13th Annual Conference of the
International Society for Computer Aided Surgery

• 08:00 | Computer Assisted Head and Neck, and ENT Surgery – ENT-HN
• 11:30 | Cardiovascular Surgery - CVS
• 14:00 | Computer Assisted Neurosurgery – CANS
• 16:15 | Minimal Invasive Surgery – MIS
• 08:00 | Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery – CAOS
• 10:45 | Image Processing and Visualization – IPV
• 08:00 | Surgical Robotics and Instrumentation – SRI
• 10:00 | Surgical Navigation – SN
• 14:00 | Surgical Modelling, Simulation and Education – SMSE

11:30 Cardiovascular Surgery - CVS
Thursday, June 25, 2009; Estrelsaal A

Session Chair:
Volkmar Falk, MD, PhD (CH)

11:30 Patient-specific modeling of the carotid arteries for surgical simulation
M. Freiman, M. Natanzon, N. Broide, L. Joskowicz, L. Weizman, The Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem, J. Sosna, Hadassah Hebrew Univ. Medical Center, Jerusalem, E. Nammer, O. Shilon, Simbionix Ltd., Lod (IL)

11:45 3D ultrasound for catheter ablation guidance in the left atrium
A.B. Koolwal, F. Barbagli, D.H. Liang, Stanford Univ., C.R. Carlson, Hansen Medical, Mountain View, CA (USA)

12:00 Roboticaly assisted minimally invasive aortic valve replacement under MRI guidance
D. Mazilu, M. Li, A. Kapoor, K. Horvath, National Inst. of Health, Bethesda, MD (USA)

12:15 Automated soft tissue manipulation with mechatronic assistance using endoscopic Doppler guidance
S. Jacobs, V. Falk, Univ. Hosp. Zurich (CH)

12:30 Break