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VISE affiliate Keith Obstein receives inaugural Brock Family Center Innovator of the Year Award
Nov. 22, 2023—Keith Obstein, MD, MPH, professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and professor of Mechanical Engineering at Vanderbilt University, has received the inaugural Innovator of the Year Award from the Brock Family Center for Applied Innovation in recognition of his achievements in developing and commercializing a magnetic, flexible colonoscopy system with the potential to...
VISE on the Road: 2023 MICCAI conference
Nov. 21, 2023— Members of six VISE labs affiliated with the Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering (VISE) traveled to Vancouver to take part in the 26th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention. Like-minded scientists from around the world gather yearly at the MICCAI conference to share their work with one another on a...
VISE-affiliated researchers conduct phase 1 trial of novel magnetic endoscope for colonoscopies
Oct. 19, 2023—A Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering (VISE) research team is conducting the first phase 1 clinical trial of a magnetic, flexible endoscope that has the potential to provide a safer alternative to standard colonoscopy, particularly for individuals with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
VISE Fall Seminar Ashish Shah, MD, FACS
Oct. 13, 2023—VISE Fall Seminar to be led by Ashish Shah, MD, FACS Professor and Chair Department of Cardiac Surgery Alfred Blalock Endowed Directorship in Cardiac Surgery Medical Director Cardiac Surgery OR Pod & Heart Transplant Surgery Vanderbilt University Adult Hospital Date: Thursday, October 26, 2023 Time: 11:45 a.m. Lunch, 12:00 p.m. start Location: Stevenson 5326
Targeted cancer therapy: AI-powered robot navigating lung tissue
Sep. 28, 2023—Researchers from UNC-Chapel Hill and Vanderbilt University have been diligently working on the creation of an incredibly flexible yet robust robot designed to traverse the intricate landscape of the lung. Their latest achievement, detailed in a recent publication in Science Robotics, showcases the robot’s autonomous capabilities in maneuvering from “Point A” to “Point B” within...
VISE Fall Seminar – Sarah Frisken, PhD 10.12.23
Sep. 22, 2023—VISE Fall Seminar to be led by Sarah Frisken, PhD Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School and Lead Investigator in Radiology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) Date: Thursday, October 12, 2023 Time: 11:45 a.m. Lunch, 12:00 p.m. start Location: Stevenson 5326 Title: Improving precision in image-guided neurosurgery Abstract: Precision is particularly important in brain surgery where errors...
Wernke and Huo awarded NEH grant to conduct the largest archaeological imagery survey in the Western Hemisphere using AI
Sep. 13, 2023—A $350,000 grant to develop next-generation archaeological mapping technology will let a Vanderbilt-led research team reveal information about vast settlement systems and human-modified landscapes in the Andes.archaeology
VISE Fall Seminar – Shuo Li, PhD, 9.7.23
Aug. 22, 2023—VISE Fall Seminar with Shuo Li, PhD Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University Date: Thursday, September 7, 2023 Time: 11:45 a.m. Lunch, 12:00 p.m. start Location: Stevenson 5326 Title: AI-in-imaging: Unlocking the Full Potential of Medical Imaging Abstract: Based on advanced machine learning, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to bring about significant transformations in healthcare practices....
VISE Fall Seminar – Summer Fellows Presentations 8.24.23
Aug. 21, 2023—VISE Fall Seminar featuring the 2023 VISE Summer Fellows Date: August 24, 2023 Time: 11:45 am Lunch, Noon start Location: Stevenson Center 5326 Rohan Rashingkar, computer science major, BIEN Lab Research project: Deep Learning Classification of Consciousness-Impairing Seizures in Focal Epilepsy Jiayi Kelly Xu, computer science and mathematics major, MAPLE Lab Research project: Development of an Augmented...
VISE team works to develop 3D navigation system to better treat kidney stones
Aug. 10, 2023—A multidisciplinary team at the Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering (VISE) is working to create a real-time navigational system to decrease residual stone fragments left behind after kidney stone surgery.
VISE affiliates part of an alliance supported by the NSF to boost AI-imaging in Middle Tennessee
Aug. 8, 2023—Vanderbilt researchers are part of an alliance supported by the National Science Foundation that seeks to build on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in medical imaging in Middle Tennessee. Called the Mid-TN AI for Interdisciplinary Imaging Interpretation Alliance (AI4A), it is comprised of the School of Engineering, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Fisk University, Tennessee...
VISE Summer Research In Progress (RiPs) 8.10.23
Aug. 1, 2023—VISE Summer Seminar to be led by Jumanh Atoum (CS) and Xing Yao (CS) Date: Thursday, August 10, 2023 Time: 11:45 am for lunch, noon start Location: Stevenson Center 532 RiP Speaker #1: Jumanh Atoum, Computer Science Department RiP Title #1: “Ask me! I am the trainee.” Investigating Limitations...
VISE affiliates awarded $2.3M NIH grant to combat childhood blindness
Aug. 1, 2023—A team of Vanderbilt engineers are working to breach the critical barrier to timely clinical intervention of blindness in preterm infants. One of the major causes of childhood blindness is a rapidly growing retinal vascular disease called Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP). “Clinical intervention options for ROP exist, but our limited ability to detect ROP and...
VISE Affiliate Robert Webster’s company makes successful first-in-human clinical study using novel device for endoscopic surgery
Jul. 27, 2023—A medical device company co-founded by a Vanderbilt engineering professor recently announced the completion of a successful first-in-human clinical study using its innovative technology that radically improves minimally invasive endoscopic surgery. Robert J. Webster III, Richard A. Schroeder Professor of Mechanical Engineering and associate professor of medicine and urology at Vanderbilt University, is co-founder and...
Q&A: Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering hosts discussion on intersectionality, gender dynamics and identity
Jun. 16, 2023—The group Women of VISE hosted a discussion on intersectional experiences, gender dynamics in academia and other facets of identity in a “fishbowl” conversation on April 18.
VISE Summer Research In Progress (RiP) Series 6.22.23
Jun. 16, 2023—VISE Summer Seminar to be led by Nancy Newlin (CS), PhD Candidate and Tianyuan Yao (CS), PhD Candidate Date: Thursday, June 22, 2023 Time: 11:45 am for lunch, noon start Location: Stevenson Center 532 RiP Speaker #1: Nancy Newlin, PhD Candidate, Computer Science Department RiP Title #1: MidRISH: Unbiased...
VISE Summer Research In Progress (RiP) Series 6.8.23
May. 26, 2023—VISE Summer Research In Progress (RiP) Series VISE Summer Seminar to be led by Piper Cannon, PhD candidate, Mechanical Engineering and Seth Crawford, PhD candidate, Biomedical Engineering Talk #1 Title: In Vivo Human Pilot Studies Guiding Next Generation System Design for da Vinci Image Guided Surgical System Piper Cannon Bio:...
Bennett A. Landman appointed as the next Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Medical Imaging
May. 18, 2023—On 1 January 2024, Bennett A. Landman, Vanderbilt University, will become the new Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Medical Imaging (JMI). Landman, a professor and the department chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Vanderbilt, succeeds the journal’s current Editor-in-Chief, Maryellen Giger, who inaugurated the role in 2014.
VISE affiliate wins $2.7M NIH grant to develop AI-empowered 3D computer vision tool to better diagnose kidney diseases
Apr. 18, 2023—New applications of artificial intelligence (AI) to renal pathology have been driven by the widespread use of digital diagnostic imaging and interdisciplinary collaborations between computer scientists, nephrologists and renal pathologists with potential for major impacts in diagnosis and understanding of kidney diseases.
VISE Spring Seminar: Victoria Morgan, PhD and Michael Miga, PhD 4.20.23
Apr. 14, 2023—VISE Spring Seminar to be led by Victoria Morgan, PhD Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences Vanderbilt University and Michael Miga, PhD Harvie Branscomb Professor, Professor Biomedical Engineering Vanderbilt University Date: Thursday, April 20, 2023 Time: 11:45 a.m. Lunch, 12:00 p.m. start Location: Stevenson 5326 Title: NIH grant writing: What you should know but were afraid to...
VISE Spring Seminar with Linwei Wang, PhD
Apr. 1, 2023—VISE Spring Seminar to be led by Linwei Wang, PhD Professor of Computing and Information Sciences Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) Date: Thursday, April 13, 2023 Time: 11:45 a.m. Lunch, 12:00 p.m. start Location: Stevenson 5326 Title: The Risk of One-Size-Fit-All Deep Learning in Personalized Medicine Abstract: Patient-specific predictive models, personalized to observations from individual subjects, hold...
VISE affiliate Ipek Oguz wins $3M grant to expand toolkit that tracks fetal growth during pregnancy
Mar. 24, 2023—One way to monitor a healthy pregnancy is tracking placental growth because a healthy placenta is crucial for a healthy baby. However, there are no practical tools to monitor placental development—to ensure proper fetal growth—into clinical care. Ipek Oguz Vanderbilt University computer scientist and grant PI Ipek Oguz aims to expand a medical image analysis tool she...
VISE Spring Seminar Parvin Mousavi, PhD 3.30.23
Mar. 20, 2023—VISE Spring Seminar to be led by Parvin Mousavi, PhD Queen’s University, Vector Institute, Canada CIFAR AI Chair Date: Thursday, March 30, 2023 Time: 11:45 a.m. Lunch, 12:00 p.m. start Location: Stevenson 5326 Title: Next-Generation Computer-Assisted Medical Interventions: Prediction vs. Decision Making Abstract: This talk will cover deployment of new learning models and technical solutions for computer-assisted...
How a graduate school “midlife crisis” inspired a breakthrough surgical device
Mar. 13, 2023—When Robert J. Webster III was working on an engineering project for his Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins University, he was struck with an unnerving thought: The technology he was helping create seemed interesting, but it wouldn’t reach patients for at least 20 years. “And that’s only if everything went well,” he recalls.
Vanderbilt students win best paper awards at SPIE international medical imaging forum
Mar. 10, 2023—Four Vanderbilt engineering students working in the fields of computer science, electrical and computer engineering, and biomedical engineering won best paper awards out of hundreds of papers presented at the 2023 SPIE Medical Imaging conference held Feb. 19-23 in San Diego.
VISE affiliate Robert Webster III featured in IEEE Pulse article: Robots to Improve Surgery for All
Mar. 8, 2023—Smaller tools with better maneuverability and more precise control, new imaging approaches, and advanced software applications will improve patient outcomes
Catie Chang is inaugural Sally and Dave Hopkins Faculty Fellow in the School of Engineering
Feb. 28, 2023—Catie Chang, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, computer science, and biomedical engineering, has been named the inaugural Sally and Dave Hopkins Faculty Fellow in the Vanderbilt School of Engineering in recognition of her highly collaborative and interdisciplinary research.
Brett Byram named inaugural Hoy Family Faculty Fellow in engineering school
Feb. 28, 2023—Brett Byram, associate professor of biomedical engineering, has been named the inaugural Hoy Family Faculty Fellow in recognition of his advances in medical ultrasound imaging.
VISE Spring Seminar Alan Kuntz, PhD, 3.23.23
Feb. 22, 2023—VISE Spring Seminar to be led by Alan Kuntz, PhD Assistant Professor Robotics Center and Kahlert School of Computing University of Utah Date: Thursday, March 23, 2023 Time: 11:45 a.m. Lunch, 12:00 p.m. start Location: Stevenson 5326 Title: Deformable objects and continuum robots: novel mechanical and algorithmic solutions to leverage robots in surgical and interventional medicine Abstract:...
MED lab’s perennial engineering class for college-bound girls earns praise
Feb. 17, 2023—A hands-on interactive class designed by graduate students in the Medical Engineering and Discovery (MED) Lab for high school students drew enthusiastic reviews from a Nashville college-preparatory school group. Sessions included introduction to engineering and STEM, computer aided design, robotics and coding, bioinspired design, and a civil engineering module on structure design. The three-week class,...