12th Annual Conference of the
International Society for Computer Aided Surgery

• 09:00 | Computer Assisted Neurosurgery – CANS
• 11:00 | Computer Assisted Head and Neck, and ENT Surgery – ENT-HN
• 14:00 | Cardiovascular Surgery – CVS
• 16:00 | Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery – CAOS
• 08:00 | Image Processing and Visualization – IPV
• 14:00 | Surgical Robotics, Instrumentation and Navigation – SRIN
• 16:30 | Surgical Modelling, Simulation and Education – SMSE
• 09:00 | Image Guided Intervention of the Liver – IGIL
• 11:00 | Endoscopy and Related Techniques – ENDO
• 14:00 | Workflow and New Concepts in Surgery – WFNC
• ISCAS Poster No.: 001-091

14:00 Surgical Robotics, Instrumentation and Navigation – SRIN
Friday, June 27; Room Barcelona

Session Chairs:
Takeyoshi Dohi, PhD (J), Tim C. Lüth, PhD (D)

14:00 MRI-stealth robot and new motor technology
D. Stoianovici, Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (USA)

14:15 Robotically assisted needle driver: evaluation of safety release, force profiles, and needle spin in a swine model
A. Kapoor, S. Shah, P. Guion, B.J. Wood, National Inst. of Health, Bethesda, MD, J. Ding, K. Cleary, Georgetown Univ. Medical Center, Washington, DC, D. Petrisor, D. Stoianovici, John Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD, J. Karanian, W.F. Pritchard, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, MD (USA)

14:30 Robotic alignment of femoral cutting mask during total knee arthroplasty
E. De Momi, Politechnical Univ. Milan (I)

14:45 Robot-based system for real-time coaching of general practitioners in emergency room
C. Bellemare, Univ. Hosp. of Sherbrooke (CDN)

15:00 A disposable laparoscope manipulator using hydraulic actuators with air spring
K. Taniguchi, A. Nishikawa, M. Sekimot, S. Takiguchi, M. Monden, F. Miyazaki, Osaka Univ., T. Kobayashi, K. Kazuhara, T. Ichinara, N. Kurashita, Daiken Medical Co., Ltd., Izumi (J)

15:15 Micro-catheter equipped with a biomimetic soft robotic polymeric artificial muscle distal tip bender, actuator and sensor for neurological endovascular surgery
M. Shahinpoor, Univ. of Maine, Orono, ME (USA)

15:30 Design, construction, and evaluation of an electromagnetically tracked guidewire for interventional radiology and surgical applications
L. Gruionu, Univ. of Craiova (RO), F. Manstad-Hulaas, E. Wilson, P. Cheng, T. Popa, J. Lee, F. Banovac, K. Cleary, Georgetown Univ. Medical Center, Washington, DC (USA)

15:45 Non-holonomic 6D planning for deep-reaching dexterous surgical devices
K. Trovato, A. Popovic, Philips Research USA, Briarcliff Manor, NY (USA)

16:00 Break