BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Canada/Eastern BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20210314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20211107T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20211013T004000Z UID:CDDDD623-8AB7-4C77-A0B9-2BD59C31F72B DTSTART;TZID=Canada/Eastern:20211004T113000 DTEND;TZID=Canada/Eastern:20211004T123000 DESCRIPTION:Surgical robotics is the cutting edge of contemporary surgery. It has led to a revolution in medicine since its inception\, over 3 decade s ago. It now enables surgeons to consider minimally invasive approaches i nstead of open surgery\, and procedures that could not be performed with c onventional means. This presentation will cover the principles of robotic surgery\, ranging from instrumentation\, feedback control\, and imaging to real time tissue classification.\n\nThe first part of this presentation e xplores applications of medical robotics in the context of percutaneous ne phrolithotomy (PCNL). PCNL is a procedure used to remove large kidney ston es from the body when they cannot pass on their own. A tool is inserted th rough a small incision in the patient’s back to gain access to the kidne y and remove the stones. In collaboration with a company specialised in PC NL\, we are investigating methods to help surgeons gain proper kidney acce ss and develop their surgical skills by means of robotic assistance.\n\nTh e second part of this presentation explores instrumentation of surgical ne edles for tissue discrimination and imaging in the context of brachytherap y cancer treatment. Needles are equipped with sensors to measure the elect rical impedance of the tissue at the needle tip and classify the tissue. W hen several electrode needles are used concurrently\, it is possible to cr eate a tomographic image of the tissue by introducing the concept of minim ally invasive electrical impedance tomography and delineate tumour margins . Finally\, minimally invasive acoustoelectric tomography is explored to i mprove image resolution.\n\nSpeaker(s): Dr. Carlos Rossa \, \n\nVirtual: h ttps://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/285395 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/285395 ORGANIZER:sreeramanr@sce.carleton.ca SEQUENCE:1 SUMMARY:Instrumentation and feedback control in surgical robotics URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/285395 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>Surgical robotics is the cutting edge of c ontemporary surgery. It has led to a revolution in medicine since its ince ption\, over 3 decades ago. It now enables surgeons to consider minimally invasive approaches instead of open surgery\, and procedures that could no t be performed with conventional means.&nbsp\; This presentation will cove r the principles of robotic surgery\, ranging from instrumentation\, feedb ack control\, and imaging&nbsp\;to real time tissue classification.&nbsp\; </p>\n<p>The first part of this presentation explores applications of medi cal robotics in the context of percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL). PCNL i s a procedure used to remove large kidney stones from the body when they c annot pass on their own. A tool is inserted through a small incision in th e patient&rsquo\;s back to gain access to the kidney and remove the stones . In collaboration with a company specialised in PCNL\, we are investigati ng methods to help surgeons gain proper kidney access and develop their su rgical skills by means of robotic assistance.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>The second pa rt of this presentation explores instrumentation of surgical needles for t issue discrimination and imaging in the context of brachytherapy cancer tr eatment. Needles are equipped with sensors to measure the electrical imped ance of the tissue at the needle tip and classify the tissue. When several electrode needles are used concurrently\, it is possible to create a tomo graphic image of the tissue by introducing the concept of minimally invasi ve electrical impedance tomography and delineate tumour margins. Finally\, minimally invasive acoustoelectric tomography is explored to improve imag e resolution.</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR