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Spring Seminar: Catie Chang, Ph.D.
Mar. 3, 2017—Catie Chang, Research Fellow National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH Date: Thursday, March 16, 2017 Time: 12:15 p.m. lunch, lecture begins at 12:20 p.m. Location: Stevenson Center 5326 Title: Uncovering new dimensions of human brain function from fMRI data Abstract: Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is a powerful technique in human neuroscience. The richness...
Spring Seminar: Dario Englot, M.D., Ph.D.
Feb. 28, 2017—Dario Englot, MD, PhD, Fellow and Clinical Instructor in Functional Neurosurgery, Department of Neurological Surgery, ¹ú²ú´«Ã½ Medical Center Date: Thursday, March 2, 2017 Time: 12:15pm lunch, 12:20pm start Place: Stevenson Center 5326 Title: Brain network disturbances in surgical epilepsy: Integrating electrophysiology and neuroimaging techniques Abstract: Epilepsy is a common and debilitating neurological disorder that...
EECS/VISE Spring Seminar: Rolando Estrada, Ph.D.
Feb. 24, 2017—Speaker:Â Rolando Estrada, PhD, Research Scientist, Teledyne Scientific and Imaging Date: Monday, February 27, 2017 Time: 4:15pm Place:Â FGH, Room 136 Title:Â Automating Retinal Vessel Analysis: Topology Estimation and Artery-Vein Classification Abstract:Â The retinal vasculature is clinically important, not only for diagnosing ocular diseases, including diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma, but also for monitoring conditions with...
Feb. 14, 2017—As an initial member of the ¹ú²ú´«Ã½ Institute on Surgery and Engineering, the Medical-image Analysis and Statistical Interpretation (MASI) lab seeks to transform medical imaging from pixels to information to improve patient care. We lead Personalized Medicine with Medical Imaging Informatics (PM2I2) efforts in translational research to explore innovative, clinically useful techniques. Our primary technical...
Visiting bioengineering professor talks about treating the heart
Feb. 13, 2017—¹ú²ú´«Ã½ Institute in Surgery and Engineering (VISE) brought Karen Christman, Ph.D., professor of bioengineering and associate dean for students, UC San Diego, Jacobs School of Engineering, to ¹ú²ú´«Ã½ for a two-day visit. While on campus, Professor Christman met with various members of the engineering department, participated in a mentoring luncheon, and concluded her visit by...
Spring Seminar: Ron Alterovitz, Ph.D.
Feb. 10, 2017—Speaker: Ron Alterovitz, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Computer Science University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Date: Thursday, February 23, 2017 Time: 12:20pm start, 12:15pm lunch Place:Â Stevenson Center 5326 Â Abstract:Â Advances in robotics have the potential to improve healthcare delivery, from enabling surgical procedures that are beyond current clinical capabilities to autonomously assisting...
Spring Seminar: Karen L. Christman, PhD, FAHA
Feb. 2, 2017—Speaker: Karen L. Christman, PhD, FAHA, Professor of Bioengineering, Jacobs School of Engineering, University of California Date: Thursday, February 9, 2017 Time: 12:20pm start, 12:15pm lunch Place: Stevenson Center 5326 Title: Biomaterials for Treating the Heart Abstract: Biomaterials have significant potential to treat various cardiac conditions, including both adult and pediatric. In particular, new therapies for...
Jan. 30, 2017—Ground breaking technology that enables robots to perform high-risk surgeries more safely shows that robotic surgical tools play a major role in the future of medicine. Robert Webster, PhD., explains the groundbreaking Intracerebral Hemorrhage (ICH robot) he and his MED Lab team are developing.
Jan. 27, 2017—Graduate students are often the point of contact for complex communications among researchers across campus, the nation and the world. But what happens when projects get off track? Biomedical engineering Ph.D. student and VISE affiliate Megan Poorman shared tips from her experience.
Jan. 27, 2017—Innovation in processes, devices, and systems is at the center of recent advances that are transforming medical interventional procedures. The conception, development, realization, and evaluation of novel solutions that will further advance surgical and procedural patient care is complex and requires close trans-institutional interaction between clinicians, engineers, and scientists. This necessitates environments in which technical...
VISE Seminar: High Throughput Histological and Metabolic Imaging of Surgical Specimens
Jan. 13, 2017—Speaker: Michael G. Giacomelli Postdoctoral Fellow, Biomedical Optical Imaging and Biophotonics Group Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Research Lab of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Date: Thursday, January 19, 2017 Time: 12:20 start, lunch 12:15 Place: Stevenson Center 5326 Title:Â High throughput histological and metabolic imaging of surgical specimens Abstract:Â Optical imaging of preserved,...
VISE Seminar: Computational Modeling to Enable Therapeutic Intervention: Applications in Radiation Oncology
Jan. 9, 2017—Title:Â Computational Modeling to Enable Therapeutic Intervention: Applications in Radiation Oncology Dual Speaker Format:Â Albert Attia, MD, Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology, VUMC and Jared A. Weis, PhD, Research Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, VU Date: Thursday, January 12, 2017 Time: 12:20pm start, 12:15pm lunch Place:Â Stevenson Center 5326 Abstract:Â Patients with intracranial metastasis treated...
Jan. 4, 2017—A new master’s degree from the ¹ú²ú´«Ã½ School of Engineering is designed to prepare students to meet the dramatic rise in workforce needs in such high-profile fields as the Internet of Things – the advanced connectivity of devices and systems – the security of cyber domains, the smart grid and defense. Beyond courses in...
Dec. 21, 2016—Robert Webster III launched his first company, Virtuoso Surgical, in April. He completed the National Science Foundation’s I-Corps program for new tech companies in early August.
Dec. 8, 2016—Brett Byram, VISE affiliate and Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, named one of the seven young faculty to watch.