BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Dublin BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260329T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:IST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251026T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251120T103955Z UID:8FAE13BB-6E11-443E-ACEA-3E58EFB5CF4C DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20251114T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20251114T160000 DESCRIPTION:Lend us your senses for Sensing in the 21st Century. This onlin e series organised by the UK and Ireland Sensors Council comprises some of the most distinguished lecturers in one of the widest technology spectrum s in Society. We encourage all of your senses to join! In IEEE we might ag ree with Kant when he states “All our knowledge begins with the senses …”!\n\nPaola Saccomandi is Associate Professor at the Department of Me chanical Engineering of Politecnico di Milano since 2018 (POLIMI). In 2021 \, she has obtained the National Academic Qualification as Full Professor (Measurements). She will present a distinguished lecture on "the new therm ometry with light: fiber optic sensors and novel imaging technologies for monitoring thermal-based therapies for localized tumors."\n\nTime/Date 14t h November at 15.00 GMT.\n\nGuest Lecture focus.\n\nAbstract\n\nEnergy-bas ed image-guided interventions provide a minimally-invasive treatment optio n for cancer patients who may not be surgical candidates\, with limited sy stemic toxicity\, and the potential to synergize with other therapeutic mo dalities. Achieving optimal therapeutic outcomes relies on precise and con formal energy delivery localized to targeted tissues.\n\nSmall-size and fl exible fiber optic sensors (FOSs) are increasingly entering in the design of minimally invasive medical devices. Technologies based on high-density Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBGs) or distributed sensing\, based on Brillouin an d Rayleigh scattering\, allow for accurate and spatially resolved informat ion along the entire length of a surgical instrument (pressure\, strain\, temperature)\, without the use of additional devices. Thus\, recently\, FO Ss have emerged as optimal tool to control energy-based therapies\, thus p roviding temperature monitoring with millimetric spatial resolution for th ermal-based therapies for localized tumors.\n\nThis lecture will present e merging applications of FOSs for thermometry and feedback-controlled deliv ery of thermal treatments. FBGs and distributed sensors will be described and discussed for their capability to perform the accurate analysis of the thermal effects of medical devices for thermal therapies and to tune and validate organ-specific numerical models for the prediction of temperature distribution in biological tissues. Emerging application of FBGs for the investigation of the thermal response of nanomaterials intended for photot hermal therapies will also be presented.\n\nWhile FOSs allow measuring and controlling the tissue temperature distribution evolving during laser tre atment\, novel solutions are needed to directly monitor the thermal state of biological tissues. Thus\, this lecture will also present an innovative hyperspectral imaging approach for monitoring and predicting the thermal state of biological tissues\, using its optical “fingerprint” as senso r.\n\nCo-Hosts:\n\nThe UK and Ireland Sensors Council is cooperating with the UK and Ireland AESS\, EMBS\, Electronic Packaging and Reliability Join t Chapters and Nano Council to organise this Distinguished Lecture on 25 N ovember '25.\n\nRegistration\n\nIEEE and non-IEEE Members are invited to R egister and participate.\n\nIEEE Members should include their IEEE Members hip Number when registering.\n\nAccess to online Meeting\n\nRegistered par ticipants will be provided with the link prior to the event.\n\nSpeaker(s) : Paola Saccomandi\, \n\nAgenda: \n15.00-15.05. Introduction by Paul Bermi ngham Vice-Chair IEEE UK and Ireland Sensors Council.\n\n15.05-15.50. Prof essor Paola Saccomandi presents The new thermometry with light: fiber opti c sensors and novel imaging technologies for monitoring thermal-based ther apies for localized tumors.\n\n15.50-16.00 Q&A.\n\nVirtual: https://events .vtools.ieee.org/m/513027 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/513027 ORGANIZER:pcj.bermingham@outlook.com SEQUENCE:43 SUMMARY:The new thermometry with light: fiber optic sensors and novel imagi ng technologies for monitoring thermal-based therapies for localized tumor s. URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/513027 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt\; line-height: 107%\; font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\;"> Lend us your senses for Sensing in the 21<sup>st</sup> Century. This onlin e series organised by the UK and Ireland Sensors Council comprises some of the most distinguished lecturers in one of the widest technology spectrum s in Society. We encourage all of your senses to join!<span style="mso-spa cerun: yes\;">&nbsp\; </span>In IEEE we might agree with Kant when he stat es &ldquo\;All our knowledge begins with the senses&hellip\;&rdquo\;!</spa n></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify\;"><span style="fo nt-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 12pt\;"><span style ="line-height: 107%\;">Paola Saccomandi is Associate Professor at the Depa rtment of Mechanical Engineering of Politecnico di Milano since 2018 (POLI MI). In 2021\, she has obtained the National Academic Qualification as Ful l Professor (Measurements). She will present a distinguished lecture on "t </span><span style="line-height: 107%\;">he new thermometry with light: fi ber optic sensors and novel imaging technologies for monitoring thermal-ba sed therapies for localized tumors."</span></span></p>\n<p class="MsoNorma l"><span style="font-size: 12pt\; line-height: 107%\; font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\;">Time/Date 14<sup>th</sup> November at 15.00 GMT . </span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt\; line-height: 107%\; font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\;">Guest Lecture focus.</span></strong></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font -size: 12pt\; line-height: 107%\; font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-se rif\;">Abstract</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justif y\;"><span style="font-size: 12pt\; line-height: 107%\; font-family: arial \, helvetica\, sans-serif\;">Energy-based image-guided interventions provi de a minimally-invasive treatment option for cancer patients who may not b e surgical candidates\, with limited systemic toxicity\, and the potential to synergize with other therapeutic modalities. Achieving optimal therape utic outcomes relies on precise and conformal energy delivery localized to targeted tissues. </span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: ju stify\;"><span style="font-size: 12pt\; line-height: 107%\; font-family: a rial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\;">Small-size and flexible fiber optic senso rs (FOSs) are increasingly entering in the design of minimally invasive me dical devices. Technologies based on high-density Fiber Bragg Gratings (FB Gs) or distributed sensing\, based on Brillouin and Rayleigh scattering\, allow for accurate and spatially resolved information along the entire len gth of a surgical instrument (pressure\, strain\, temperature)\, without t he use of additional devices. Thus\, recently\, FOSs have emerged as optim al tool to control energy-based therapies\, thus providing temperature mon itoring with millimetric spatial resolution for thermal-based therapies fo r localized tumors. </span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: j ustify\;"><span style="font-size: 12pt\; line-height: 107%\; font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\;">This lecture will present emerging appli cations of FOSs for thermometry and feedback-controlled delivery of therma l treatments. FBGs and distributed sensors will be described and discussed for their capability to perform the accurate analysis of the thermal effe cts of medical devices for thermal therapies and to tune and validate orga n-specific numerical models for the prediction of temperature distribution in biological tissues. Emerging application of FBGs for the investigation of the thermal response of nanomaterials intended for photothermal therap ies will also be presented.</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-a lign: justify\;"><span style="font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\ ; font-size: 12pt\;"><span style="line-height: 107%\;">While FOSs allow me asuring and controlling the tissue temperature distribution evolving durin g laser treatment\, novel solutions are needed to directly monitor the the rmal state of biological tissues. Thus\, this lecture will also present an innovative hyperspectral imaging approach for monitoring and predicting t he thermal state of biological tissues\, using its optical &ldquo\;fingerp rint&rdquo\; as sensor.</span></span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="tex t-align: justify\;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt\; line-height: 10 7%\; font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\;">Co-Hosts:</span></stro ng></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt\; line-height: 107%\; font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\;">The UK and Ireland S ensors Council is cooperating with the UK and Ireland AESS\, EMBS\, Electr onic Packaging and Reliability Joint Chapters and Nano Council to organise this Distinguished Lecture on 25 November '25.</span></p>\n<p class="MsoN ormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt\; line-height: 107%\; font-fam ily: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\;">Registration</span></strong></p>\n< p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt\; line-height: 107%\; fon t-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\;">IEEE and non-IEEE Members are invited to Register and participate.</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><spa n style="font-size: 12pt\; line-height: 107%\; font-family: arial\, helvet ica\, sans-serif\;">IEEE Members should include their IEEE Membership Numb er when registering.</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style= "font-size: 12pt\; line-height: 107%\; font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sa ns-serif\;">Access to online Meeting</span></strong></p>\n<p class="MsoNor mal"><span style="font-size: 12pt\; line-height: 107%\; font-family: arial \, helvetica\, sans-serif\;">Registered participants will be provided with the link prior to the event.</span></p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p class ="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; fo nt-size: 12pt\;">15.00-15.05.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes\;">&nbsp\; </s pan>Introduction by Paul Bermingham Vice-Chair IEEE UK and Ireland Sensors Council.</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial \, helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 12pt\;">15.05-15.50. Professor Paol a Saccomandi presents <strong><span style="line-height: 107%\;">The new th ermometry with light: fiber optic sensors and novel imaging technologies f or monitoring thermal-based therapies for localized tumors.</span></strong ></span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial\, helve tica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 12pt\;">15.50-16.00 Q&amp\;A.</span></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR