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Image Guided and Computer Assisted Surgery: Clinician's and Engineer's Perspective

Anthony M. DiGioia III, MD
Center for Orthopaedic Research, Shadyside Hospital
Center for Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery
Robotics Institute
Carnegie Mellon University

Branislav Jaramaz, PhD
Center for Orthopaedic Research, Shadyside Hospital
Center for Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery
Robotics Institute
Carnegie Mellon University

Place and Time
Adamson Wing, Baker Hall
Refreshments 3:15 pm
Talk 3:30 pm

Abstract
Technologies are emerging that will influence the way in which orthopaedic surgery is planned, simulated, and performed. Recent advances in the fields of medical imaging, computer vision, and robotics have provided the enabling technologies to permit computer aided surgery to become an established area which can address clinical needs. Although these technologies have been applied in industry for more than 20 years, the field of computer assisted surgery is still in its infancy. Image guided and surgical navigation systems, robotic assistive devices, and surgical simulators have begun to emerge from the laboratory and hold the potential to improve current surgical and patients'^D outcomes. The goals of these new clinically focused technologies are to develop interactive, patient specific preoperative planners to optimize the performance of surgery and the postoperative biologic response, and develop more precise and less invasive interactive smart tools and sensors to assist in the accurate and precise performance of surgery. The medical community is beginning to see the benefit of these enabling technologies which can be realized only through the collaboration and combined expertise of engineers, roboticists, computer scientists, and surgeons.

Speaker Biographies
Anthony M. DiGioia III, M.D. is a practicing orthopaedic surgeon with an interest in the clinical application of medical robotics, computer assisted surgery and development of Total Joint Registry for outcome analysis. Dr. DiGioia was born and reared in Pittsburgh. He obtained his B.S. in civil engineering and an M.S. in civil and biomedical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. He went on to Harvard Medical School for his M.D. and subsequently trained in orthopaedic surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He returned to Boston to complete a one year fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital in adult reconstructive surgery. Dr. DiGioia is the founder and director of the Center for Orthopaedic Research at Shadyside Hospital, as well as co-director of the Center for Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery within the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University.

Branislav Jaramaz received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering / Computational Mechanics in 1992 from Carnegie Mellon University. He has worked at the Center for Orthopaedic Research, UPMC Shadyside Hospital since its establishment in 1992, as a Research Scientist in charge of orthopaedic biomechanics and preoperative simulation. He is also a founding member of the Center for Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery at Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, where he holds a visiting scientist appointment. His current research focusses on preoperative patient-specific surgical simulation of total hip replacement, in particular, simulation of postoperative range of motion, and prediction of the mechanical environment in bone after total hip replacement.

Speaker Appointments
For appointments, please contact the speaker, Anthony M. DiGioia, at digioia+@ri.cmu.edu.