. Yuankai Kenny Tao, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, is the principal investigator and leads a team of engineers...
VISE Summer Instructional Seminar 7.30.20
Jul. 28, 2020—Date: Thursday, July 30, 2020 Time: Noon admittance, 12:05 p.m. remarks, 12:10 p.m. start Speaker #1: Yubo Fan, PhD Candidate, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science RiP #1 Title: Deep Learning-Based Segmentation of the Intracochlear Anatomy and Its Validation on Image-guided Cochlear Implant Programming RIP #1 Description: Cochlear implants (CIs) are neuroprosthetic devices that...
VISE Summer Instructional Seminar 7.16.20
Jul. 10, 2020—VISE Research In Progress (RiP) Date: Thursday, July 2, 2020 Time: Noon – room admittance, 12:05pm remarks, 12:10pm start Speaker #1:Dewei Hu, PhD Candidate, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science RiP #1 Title: Retinal OCT Denoising RIP #1 Description: Retinal optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a powerful cross-sectional visualization tool with vast application in ophthalmic diagnosis....
VISE Summer Instructional Seminar 7.2.20
Jun. 26, 2020—VISE Research In Progress (RiP) Date: Thursday, July 2, 2020 Time: Noon – room admittance, 12:05pm remarks, 12:10pm start Speaker #1: Ziteng Liu, PhD Candidate, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science RiP #1 Title: Patient-specific cochlear implant stimulation models RIP #1 Description: Cochlear implants (CIs) are considered the standard-of-care treatment for profound sensory-based hearing loss. Our...
VISE researchers receive $3.1M grant for customizable cochlear implant programming
Jun. 24, 2020—A team of Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers has received a $3.1 million NIH grant to develop advanced patient-specific cochlear implant stimulation models for customized implant programming. Traditional cochlear implant programming is done by expert audiologists using a guess-and-check approach based on subjective patient feedback regarding sound quality as well as changes...
VISE Summer Instructional Seminar Series 6.4.20
May. 29, 2020—VISE Summer Instructional Seminar Series Date: Thursday, June 4, 2020 Time: Noon – room admittance, 12:05pm remarks, 12:10pm start VIA Zoom Speaker #1: Carli DeJulius, PhD Candidate, Department of Biomedical Engineering RiP #1: Title: Antioxidant Polymeric Systems for Synergistic ROS Scavenging in Osteoarthritis RIP #1 Description: Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are key drivers of...