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Current MRTC Projects [Past Projects]

• 3D Image Overlay - X-ray vision has always been the dream of surgeons; Image Overlay is the next best thing.
• A Statistical Quantification of Human Brain Asymmetry - Constructing image index features to retrieve medically similar cases from a multimedia medical database.
• ASAP - non-contact 3-D surgical instrument tracking for device testing and surgeon assessment
• Amelia - An improved Xavier
• BeatBots - We are developing robots that can participate in coordinated rhythmic social interactions with people.
• Biologically Inspired Micro Robotics - This project seeks to develop a joint angle sensor for a robotic cricket, which is part of a larger project with Case Western Reserve University.
• Cell Tracking - We are developing fully-automated computer vision-based cell tracking algorithms and a system that automatically determines the spatiotemporal history of dense populations of cells over extended period of time.
• Cyberinfrastructure for Human-Robot Interaction Research - We seek to provide the field of Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) with collaborative mechanisms and methods for evaluation and exploratory analysis.
• Dynamic Conformal Radiotherapy
• Evaluation of MSP Extraction Algorithms - The aim of this project is to evaluate different state-of-art algorithms for automatic extraction of the mid-sagital plane in brain images.
• Facial Asymmetry as a Biometric - We are investigating the effect of facial asymmetry measurement statistics as a biometric under expression variations.
• Grace - The Grace project is a collaboration among several schools and research labs to design a robot capable of fully performing the AAAI Grand Challenge.
• HeartLander - A miniature mobile robot for minimally invasive therapy on the beating heart through a single percutaneous incision.
• Hip Navigation System - Preoperative and intraoperative planning and execution system for high-precision total hip replacement.
• Hip Range of Motion - Preoperative planning system for total hip replacement
• Joystick Filtering for Movement Disorders - Filtering of joystick input for computer users with movement disorders
• Knee Navigation Systems (KneeNav TKR/ACL) - We are developing two CT-based surgical navigation systems for total knee replacement and ACL reconstructive surgery.
• Knee Surgery Simulation - Haptic interface for simulated knee surgery and interaction with volumetric data.
• Micron: Intelligent Microsurgical Instruments - Suppression of hand tremor to improve precision in microsurgery.
• Needle Steering for Brain Surgery - We are developing high accuracy proportional steering of flexible needles for minimally invasive navigation in the brain.
• Precision Freehand Sculpting - We are developing a handheld tool to accurately cut bone for joint replacement surgery.
• Predicting Risk of Alzheimer's Disease From Shape Features - The goal of this project is to use computer vision techniques to help predict risk of Alzheimer's Disease in elderly patients.
• Quality of Life Technology Center - QoLT is a unique partnership between Carnegie Mellon and the University of Pittsburgh that brings together a cross-disciplinary team of technologists, clinicians, industry partners, end users, and other stakeholders to create revolutionary technologies that will improve and sustain the quality of life for all people.
• Reflective Agents with Distributed Adaptive Reasoning - The focus of the RADAR project is to build a cognitive assistant that embodies machine learning technology that is able to function without requiring expert tuning or specially trained users.
• Roboceptionist - In collaboration with the Drama Department, we are developing technology for long-term social interaction.
• Skinnerbots - Trainable robots using operant conditioning.
• Social Robots - We are developing robots with personality.
• Soft Tissue Simulation for Plastic Surgery
• Sonic Flashlight^TM - We are developing a method of medical visualization that merges real time ultrasound images with direct human vision.
• TRESTLE: Autonomous Assembly by Teams of Coordinated Robots - The TRESTLE project is developing the architectural framework necessary to coordinate robots performing complex assembly projects.
• Telepresence Robot Kit - To design, create, and disseminate robotics curricula and technologies that motivate young women and men to actively explore science and technology.
• Temporal Segmentation of Human Motion - Temporal segmentation of human motion
• Vikia - We are developing a robot who has personality and with whom it is easy to communicate.
• XAlign - 2D/3D registration technique is used to analyze the postoperative pelvic radiographs and to measure placement of implants after total hip replacement