Seminar 2006 09 20 Surgical Simulation

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CISST ERC Seminar
Realistic Simulation of Interventions for Surgical Skill Training

Date: Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Time: 12:00pm, Lunch will be served before the seminar.
Place: Maryland Hall 110

Speaker: Gabor Szekely
Title: Realistic Simulation of Interventions for Surgical Skill Training
Presentation slideshow: Power Point, 30 Mb ( info ) OR PDF, 3 Mb ( info )

Abstract: Virtual reality based simulation of medical procedures has become a rapidly developing research area during the past decade. A large number of academic and commercial systems have been developed, offering the possibility for training and planning procedures for a very wide spectrum of applications. Nevertheless, until recently the realistic simulation of complete interventions in real-time, as necessary for advanced skill training, has been impossible due to numerous technological barriers. Thanks to significant advances in algorithmic and hardware development during the past few years, high fidelity training simulation is today within reach, at least for some selected interventions especially in minimally invasive surgery. The talk will analyze recent results with special emphasis on anatomical scene generation, modeling and simulation of tissue behavior and development of virtual surgical instruments. The power of these techniques will be demonstrated on a simulator system allowing the training of diagnostic and therapeutic hysteroscopic interventions.

Bio: Gabor Szekely has been senior researcher at the Computer Vision Laboratory of the ETH Zurich since 1991 where he is currently the Head of the Medical Image Analysis and Visualization Group and the Director of the Laboratory. He was elected associate Professor on October 1, 2002. Since 2001 he is also Director of the Swiss National Center of Competence in Research on Computer Aided and Image Guided Medical Interventions. Gabor Szekely was born in 1951 in Budapest, Hungary and graduated from the Technical University of Budapest in chemical engineering in 1974 and from the University of Budapest in Applied Mathematics in 1981. He obtained his Ph.D. in analytical chemistry in 1985 from the Technical University of Budapest. Between 1974 and 1986 he has been working at the Computer Department of the Institute of Isotopes of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, since 1985 as the Head of the Department, focusing on automatic structure elucidation of organic compounds. Between 1986 and 1990 he developed computer support systems for the chemical and biomedical applications of magnetic resonance at Bruker Spectrospin. His major research interest is developing algorithms and clinical systems for the optimal computer support of medical diagnosis, therapy, training and education.