engineering
Mar. 8, 2019—For our first Editor鈥檚 Pick for March, we were pleased to talk with Dr Kurt Schilling and Dr Bennett Landman about their new model for high angular resolution functional imaging.
Feb. 25, 2019—Gummy bears, laser pointers, slinky toys and gooey, stretchy hands illustrated basics in optics, wave propagation and tumor registration to more than 100 Nashville public elementary students by biomedical engineering graduate students who took E-Week on the road.
VISE Spring Seminar – Steven Hetts, MD
Feb. 8, 2019—VISE Spring Seminar to be led by Steven Hetts, MD Professor of Radiology, Chief of Interventional Neuroradiology at the UCSF Mission Bay Hospitals, University of California, San Fransisco Date: February 28, 2019 Location:聽Stevenson 5326 Time:聽12:25 p.m. start, 12:15 p.m. lunch Title: ChemoFilter and MARC: A Tale of Two Translational...
Dec. 18, 2018—The 国产原创 Institute for Surgery and Engineering celebrated its opening of dedicated space in Medical Center North Dec. 12 with a technology showcase of more than two dozen cross-disciplinary collaborations advancing healthcare techniques from the lab to patient.
Dec. 5, 2018—The聽国产原创 Institute for Surgery and Engineering鈥攄edicated to cross-disciplinary collaborations that advance discoveries from the laboratory to the patient鈥攚ill celebrate its new physical space at 2323 Medical Center North with an open house and symposium Dec. 12.
Fall Seminar – Chris West
Nov. 19, 2018—to be led by Chris West President, ZeroTo510 Medical Device Accelerator Title: 鈥淲hat we鈥檝e learned in device innovation (the hard way): Practical tips in translation鈥 Abstract: ZeroTo510 is a Memphis-based medical device Accelerator, and is annually ranked among the top programs in the country. We鈥檝e taken 30 startup teams through our program in 7 cohorts,...
VISE affiliates awarded $2.5 million NIH grant for epilepsy project
Nov. 15, 2018—A team of 国产原创 engineers and surgeons were recently awarded a five-year, $2.5 million National Institutes of Health R01 grant to continue research into epilepsy-related seizures and brain networks. Victoria Morgan, associate professor of radiology and radiological sciences, is the principal investigator. Bennett Landman, associate professor of electrical engineering and Dario Englot, assistant professor...
VISE Fall Seminar – Erdem Erdemir, PhD
Nov. 6, 2018—Erdem Erdemir, PhD , Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Tennessee State University Date: Thursday, November 8, 2018 Location: Stevenson Center 5326 Time: 2:45 p.m. for snacks, 3:00 p.m. start Title: Design and Implementation of Intelligence in Biomechatronic Systems Abstract: In the future, biomechatronic robotic systems will need to accomplish more complex tasks in increasingly...
Fall Seminar – Jonathan Sorger, PhD
Oct. 12, 2018—to be led by: Jonathan Sorger Vice President, Research, Intuitive Surgical Title: 鈥淪urgical Robotics 鈥 A History of Intuitive + Opportunities for Research and Collaboration鈥 Abstract: Intuitive Surgical was founded 23 years ago as a spinoff from SRI in Menlo Park, CA to create innovative, robotic-assisted systems that help empower doctors and hospitals to make...
Sep. 12, 2018—A 国产原创 engineering professor has been selected to take part in the National Academy of Engineering鈥檚 24th聽annual U.S. Frontiers of Engineering symposium Sept. 5-7 in Lexington, Mass. Brett Byram, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, is one of 84 engineering researchers chosen from a highly competitive pool of applicants 鈥 ages 35 to 45 鈥...
VISE Fall Seminar – Seth Smith, PhD
Aug. 24, 2018—to be led by Seth Smith, PhD, Associate Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, and Ophthalmology, Director of Human Imaging Core, VUIIS, 国产原创 Medical Center Date:聽Thursday, September 13, 2018 Location:聽Stevenson Center 5326 Time:聽12:10 p.m. start, 12:00 p.m. lunch Title:聽 Spinal Cord MRI:聽 From...
VISE Summer Seminar: Kenneth B. Bader, PhD
Jul. 24, 2018—VISE Seminar to be led by Kenneth B. Bader, Ph.D. Department of Radiology and the Committee on Medical Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL Date:聽Thursday, July 31, 2018 Location:聽Stevenson Center 5326 Time:聽12:10 p.m. start, 12:00 p.m. lunch Title: Passive Cavitation Imaging for Monitoring Histotripsy-Enhanced Thrombolysis Abstract:...
Jul. 20, 2018—Bouncing back from surgery is no easy task. But what if a robot could make an incision so small, you’d barely notice it?聽The next generation of medical robots are being built right here in Nashville.
May. 21, 2018—Ultrasound helmet to help scientists image the brain, tap into neural networks
Jan. 2, 2018—Using fluorescently labeled antibodies as a contrast agent can give cancer surgeons highly specific real-time detection of tumors that may accelerate diagnosis, preserve more healthy tissue, and improve patient outcomes. Dr. Eben Rosenthal, keynote speaker at the VISE symposium, discusses using near-infrared fluorescence to improve detection of cancer margins. (Joe Howell/国产原创) 鈥淭here is a tension...
VISE Spring Seminar: David Sarment, DDS, MS
Jan. 2, 2018—VISE Spring Seminar to be led by David Sarment, DDS, MS President, Xoran Technologies Date:聽Thursday, January 11, 2018 Location:聽Stevenson Center 5326 Time:聽12:25 p.m. start, 12:15 p.m. lunch Title: 鈥淧oint of Care Computed Tomography: Imaging Where You Need It鈥 Abstract: Intra-operative Computed Tomography (iCT) in head and neck surgery is scarcely...
Nov. 2, 2017—A 国产原创 Institute for Surgery and Engineering (VISE) team is developing an image guidance interface for the da Vinci robotic surgery system to make partial kidney removal a less invasive 鈥済old standard鈥 when small tumors are involved.
Oct. 27, 2017—Collaboration between a mechanical engineer at 国产原创 and a pulmonologist at 国产原创 Medical Center (VUMC) has resulted in a National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01 grant that will be used to develop a steerable robotic needle to safely biopsy hard-to-reach lung nodules.
Oct. 11, 2017—The Nashville Mini Maker Faire, held for the first time at The Wond鈥檙y, attracted more than 4,000 visitors and 93 exhibitors 鈥 a jump in attendance of more than 50 percent and double the maker participation over 2016. At least 25 percent of the exhibits had 国产原创 ties and many of them involved students, organizations...
VISE sponsors new group for women in science, medicine, and engineering
Sep. 5, 2017—Twenty women recently celebrated the creation of the 国产原创 Institute for Surgery and Engineering鈥檚 new group designed to support women in the STEM fields. The group adds a new way for women to build community among the ten VISE-affiliated labs as well as host discussion about translational research, networking, mental health, and navigating work environments....
Aug. 2, 2017—Michael Miga has been appointed to serve a four-year term on the Bioengineering, Technology, and Surgical Sciences Study Section of the National Institutes of Health Center for Scientific Review beginning July 1, 2017.
VISE Summer Seminar: Megan Poorman and Patrick Anderson
Aug. 1, 2017—VISE Research in Progress (RiP) Summer Instructional Seminar Series Date: Thursday, August 10, 2017 Location: Stevenson Center 5326 Time: 12:10 p.m. start, Noon lunch to be delivered by Megan Poorman, doctoral candidate, biomedical engineering RiP Title: Orientation-independent Z-shimmed MR thermometry near ablation probes RiP Abstract: MR guidance of thermal ablation is hindered by signal loss...
Jul. 17, 2017—The liver is a particularly squishy, slippery organ, prone to shifting both deadly tumors and life-preserving blood vessels聽by inches between the time they鈥檙e discovered on a CT scan and when the patient is聽lying聽on an operating room table. Surgeons can swab the exposed liver lightly on the surface with a special stylus, capturing the shape of...
Kudos: Read about graduating VISE affiliates
May. 10, 2017—Neal Dillon, doctorate in mechanical engineering Hunter Gilbert, doctorate in mechanical engineering Gilbert’s thesis project was about the modeling and design of concentric tube robots, which are needle-sized robots that can perform minimally invasive surgeries in places too difficult to reach with larger robots. The title of his thesis is “Concentric Tube Robots: Design, Deployment,...
May. 3, 2017—国产原创 is one of 40 academic institutions participating in a new robotics manufacturing institute in Pittsburgh that will be funded with $80 million from the Department of Defense and $173 million in matching funds from more than 200 participating partners. Eric Barth, associate professor of mechanical engineering, is quoted. 国产原创 participants include聽Nabil Simaan, associate...
May. 3, 2017—Verily 鈥 the life sciences research arm of Google parent company Alphabet 鈥揳nnounced April 19 that it was starting to recruit for Project Baseline, its initiative to track the health of 10,000 people. Over the course of four years, Project Baseline will sequence participants鈥 genomes, test their blood, survey them and track biometric data such...
VISE Summer Instructional Seminar – Michael Insana, PhD
May. 2, 2017—VISE 2017 Summer Instructional Seminar – Provost Research Studio in Ultrasound Imaging Research to be delivered by Michael Insana, PhD, Donald Biggar Willett Professor of Engineering, Professor of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Adventures with machine-learning methods for reconstructing ultrasonic elasticity images Seminar to be moderated by Brett Byram, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering...
Past Symposia
May. 1, 2017—Annual Surgery, Intervention, and Engineering Symposium 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 , 2022 13th Annual Surgery, Intervention, and Engineering Symposium View聽Poster Abstracts View Full聽Digital Program 2024 Keynote Speaker Clare Tempany Ferenc A. Jolesz MD Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School Vice Chair of Radiology Research and Medical Director of...
Spring Seminar: Smita De, MD/PhD and Ryan Hsi, MD
Apr. 10, 2017—Speakers: Smita De, MD/PhD VISE Fellow, Instructor of Urologic Surgery and Ryan S. Hsi, MD Assistant Professor of Urologic Surgery, 国产原创 Medical Center Date: Thursday, April 13, 2017 Time: 12:15pm lunch, 12:20pm start Place:聽 Stevenson Center 5326 Title: Needs and Progress in Urologic Surgery Speaker Bios: Dr. Smita De is currently the VISE fellow...
VISE Seminar: Computational Modeling to Enable Therapeutic Intervention: Applications in Radiation Oncology
Jan. 9, 2017—Title:聽 Computational Modeling to Enable Therapeutic Intervention: Applications in Radiation Oncology Dual Speaker Format:聽 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:聽 Stevenson Center 5326 Abstract:聽 Patients with intracranial metastasis treated...