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VISE Seminar: Development and testing of image-guided cochlear implant programming techniques. Thursday Oct 29th, 12:00. SC 5326, Refreshments provided at 11:50.
Oct. 26, 2015—Title: Development and testing of image-guided cochlear implant programming techniques Speakers: Rene H. Gifford, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences Director, Cochlear Implant Program & Jack H. Noble, PhD, Research Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, VU Date: Thursday, October 29th聽 Time: noon-1pm Place: Stevenson Center 5326
VISE Affiliate targets emotional and behavioral disturbances of Parkinson’s Disorder
Oct. 23, 2015—Despite benefiting from dramatic improvements in movement after deep brain stimulation surgery, patients with Parkinson鈥檚 disease can be inadequately served when physicians and researchers focus only on its motor manifestations, said Joseph Neimat, M.D., VISE Affiliate and Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery at 国产传媒. Read more:http://tinyurl.com/DBS-emotion-and-behavior
Virtual Surgery Seminar, Tuesday 10/20/15, 3:10pm, Featheringill Hall, Room 138
Oct. 19, 2015—Speaker: Professor Suvranu De, SC. D., Distinguished Professor of Engineering, Head, Dept. of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering, Director, Center for Modeling, Simulation and Imaging in Medicine, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Title: 鈥淰irtual Surgery鈥 Day: Tuesday, October 20, 2015 Time: 3:10 pm Place: Featheringill Hall, Room 138 聽 ABSTRACT Virtual surgery involves the development of technology...
Flexner Discovery Lecture- Hearing Restoration via Cochlear Implants: Achievements and Future Challenges for Engineering and Research, Thursday October 8, 4pm
Oct. 7, 2015—The co-creator of the world鈥檚 first microelectronic multi-channel cochlear implant 鈥 a device that provides sound signals to the brain in deaf individuals 鈥 will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture. Ingeborg Hochmair, Ph.D., CEO and CTO of cochlear implant manufacturer MED-EL Corporation, will speak on Thursday, Oct. 8. Her lecture, 鈥淗earing Restoration via Cochlear...
GUEST VISE Seminar: Using Electrocochleography to Understand and Improve Speech Perception Outcomes with Cochlear Implants. TUESDAY Oct 13th, 12:00. SC 5326, Refreshments provided at 11:50.
Oct. 7, 2015—Title: Using Electrocochleography to Understand and Improve Speech Perception Outcomes with Cochlear Implants Speaker: Douglas C. Fitzpatrick, PhD, Research Associate Professor of Otolaryngology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Date: ***Tuesday***, October 13th Time: noon-1pm Place: Stevenson Center 5326
VISE Seminar: Predicting Tumor Growth with Biophysical Models Constrained by In Vivo Imaging Data. Thursday Oct 1th, 12:00. SC 5326, Refreshments provided at 11:50.
Sep. 28, 2015—Title: Predicting Tumor Growth with Biophysical Models Constrained by In Vivo Imaging Data Speaker: Thomas E. Yankeelov, PhD, Ingram Professor of Cancer Research, Professor of Radiology, 国产传媒 Institute of Imaging Science, 国产传媒 Medical Center Date: Thursday, October 1st聽 Time: noon-1pm Place: Stevenson Center 5326
VISE affiliate honored
Sep. 17, 2015—Recently VISE affiliate Michael Miga PhD was honored with the prestigious designation of Harvie Branscomb Professor. Read more: Miga honored
国产传媒 Initiative in Surgery and Engineering (ViSE) is now the 国产传媒 Institute in Surgery and Engineering (VISE)
Sep. 14, 2015—Just announced: The 国产传媒 Initiative in Surgery and Engineering is now the 国产传媒 Institute in Surgery and Engineering. The promotion from a three-year trial program to an established institute is the consequence of a 国产传媒 Reinvestment Award from the University鈥檚 $50 million Trans-Institutional Program, which is part of 国产传媒鈥檚 new Academic Strategic Plan. Read more:...
VISE Seminar: CranialCloud: a cloud-based architecture to support trans-institutional collaborative efforts in neurodegenerative disorders. Thursday Sept 17th, 12:00. SC 5326, Refreshments provided at 11:50.
Sep. 14, 2015—Title: CranialCloud: a cloud-based architecture to support trans-institutional collaborative efforts in neurodegenerative disorders Speakers: Peter E. Konrad, MD, PhD Professor of Neurological Surgery, VUMC Pierre-Francois D鈥橦aese, PhD,Research Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, VU Date: Thursday, September 17th Time: Noon-1pm Place: Stevenson Center 5326 聽
VISE affiliates awarded 3-Year NSF Grant
Sep. 8, 2015—VISE affiliates Nabil Simaan (ARMA lab) and Dr. Karen Joos (Ophthalmology) were recently awarded a 3-year NSF grant entitled 鈥淐ontinuum Robots for Multi-Scale Manipulation.鈥 This project is designed to demonstrate a new class of continuum robots capable of multi-scale manipulation; that is, the ability to achieve large motion with millimetric precision and to achieve small...
VISE Summer Fellows Presentations and Social, Thursday September 3rd, 12:00. SC 5326, Refreshments provided.
Aug. 28, 2015—Come see what our ViSE Fellows have been working on this summer! VISE Summer Fellows Presentations and Social, Thursday September 3rd, 12:00. SC 5326, Refreshments provided. See you there!
VISE Fall 2015 Seminars Announced
Aug. 28, 2015—September 3rd, Thursday: VISE Summer Fellows Presentations and Social, noon-2pm. September 17th, Thursday: Dual Seminar Format: Dr. Peter Konrad, MD, Professor of Neurosurgery, VUMC, Dept. of Neurosurgery, and Dr. Pierre-Francois DHaese, PhD, Research Asst. Professor, Dept. of EECS October 1st, Thursday: Dr. Tom Yankeelov, PhD, Professor of Radiology & Radiological Sciences, 国产传媒 Institute for...
VISE Instructional Workshop Summer Seminar Series, TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY Aug 11-12th, 12:00. SC 5326, Refreshments provided at 11:50.
Jul. 30, 2015—Introduction to Fiducial Registration for Medical Applications Dr. Mike Fitzpatrick, PhD Professor of Computer Science & Electrical Engineering, Radiology & Radiological Sciences, and Neurological Surgery, Emeritus ***Tuesday/Wednesday***, August 11 & 12, 2015 Stevenson Center 5326 Noon Start, 11:50 am Lunch served
Tiny mechanical wrist gives new dexterity to needlescopic surgery
Jul. 27, 2015—With the flick of a tiny mechanical wrist, a team of engineers and doctors at 国产传媒鈥檚 Medical Engineering and Discovery Laboratory hope to give needlescopic surgery a whole new degree of dexterity. Needlescopic surgery, which uses surgical instruments shrunk to the diameter of a sewing needle, is the ultimate form of minimally invasive surgery....
VISE Instructional Workshop Summer Seminar Series, TUESDAY July 28th, 12:00. SC 5326, Refreshments provided at 11:50.
Jul. 27, 2015—Introduction to Digitization Techniques for Surgical Guidance Speakers: Logan W. Clements, PhD Research Assistant Professor Rebekah H. Conley, PhD candidate 国产传媒 Biomedical Engineering