I was very fortunate to be invited to the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology to give a research talk in Feb 2019. The seminar outlines novel Augmented Reality (AR) techniques that can be applied to patient specific surgical image guidance and is titled:
“Enriching Augmented Reality Assisted Surgical Image Guidance With Efficient Patient Specific Physical Simulation“
Talk Abstract
“Rapid advances in computing performance and novel sensors have opened many exciting avenues in medical technology research. Advanced imaging techniques have found many medical applications and Augmented Reality (AR) is a case in point. In this talk we look towards the future of image guided surgical interventions with a focus on AR applied to liver procedures. Although recent breakthroughs such as Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgical tools (MIRS) have dramatically increased possible surgical precision, this potential is greatly underutilized because of limited MIRS video camera visual systems. Ideally, the surgeon would use super hero like see-through vision to precisely guide their tools instead of guessing what lies beneath the surface of the organs they see. For example in conventional liver procedures it is difficult for surgeons to avoid unnecessary damage to the internal vessels which are hidden beneath the livers visible surface. We will discuss how AR can offer a see-through style image guidance solution and the steps needed project hidden landmarks such as blood vessels onto the surgical scene. We will drill down into the details of especially difficult problems and how our research innovations have made great strides to address them. In particular we focus on computationally efficient techniques for: Tissue surface tracking with real time non-rigid 3D registration. Our work opens new opportunities to explore AR speed and accuracy trade-offs and we close with a discussion on our ongoing and future work in this space.”
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Founded in 1991, HKUST has rapidly matured into a prestigious University famed for its high quality research. Situated in Kowloon bay, HKUST boasts a beautiful and unique campus that descends from lush green hills into the ocean.
Special thanks to Prof’s. Wei Shyy and Terrence Wong for facilitating this talk