Computer-Integrated Surgery (600.445 )
Fall 2008 Schedule

Date

Subject

References

9/3

• Organizational information
• Introductory Lecture
  

9/8

CIS Book Chapters 5, 20, 22,  50

9/10

• Case Study: Prostate Brachytherapy (slides are from talk by Prof. Gabor Fichtinger)
• Surgical Navigation Systems
• Start Localizers (if time)

CIS Book Chapters 22-23

9/15

Guest lecture: Dr. Peter Kazanzides
(Dr. Taylor in Montpelier, France)

Surgical CAD/CAM Case Study on Robotic Total Hip and Knee Replacement Surgery

CIS Book Chapters 27-29

Videos:

• Early Robodoc marketing video, showing pin process
• Robodoc clinical case (pins)
• Robodoc pinless clinical case
• Robodoc TKA clinical case

Earlier lectures:

• Robotic Total Hip and Knee Replacement Surgery (Dr. Taylor)
• Robodoc (Dr. Kazanzides)
• Lecture on computer-assisted joint surgery by Dr. Eric Stindel

9/17

• Hand out Homework #1
• Scenario: Vertebroplasty
• Localizers
• Start Mathematical methods for CIS (if time)

Introduction to Coordinate Transformations -- lecture by Gabor Fichtinger

SECTION/TA Session

Online links in resources page

Videos of early navigation system and video localizer from Alan Colchester

• Hand out Homework #1
• Scenario: Vertebroplasty

9/22

Guest lecture: Dr. Todd McNutt

"Current topics in radiation therapy treatment planning and image guidance "

9/24

Related lectures

• Talk from 2008 on retinal surgery by Prof. James Handa, MD
• Retinal Microsurgery BRP overview from 2008 (Taylor)

9/29

Introduction to Coordinate Transformations -- lecture by Gabor Fichtinger

SECTION/TA Session

Online links in resources page

10/6

Mathematical methods for CIS

10/8

• 3D-3D rigid calculations
• Calibration
• Least Squares Review
• Interpolation Review

• Hand out PA#1-2
• PA#1-2 Scenario slides
• PA#1-2 Data
• Note: Some useful software resources may be found at https://trac.lcsr.jhu.edu/cisst or you may write your own libraries. You may use C, C++, MATLAB, or (with permission of TA) another language.
• Note: Additional useful information on using the CISST libraries https://trac.lcsr.jhu.edu/cisst/wiki/cisstForCIS

10/13

Registration 

10/29

11/3

• Hand out PA#3-4
• Data files for PA#3-5
• Additional data files for PA#3-5

Active appearances; Deformable registration ; Atlas Bootstrapping

• Hand out PA#5
• Data files for PA#3-5
• Additional data files for PA#3-5

Conclude Craniofacial Surgery; discuss PA5

Model Simplification -- if time

Regulatory Issues; Safety Case Study
Go over HW#4

Nancy Levenson and Clark Turner, "The Investigation of the Therac 25 Accidents", Computer 26(7) pp18-41

See also Nancy Leveson's home page for more on software related safety. The paper is updated as an appendix in her book.

11/26

12/1

Guest lecture - Radiation Therapy Planning- Todd McNutt

12/3