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Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery (MRCAS)
Heads: Takeo Kanade and Anthony M Di Gioia, III, MD
Contact: Kort Eckman (kort@andrew.cmu.edu)

Mailing address:
Carnegie Mellon University
Robotics Institute
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Location:
NSH A403
(412) 268 8407

Associated center: MRTC

This page last updated - January 1999.

The MRCAS Laboratory is the main laboratory of the Center for Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery. Our research involves both planning aspects of computer-assisted surgery, e.g., medical image computing and surgical simulation, and execution aspects, e.g., intraoperative sensing, registration, and actuation. Current projects include the HipNav system for total hip replacement surgery, the Image Overlay system for enhanced visualization of anatomical structures during surgery, projects simulating knee surgery and soft tissue properties, and the Intelligent Instrument project for enhanced manual accuracy in opthalmological microsurgery.

Name - Title <Email Address>
• Brian Cavalier - Research Engineer, Institute for Computer-Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery, West Penn Hospital <bcavalier@icaos.org>
• [Home] Amir Degani - PhD Student, RI <adegani@andrew.cmu.edu>
• Anthony M Di Gioia, III, MD - Adj Prof, CEE/Assoc.Res Profess,Robotics, RI/CEE <tony@pfcusa.org>
• Kort Eckman - Senior Research Programmer <kort@andrew.cmu.edu>
• [Home] Branislav Jaramaz - Associate Research Professor <branko@icaos.org>
• [Home] Takeo Kanade - U.A. and Helen Whitaker University Prof., RI/CS <tk@cs.cmu.edu>
• [Home] Yanxi Liu - Adjunct Associate Research Professor <yanxi@cs.cmu.edu>
• [Home] Constantinos Nikou - Research Programmer (Adjunct) <costa@cs.cmu.edu>

• 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.
• 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
• 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.
• Precision Freehand Sculpting - We are developing a handheld tool to accurately cut bone for joint replacement surgery.

• Quantified Brain Asymmetry for Age Estimation of Normal and Alzheimer's Disease/Mild Cognitive Impairment Subjects
  L. Teverovskiy, J. Becker, O. Lopez, and Y. Liu
  5th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro, May, 2008.

• Discovery of "Biomarkers" for Alzheimer's Disease Prediction from Structural MR Images
  Y. Liu, L. Teverovskiy, O. Lopez, H. Aizenstein, C. Meltzer, and J. Becker
  2007 IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, April, 2007.

• Feature-based vs. Intensity-based Neuroimage Registration: Comprehensive Comparison Using Mutual Information
  L. Teverovskiy, O. Carmichael, H. Aizenstein, N. Lazar, and Y. Liu
  2007 IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, April, 2007.

• Surgical Navigation for Total Hip Arthroplasty
  A.M. Di Gioia, III, MD, S. Blendea, and B. Jaramaz
  The Adult Hip, 2nd Edition, J.J. Callaghan, A.G. Rosenberg, H.E. Rubash, ed., Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Vol. 2, 2007, pp. 1053 - 1059.

• Functional Pelvic Orientation Measured From Lateral Standing and Sitting Radiographs
  A.M. Di Gioia, III, MD, M.A. Hafez, B. Jaramaz, T.J. Levison, and J.E. Moody
  Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, Vol. 453, December, 2006, pp. 272 - 276.

• Minimally Invasive Surgery and Computer Assisted Surgery in Total Hip Replacement
  K.J. Stanley, B. Jaramaz, and A.M. Di Gioia, III, MD
  Tecniche Chirurgiche in Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Vol. III - IV, No. 3, September, 2006, pp. 179 - 182.

• Computer-Assisted Total Hip Arthroplasty: The Present and the Future
  M.A. Hafez and A.M. Di Gioia, III, MD
  Future Rheumatology, Vol. 1, No. 1, February, 2006, pp. 121 - 131.

• Three-dimensional Planning and Virtual Radiographs in Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty for Instability
  M.J. Seel, M.A. Hafez, K. Eckman, B. Jaramaz, D. Davidson, and A.M. Di Gioia, III, MD
  Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, Vol. 442, January, 2006, pp. 35 - 38. [Abstract]

• Alternatives to Navigation
  M.A. Hafez, B. Jaramaz, and A.M. Di Gioia, III, MD
  Navigation and MIS in Orthopedic Surgery, J.B. Stiehl, W.H. Konerman, R.G. Haaker, A.M. DiGioia, III, ed., Springer, 2006, pp. 574 - 581.

• Computer-Aided Navigation for Total Hip and Total Knee Arthroplasty
  A. Mor, B. Jaramaz, A.M. Di Gioia, III, MD, and K.A. Krackow
  Orthopaedic Knowledge Update - Hip and Knee Reconstruction 3, 3rd Edition, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 2006, pp. 287 - 293.