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ME/EECS/VISE co-sponsored Robotics seminar, Monday March 17, 134 FGH (Jacob鈥檚 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,聽 Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Neurobiology, and Surgery, Duke University Date: Thursday, March 13th, 2014 Time:聽 Noon start, 11:50 lunch social Place:聽 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:聽 “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 鈥渁ll-conference” finalist at SPIE for his paper 鈥淪tatistical label fusion with hierarchical performance models鈥澛 with Vanderbilt co-authors Alexander S. Dagley and...
ViSE Seminar Series: Technology Challenges in Interventional Pulmonology, SC 5326, Thursday February 27, 11:50. Refreshments provided.
Feb. 24, 2014—Technology Challenges in Interventional Pulmonology Speakers: Otis B. Rickman, D.O. , Assistant Professor of Medicine & Thoracic Surgery , Director of Bronchoscopy, Co-Director Lung Cancer Screening Program聽 &聽 Bob Webster, PhD, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering &聽 Otolaryngology Date: Thursday, February 27th, 2014 Time:聽 Noon start, 11:50 lunch social Place:聽 Stevenson Center 5326 Abstract:聽 Interventional...
ViSE Seminar Series: Biomarkers of Cardiovascular Disease, SC 5326, Thursday February 13, 11:50. Refreshments provided.
Feb. 10, 2014—Welcome Dr. Thomas J. Wang, MD who has joined Vanderbilt as the new Director of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine.聽 Dr. Wang comes to Vanderbilt from Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, where he directed the heart failure disease management program and served as the associate director of the heart failure/transplantation section. Biomarkers of...
Leuthardt to speak at ViSE Seminar Series, Monday January 27, 5:15pm
Jan. 16, 2014—Center for Innovation in Neuroscience and Technology:聽 Developing Models for Innovation in Academic Neurosurgery Speaker: Eric C. Leuthardt, M.D. Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis Date: Monday January 27th Time:聽 4:30 Social, 5:15 Seminar Start Place:聽 134 “Jacobs Believed in Me” Auditorium (FGH) and Atrium There is currently an acceleration of new scientific...
1st SPRING SEMESTER VISE SEMINAR, January 27, 2014, 5:15-6:10pm, FGH 134
Dec. 18, 2013—Speaker:聽 Dr. Eric Leuthardt, MD Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery, & Biomedical Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis Title:聽 Director of the Center for Innovation in Neuroscience and Technology Date:聽 Monday, January 27th, 2014 Time:聽 5:10-6:10pm Place:聽 Featheringill Hall 134, 鈥淛acobs Believed in Me鈥 Auditorium Website:聽 http://cint.wustl.edu
Annual Surgery and Engineering Symposium
Dec. 4, 2013—The 天美传媒官网 Institute in Surgery and Engineering (VISE) and the Department of Surgery Research Collaborative will host the second annual Vanderbilt Surgery and Engineering Symposium today, Wednesday, Dec. 11, from 3 to 7 p.m. in Light Hall- Room 208 and North Atrium. Nick Hopkins, Distinguished Professor of Neurosurgery, Professor of Radiology, State University of New...
ViSE affiliates partner on grant awarded to the Korea Institute of Science and Technology
Nov. 21, 2013—The 天美传媒官网 Medical & Electromechanical Design lab is a partner on a grant recently awarded by the Korean government to the Korea Institute of Science and Technology entitled “Development of Next-Generation Micro Surgical Robot Based on Open Platform”.聽 The purpose of the work is to develop a surgical robotic system with steerable end effectors for...
ViSE affiliates present results of the NSF-CPS Project
Nov. 19, 2013—The first year results of the NSF-CPS Project 鈥淐PS-Synergy: Integrated Modeling, Analysis and Synthesis of Miniature Medical Devices鈥 were presented at the Fourth Annual Cyber-Physical Systems Principal Investigators meeting in Arlington, VA. Here you can download the poster that has been presented.
ViSE affiliates win OLYMPUS Best Laparoscopy/Robotic Paper Award
Nov. 18, 2013—The study 鈥淟aparoscopic Wireless Palpation Device: Preliminary Assessment of Simulated Tumor Detection in an Elastic Modulus鈥 by A. Benson, M. Beccani, C. Di Natali, R. Pickens, P. Valdastri, S. D. Herrell received the OLYMPUS Best Laparoscopy/Robotic Paper Award at the 31st World Congress of Endourology in New Orleans, LA. Read more: 31st World Congress of...
ViSE Seminar Series: Challenges in Interventional Oncology: Soft-tissue Ablative Therapeutics, SC 5326, Thursday November 21, 11:50-1:10, Refreshments provided.
Nov. 18, 2013—Challenges in Interventional Oncology: Soft-tissue Ablative Therapeutics Presenters: Dr. Dan Brown, MD, Chief of Interventional Oncology VUMC Dr. Logan W. Clements, PhD Research Assistant Professor Biomedical Engineering Thursday November 21st, 2013 Stevenson Center 5326 11:50-1:10 pm Snacks & refreshments at 11:50 Noon seminar start
Posters accepted until Dec. 1 for Annual Surgery and Engineering Symposium
Nov. 3, 2013— The 天美传媒官网 Institute in Surgery and Engineering (VISE) and the Department of Surgery Research Collaborative will host the second annual Vanderbilt Surgery and Engineering Symposium from 3 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 11, in Light Hall- Room 208 and North Atrium. Nick Hopkins, Distinguished Professor of Neurosurgery, Professor of Radiology, State University of New...
Joint ME and ViSE Seminar: Medical Mobile Robots From Pill-size Down to Micron Scale, 134 FGH, Monday November 11, 3:10. Refreshments provided.
Nov. 2, 2013—Medical Mobile Robots From Pill-size Down to Micron Scale Speaker: Metin Sitti, Ph.D. Director of NanoRobotics Lab and Center for Bio-Robotics, Carnegie Mellon University Date: Monday November 11th Time:聽 2:50 Social, 3:10 Seminar Start Place:聽 134 FGH This talk will discuss ongoing research at the JHU Engineering Research Center for Computer-Integrated Surgical Systems and Technology...
ViSE affiliate to speak at upcoming BME seminar
Nov. 1, 2013—The Biomedical Engineering seminar next week will be given by Brett Byram, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering. Dr. Byram will discuss his research in a talk entitled “Decluttering Diagnostic Ultrasound: Searching for the Polar Bear in the Blizzard”. The seminar will begin at 12:20 on Tuesday, November 5 in Stevenson Center 5326. Abstract: Medical...
National Robotics Initiative grant will provide surgical robots with a new level of machine intelligence
Nov. 1, 2013—Providing surgical robots with a new kind of machine intelligence that significantly extends their capabilities and makes them much easier and more intuitive for surgeons to operate is the goal of a major new grant announced as part of the聽National Robotics Initiative. The five-year, $3.6 million project, titled Complementary Situational Awareness for Human-Robot Partnerships, is...
ViSE affiliate named to 鈥楶opular Mechanics鈥 top 10 innovators list
Oct. 25, 2013—Popular Mechanics has named Michael Goldfarb, H. Fort Flowers Professor of Mechanical Engineering, one of its 鈥淭en Innovators Who Changed The World鈥 for 2013. Goldfarb, who develops robotic adaptive equipment for people with disabilities, and his former graduate student Ryan Farris were recognized for the Indego, an exoskeleton they developed at Vanderbilt to help paraplegics...
ViSE affiliates restore surgeon鈥檚 sense of touch during minimally invasive surgery
Oct. 25, 2013—During open surgery doctors rely on their sense of touch to identify the edges of hidden tumors and to locate hidden blood vessels and other anatomical structures: a procedure they call palpation. But this practice is not possible in minimally invasive surgery where surgeons work with small, specialized tools and miniature cameras that fit through...
ViSE Seminar Series: Moving from Qualitative to Quantitative Myocardial Stiffness to Enable Early Heart Failure Diagnosis, SC 5326, Thursday October 31, 11:50. Refreshments provided.
Oct. 24, 2013—Moving from Qualitative to Quantitative Myocardial Stiffness to Enable Early Heart Failure Diagnosis Speakers: Dr. Evan Brittain, MD, Fellow, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine Dr. Brett Byram, PhD Assistant Professor of BME Date: Thursday October 31st Time:聽 11:50 Social, Noon Seminar Start Place:聽 Stevenson Center, 5326 天美传媒官网 the Speakers: Dr. Evan Brittain, MD earned his medical...
ViSE affiliates join editorial boards of prominent medical journals
Oct. 22, 2013—BME and ViSE visibility continues to grow – Professors Bob Galloway and Mike Miga have accepted terms on editorial boards at two prominent medical journals. Bob Galloway, professor of biomedical engineering, will serve on the editorial board of IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. Of particular focus will be his development of a special journal issue...
Nashville’s best and brightest: Four industry leaders speak at Vanderbilt
Sep. 27, 2013—Dr. Reid Thompson, Chair of Neurosurgery and ViSE affiliate, was recently showcased among other industry speakers at a Vanderbilt symposium. 鈥淲hat really brought me to Nashville was the recognition that this was an unbelievably creative place, and I鈥檝e had the privilege of working with some amazingly talented engineers,鈥 Thompson said. 鈥淥ne of the nice things...
Joint ME and ViSE Seminar: Medical Robotics and Computer-Integrated Interventional Medicine, 134 FGH, Monday October 7, 3:10. Refreshments provided.
Sep. 26, 2013—Medical Robotics and Computer-Integrated Interventional Medicine Speaker: Russell H. Taylor, Ph.D. The Johns Hopkins University Date: Monday October 7th Time:聽 2:50 Social, 3:10 Seminar Start Place:聽 134 FGH This talk will discuss ongoing research at the JHU Engineering Research Center for Computer-Integrated Surgical Systems and Technology (CISST ERC) to develop CIIS systems that combine innovative...
Joint ViSE and ME Seminar: Fixing the Beating Heart: Ultrasound-Guided Robotic Surgery, SC 5326, Thursday September 19, 11:50. Refreshments provided.
Sep. 11, 2013—Fixing the Beating Heart: Ultrasound-Guided Robotic Surgery Speaker: Robert D. Howe Abbott and James Lawrence Professor of Engineering Area Dean for Bioengineering Harvard School of Engineering Date: Wednesday September 19th Time:聽 11:50 Social, 12:00 Seminar Start Place:聽 Stevenson Center, 5326 Abstract: To treat defects within the heart, surgeons currently use stopped-heart techniques. These procedures are...
ViSE affiliates receive BROAD foundation funding
Sep. 3, 2013—Pietro Valdastri (STORM Laboratory) and Keith Obstein have been approved for funding by The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation within the Broad Medical Research Program to develop validate a soft-tethered endoscopic robot to replace colonoscopy. Read more: https://my.vanderbilt.edu/stormlab/2013/08/broad-foundation-grant-to-develop-safer-colonoscopy/
Engineering and Medicine collaborations contribute to leadership in translational medicine
Aug. 30, 2013—The work of ViSE affiliates is featured in the 天美传媒官网 Medicine magazine and provides examples of successful collaborative effort between engineering and medicine. Read more: http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?article=14557 The collaboration between Vanderbilt engineers and physicians is expansive.聽 Over the last 20 years relationships have spread throughout three engineering departments 鈥攂iomedical, electrical and computer science and mechanical鈥攁nd 10...
ViSE 2013 Fall Seminar Series
Aug. 30, 2013—The 2013 ViSE Fall Seminar Series features an exciting line-up of educational and informative presentations: Fall 2013 Seminar Series Thursday, September 5th, 2013, 2:30-3:45pm, SC 鈥 5326 Noby Hata Ph.D. – Brigham and Women鈥檚 Hospital Thursday, September 19, 2013, 11:50am-1:00pm, SC 鈥 5326 聽(joint ME seminar) Robert Howe, Ph.D.聽 – Harvard University Monday, October 7th,...
ViSE Seminar Series: Role of Image Processing, Navigation and Robots in Image-guided Intervention, SC 5326, Thursday September 5, 2:30. Refreshments provided.
Aug. 29, 2013—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:聽 2:30 social, 2:45 seminar start Place:聽 Stevenson Center, 5326 Abstract: Image-guided surgery is promising...
ViSE Seminar Series: Assessment of a Combined RF Ablation and Cryo-Anchoring Catheter for Treatment of Mitral Valve Prolapse, SC 5326, Thursday August 29, 12:15. Refreshments provided.
Aug. 20, 2013—Assessment of a Combined RF Ablation and Cryo-Anchoring Catheter for Treatment of Mitral Valve Prolapse Speakers: W. David Merryman, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Biomedical Engineering, Pharmacology, Medicine, and Pediatrics Richard J. Gumina, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Medicine Department of Interventional Cardiology Date: Wednesday August 28th Time:聽 12:15 Social, 12:25 Seminar Start Place:聽 Stevenson Center, 5326...
ViSE collaboration impacts future of neurosurgery
Aug. 12, 2013—Researchers at 天美传媒官网 are designing robots that may one day assist neurosurgeons in treating brain clots. The robots are part of an image-guided surgical system that would use steerable needles to penetrate the brain with minimal damage and then suction away blood clots. The robots are being developed in a collaboration between a team...