Robotic Imaging, Machine Learning and Augmented Reality for Computer Assisted Interventions

Speaker: Professor Nassir Navab
         Director of the Laboratory for Computer Aided Medical Procedures
         Technical University of Munich and Johns Hopkins University

Title:  "Robotic Imaging, Machine Learning and Augmented Reality for
         Computer Assisted Interventions"

Date:   Monday, 21 October 2019

Time:   4:00pm - 5:00pm

Venue:  Lecture Theater F (near lift no. 25/26), HKUST


Abstract:

In this talk, I will present an overview of our most recent advancements
in Robotic Imaging, Machine Leaning and Medical Augmented Reality. I will
first discuss the particular requirements for intra-operative imaging and
visualization. I will then present some of our latest results in
intra-operative multimodal robotic imaging and its translation to clinical
applications. I will then discuss the impact of research advancement in
machine learning on medical imaging and computer assisted intervention. I
will finally present some applications of virtual and augmented reality in
the medical domain. Starting by the current deployment of AR and VR
technology within medical education, I discuss its current and future
impact on surgical education and training. I will then review the first
deployment of augmented reality into operating rooms in the last two
decades and present some of our latest achievements in this field (see
also:  https://www.medicalaugmentedreality.org/).


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Biography:

Nassir Navab is a full Professor and Director of the Laboratory for
Computer Aided Medical Procedures, Technical University of Munich and
Johns Hopkins University. He has also secondary faculty appointments at
both affiliated Medical Schools. He completed his PhD at INRIA and
University of Paris XI, France, and enjoyed two years of post-doctoral
fellowship at MIT Media Laboratory before joining Siemens Corporate
Research (SCR) in 1994. At SCR, he was a distinguished member and received
the Siemens Inventor of the Year Award in 2001. He received the SMIT
Society Technology award in 2010 and the ‘10 years lasting impact award’
of IEEE ISMAR in 2015. In 2012, he was elected as a Fellow of the MICCAI
Society. He has acted as a member of the board of directors of the MICCAI
Society, 2007-2012 and 2014-2017, and serves on the Steering committee of
the IEEE Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR) and Information
Processing in Computer Assisted Interventions (IPACI). He is the author of
hundreds of peer reviewed scientific papers, with more than 27600
citations and an h-index of 81 as of October 2019. He is author of more
than thirty awarded papers including 10 at MICCAI and three at IEEE ISMAR.
He is the inventor of 47 granted US. patents and more than 50
International ones. His current research interests include medical
augmented reality, computer-aided surgery, medical robotics, and machine
learning.