ViSE Seminar Series: Role of Image Processing, Navigation and Robots in Image-guided Intervention, SC 5326, Thursday September 5, 2:30. Refreshments provided.
Role of Image Processing, Navigation and Robots in Image-guided Intervention
Speaker:
Nobuhiko Hata, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Technical Director, Image Guided Therapy Program
Director, Surgical Navigation and Robotics Laboratory
Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
http://www.snrlab.org
Date: Thursday September 5th
Time: 2:30 social, 2:45 seminar start
Place: Stevenson Center, 5326
Abstract: Image-guided surgery is promising method of cure to achieve minimal trauma, fast patient recovery, and reduction of clinical cost. Images used for navigation can be either pre-operative diagnostic images and/or intra-operative images. We have also observed the prevalence of surgical robot in clinics in the past decade giving an impact on medical care. The aim of this presentation is to discuss the new dimension of minimally invasive surgery we can explore by integrating intra- and pre-operative imaging and surgical robot. I will discuss our series of clinical experience to use image registration to enhance multi-modality image-guided therapies, as well as integration of medical robots in these procedures. The therapy options I will highlight are MRI-guided prostate biopsy and brachytherapy, CT/MRI guided cryo-ablations of liver and kidney, and interactive DTI tractography assisted neurosurgeries. The need for Image-guided robotics is further highlighted in our long-term clinical goal in the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, to perform therapies in Advanced Multimodality Image Guided Operating Room (AMIGO). AMIGO is an integrated, 5,700 square foot area divided into three sterile procedure rooms in which a multidisciplinary team will treat patients with the benefit of intra-operative imaging using multiple modalities. I will try to report the overview of AMIGO, as well as role of image-guided robotics in it. For more information about my talk and exciting research opportunity at Image Guided Therapy Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School and visit www.snrlab.org, www.ncigt.org.
Bio: Nobuhiko Hata received the B.E. degree in precision machinery engineering in 1993 from School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, and the M.E. and the Doctor of Engineering degrees in precision machinery engineering in 1995 and 1998 respectively, both from Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. He is currently an Associate Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School and Technical Director of Image Guided Therapy Program, Brigham and Women’s Hospital. In the Image Guided Therapy Program, he continues to work on medical image processing and robotics in image-guided surgery. His major achievements include neurosurgical navigation combined with ultrasound imaging, clinical deployments of engineering enabling tools for MRI-guided therapies, and motion-compensation methods in image-guided therapies. More recently, he has shifted his research focus to medical devices and instrumentation, leading to his recent clinical deployment of MRI-compatible prostate intervention robot in over 30 cases. In total, he has co-authored 62 original articles and have been involved in 29 federal and non-federal grants in United States. He serves as a grant reviewer in NIH study panels, as well as in foreign in grant agencies. He is a co-general chair of MICCAI conference to be held in Boston, Massachusetts in September 2014.