WORKSHOPS

A5: Novel Technologies

Several novel technologies have been introduced in CAOS in recent years. Some are based on new generations of sensors and devices, and some on synergistic approaches that combine CAOS with new advances in biological sciences.

Apart from progress in surgical guidance techniques, novel technologies lead to progress in surgery planning and evaluation. This workshop will address the following topics:

  1. Advances in position tracking
  2. Sensors and CAOS
  3. Small robots and intelligent devices for CAOS
  4. CAOS and tissue engineering

The workshop will present a broader overview of the state of the art of each topic as well as the authors' own experience in the respective field. It will address the novel approaches in research and the applications in clinical practice.

Date: Wednesday, June 15th 2011, 14:00-18:15
Location: The Mermaid Conference & Events Centre
Puddle Dock
Blackfriars
London
EC4V 3DB
Great Britain
Room: Studio
Convener: Branislav Jaramaz
Program:
Robert Elfring (Chair of Medical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Germany)
Advances in position tracking
Stephen B. Murphy (Center for Computer Assisted and Reconstructive Surgery, New England Baptist Hospital, Boston, MA, USA)
Experience with mechanical navigation of cup implantation
Nobuhiko Sugano (Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan)
4D imaging and tracking of patients after THA
Russell H. Taylor (Engineering Research Center for Computer-Integrated Surgical, Systems and Technology, The Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD, USA)
Medical robotics and computer-integrated interventional medicine
Stefan Weber (University of Bern, Switzerland)
Computer assisted micro surgery – experiences in ORL surgery
Yaokun Zhang (Medical Robotics Group, Institute for Process Control and Robotics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)
OCT monitored laser cochleostomy – work principle and results of feasibility study
Branislav Jaramaz (Blue Belt Technologies and Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA)
Small robots for orthopaedic surgery
Yaroslav Tenzer (Imperial College, London, UK)
Vibrotactile technology for arthroscopic simulators
Fees: € 85.- (workshop only)
€ 65.- (attendees of the main conference)