The Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS), i.e. perform surgical intervention through small incision, is becoming the preferred surgical approach over the traditional open surgery. Due to the minimal trauma imposed to the patient, the main benefit of MIS is faster healing, leading to reduced hospital stay and the associated cost saving from our healthcare system. However, MIS has several inherent limitations, namely the inability to see the surgical target (i.e. a tumour or a blocked vessel) and performing delicate surgical maneuvers through small opening.
Some of these problems can be address using a combination of medical mechatronics (e.g. surgical robots), virtual and augmented reality (AR/VR) systems, and medical imaging. In this workshop/seminar, you will learn how medical imaging modalities, such as ultrasound, CT, MRI, and X-ray are used to provide visualization of the internal structures of the human body, and how advanced mechatronics systems, such as tracking systems and medical robotics, are used to assist surgeons to perform delicate procedures through small incisions. We will investigate the concept of surgical navigation system, i.e. “GPS for Surgery”, and see how engineering/computer science are applied to medicine.
In this workshop, you will have a hands-on opportunity to work with ultrasound machine, tracking system for surgery, and see firsthand how computer-assisted surgical technique work in practice.
About the Speaker
Dr. Elvis C.S. Chen received his B.Sc.H., M.Sc., and Ph.D. (2007) degrees from Queen’s University, Canada, and joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Western University in 2023. His graduate research focused on the kinematics of the knee after total arthroplasty and developing modelling techniques to assist surgeons in refining patient-specific surgical approaches to improve the functional outcomes of patients following total knee replacement.
Before joining the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Dr. Chen was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medical Biophysics at Western University. He currently holds cross-appointments with the Department of Medical Biophysics and the Department of Medical Imaging at Western. He is an Associate Scientist at the Robarts Research Institute, a faculty member in Western’s Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program, and a Scientist at the London Health Research Institute. He also serves as an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging and is the Chair of the IEEE EMBS London Chapter. Dr. Chen is a Limited Engineering Licensee (LEL) certified by the Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO).
Dr. Chen’s research interests lie in the field of Computer-Assisted Interventions (CAI) and Medical Image Computing (MIC), and he collaborates with med-tech companies.
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