TUM Bioengineering Lecture Series by Prof. Dr. Andreas Melzer
Innovation Center for Computer Assisted Surgery (iccas), Leipzig, DE
Institute for Medical Science and Technology, University of Dundee, UK
Date: April 20, 2016 I 4.00 - 05.30pm
Location: TUM Institute for Advanced Study (TUM-IAS), Lichtenbergstr. 2a, 85748 Garching I Auditorium
Ultrasound and Magnetic Resonance Imaging MRI can be used sequentially to control conventional needle and catheter based interventions. The “in room” use of ultrasound in the MRI requires certain technical developments. MR guided Focused Ultrasound MRgFUS is an established non-invasive treatment method for stable solid tumors. MRgFUS treatment of liver can become an alternative to conventional surgery and RF ablation but has two challenges: the presence of the ribcage, and the motion of liver due to respiration. The procedure of MRgFUS of liver can currently only be performed under apnoea and only to reach caudal lesions in the liver lobes below the rib cage. Our current research in the FP7 Project TransFusimo includes robotic positioning of FUS and interactive control of both MRI and FUS to allow sonication of liver lesions through the ribs under respiratory motion. Other interesting novel applications will be presented such as MRgFUS mediated targeted drug delivery and the combination with radiation therapy.
Biography of Andreas Melzer
Andreas Melzer has 28 years experiences in the development of medical technologies. Since 2006 he is Professor of Medical Technology and Founding Director of the Institute for Medical Science and Technology and he serves as Director of the Joint Research Institute Medical Technology of the Northern Research partnership and is Honorary Clinical Professor at Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee. In 2014 he has been appointed as Professor of Computer Assisted Surgery and Director of ICCAS the Innovation Center for Computer Assisted Surgery of the University Leipzig, Germany.
Registration
For registration please write a short email to bioengineering(at)tum.de stating your full name and institution / department you work or study at.
TUM Hosts of this Bioengineering Lecture are Prof. Dr. Ernst Rummeny (Director of the Institute for Radiology, University Hospital Klinikum rechts der Isar), TUM-IAS Carl von Linde Senior Fellow Prof. Dr. Franz Pfeiffer (TUM Professor, Chair of Biomedical Physics) and Dr. Julia Herzen (Scientist at the TUM Chair of Biomedical Physics).
The event is co-organized together with the University Hospital Klinikum rechts der Isar, the Chair of Biomedical Physics and the Innovation Center for Computer Assisted Surgery (iccas).