CARS – Tutorials, Workshops and Special Events

• 08:00 | Tutorial on MWS
• 09:00 | NIH / NCI / CARS / EMA Special Session on Imaging as a Biomarker for Therapy Response
• 11:00 | Research Training Group 1126: Intelligent Surgery
• 08:00 | Workshop on "Ultrasound Imaging in the Context of Image Guided Neurosurgery"
• 09:45 | Workshop on Surgical Workflow@CARS 2008
• 11:30 | Tutorial on Validation
• 14:00 | Open Source Software Tutorial
• 17:00 | Tutorial on CAD-PACS integration
• 11:00 | ISO Workshop on Service Robots in Surgery and Medicine
• 12:00 | Luncheon Symposium on Cognitive Methods for Image Classification
• 14:00 | 3rd CURAC / CARS / DGBMT Joint Workshop on Model Guided Therapy

11:00 Research Training Group 1126:
Intelligent Surgery
Wednesday, June 25, 2008; Room Kursaal

Session Chairs:
Carsten Gutt, MD (D), Hans-Peter Meinzer, PhD (D)

11:00 IT tools for integration of information in modern surgery
Invited Speaker: B. Müller, Univ. Hosp. Heidelberg (D)

11:15 Quantitative geometric characterization of supra aortic arteries with radiological in vivo imaging for branched endovascular aortic repair
F. Rengier, H.-U. Kauczor, H. von Tengg-Kobligk, S. Wörz, K. Rohr, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, W.J. Godinez, D. Böckler, Univ. of Heidelberg (D)

11:30 In-vitro evaluation of a soft tissue navigation system for laparoscopic prostatectomy
T. Simpfendörfer, M. Baumhauer, H.-P. Meinzer, I. Wolf, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, D. Teber, J. Rassweiler, SLK Hosp., Heilbronn (D)

11:45 Estimating cerebral perfusion by means of ocular measurements
A. Malz, P. Boll, I. Eix, W. Stork, K.-D. Müller-Glaser, Technical Univ. of Karlsruhe (D)

12:00 Port visualization for laparoscopic surgery - setup and first intraoperative evaluation
C. Schönfelder, T. Stark, J. Raczkowsky, H. Wörn, L. Kahrs, Technical Univ. of Karlsruhe, N. Belherazem, B. Müller,
C. Gutt, Univ. Hosp. of Heidelberg (D)

12:15 In-vivo comparison of the conventional CT-guided liver biopsy method with a novel computer-assisted approach
A. Tekbas, S.A. Müller, B. Radeleff, S. Satzl, F. Pianka, B.M. Schmied, Univ. of Heidelberg, L. Maier-Hein, A. Seitel,
R. Tetzlaff, A. Franz, I. Wolf, H.-U. Kauczor, H.-P. Meinzer, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg (D)

12:30 Conception of a dynamic navigation system for minimally invasive robotic assisted esophageal surgery
F. Nickel, H. Kenngott, B. Müller-Stich, C.N. Gutt, Univ. of Heidelberg, J. Neuhaus, I. Wolf, H.-P. Meinzer, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg (D)

12:45 Break