MICCAI Workshop 2011:
Systems and Architectures for Computer Assisted Interventions
Sunday, September 18, 2011

The goal of this workshop is to establish a forum for discussing systems and architectures for computer assisted intervention (CAI) applications. Continuing the success of the last three years, the workshop will focus on open interfaces, interoperability, and standards. In addition, this year, we will discuss practical issues, clinical applications and future directions of CAI systems and frameworks. As in the previous years, this workshop will include strong participation from industry and academia.

Topics of interest will include but are not limited to:

  • Architectures and Frameworks for Computer Assisted Interventions
  • Systems integration and the digital operating room
  • Applications for computer assisted surgery
  • Progress and status of standardization efforts, such as DICOM, IHE, CANopen, ISO 11073, MD FIRE, MD ICE, IEC 80001
  • Open issues in the standardization process, e.g. semantics, standardized descriptions of components and device communication
  • Regulatory and liability issues and solutions for the modularization of CAI systems
  • Opportunities for further integration and interoperability
  • Discussion of successes and unmet needs




Schedule
 8:30 am Welcome & Introduction, Andinet Enquobahrie
 8:45 am Session 1: (6 Orals: 10 + 5)

  • CustusX: A Research Application for Image-Guided Therapy, Christian Askeland,  SINTEF Technology and Society, Dept. Medical Technology, Trondheim, Norway
  • An Easy to Use 3D C-arm Based Intra Operative Navigation System, Xiaodong Zhang, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China
  • OpenIGTLink Protocol Version 2, Junichi Tokuda, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
  • An Integrated Computer-Aided Robotic System for Dental Implantation,  Jiang Li, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Old Dominion University, VA, USA
  • A Distributed Software Framework for Robotic Surgery,  Salman Can, Technische Universit at Munchen, Robotics and Embedded Systems, München
    Germany
  • OpenITGLinkMUSiiC: A Standard Communications Protocol for Advanced Ultrasound Research, Philipp J Stolka, Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD/USA
 10:30 am Coffee Break

 10:45 am

 Session 2:  (4 Orals: 10 + 5)

  • A software architecture for cell manipulation, Rajni Patel, Mahdi Azizian, Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
  • Prototyping a Hybrid Cooperative and Telerobotic Surgical System for Retinal Microsurgery, Marcin Balicki,  Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
  • A framework for data and context integration in the modular digital OR, Stefan Bohn, Innovation Center Computer Assisted Surgery (ICCAS), University of Leipzig, Germany
  •  Extending the tracking device support in the Image-Guided Surgery Toolkit (IGSTK): CamBar B2, EasyTrack 500, and Active Polaris, Matthew DiFranco, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
 12:00 am Lunch
 1:00 pm

 Industry Session (4 Orals: 10 + 5)

  • Intuitive Surgical Inc., Jonathan Sorger/Prash Chopra
  • Claron Technology, Ahmad Kolahi
  •  BrainLab, Pratik Patel
  • Medtronics, Leslie Holton
 2:00pm  Panel Discussion :
  • Importance of open interfaces in commercial products
  • Unmet needs in commercial open interfaces
 3:15 pm    Coffee Break

 3:45 pm

 Session 3: (5 Orals: 10 + 5)

  • Component-based software for dynamic configuration and control of computer assisted intervention systems,  Peter Kazanzides, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Kinematics based Safety Operation Mechanism for Robotic Surgery extending the JHU SAW Framework, Anand Malpani, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Integration of a Robotic Arm with the Surgical Assistant Workstation Software Framework, Aleksandra Popovic, Haytham Elhawary,Philips Research North America, Briarcliff Manor, NY/USA
  • Towards an open-source pipeline for patient-specific neurosurgery simulation, Andinet Enquobahrie, Kitware Inc, Carrboro, NC 27510
  • TiCoLi - An Open Software Library for Device Integration in the Digital OR based on Open Software and Open Standards, Oliver Burgert, Innovation Center Computer Assisted Surgery (ICCAS), University of Leipzig, Germany
 5:00 pm Discussion and Wrap up

Full papers for accepted submissions can be accessed at MIDAS journal
http://www.midasjournal.org/browse/journal/60



Organizers:
Andinet Enquobahrie    Kitware, Inc., USA
Oliver Burgert and Stefan Bohn Innovation Center Computer Assisted Surgery (ICCAS),
University of Leipzig, Germany
Peter Kazanzides and Rajesh Kumar    Center for Computer-Integrated Surgical Systems and Technology (CISST ERC),
Johns Hopkins University, USA
Kiyo Chinzei National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan
Nobuhiko Hata Brigham and Women's Hospital, USA

Contact Details
Andinet Enquobahrie
Kitware Inc, Suite G-4
101 East Weaver St
Carrboro, North Carolina, 27510, USA
andinet.enqu@kitware.com
phone: (919) 969-6990
www.kitware.com