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List of the project ideas and each individual set of slides for 2023

• January 24
  • Introduction and organization
  • Non-disclosure agreement
  • Presentation of project ideas
    • Prof. Xun Jia: 9
    • Prof. Emad Boctor: 25, 26, 27, 55
    • David Usevitch: 18, 19
    • Ugur Tumerdem: 21, 22
    • Juan Antonio Barragan: 10
• January 26
  • Presentation of project ideas
    • Dr. Muhammad Umair: 16
    • Prof. Ali Uneri: 56
    • Dr. Todd McNutt: 6
    • Jeeun Kang: 38, 39, 40, 41
    • Michael Kam: 29
    • Evan G Haas: 13
    • Adnan Munawar: 31, 32, 33, 34
• January 31
  • Presentation of project ideas
    • Jesse Haworth: 8
    • Benjamin D. Killen: 11, 12
    • Anton Deguet: 49
    • Dr. Francis Creighton, Manish Sahu: 42, 43, 44, 45
    • Hisashi Ishida: 14
    • Dr. Pandian: 1,2,3
    • Mojtaba Esfandiari: 17, 20
• February 2
  • Presentation of project ideas
    • Swaroop Vedula: 50
    • Mohammad Salehizadeh: 35, 15
    • Can Kocabalkanli: 51
    • Lydia Al-Zogbi: 28,30
    • Alexander Schwarz: 24
    • Andreas Keller:23
    • Ehsan Azimi: 52, 53, 54
    • Anna Goodridge: 7
    • Anqi Liu: 46, 47
• February 7
  • Presentation of project ideas
    • Roger David: 36, 37
    • Dr. Antwan D. Clark: 48
    • Vishnu Kolal: 57
    • Russ Taylor: 63
• February 9
  • Proposal presentations
    • Team 5: Recreating Pelvic Trauma Surgery in Virtual Reality for the Development of Novel C-arm Interfaces.
    • Team 6: 3D Reconstruction of Inner Ear from Histopathology
    • Team 2: Continuum Microgripper Modelling for Retinal Surgery.
• February 14
  • Proposal presentations
    • Team 1: Transparency Optimization of the Galen Surgical System with Frequency Domain Admittance Controller Design.
    • Team 4: Vision Guided Mosquito Dissection for the Production of Malaria Vaccine
    • Team 8: Automated Spinal Segmentation and Remote Monitor Calibration for Surgical Assessment
    • Team 10: Design and Evaluation of Surgical Guidance Strategies for Continuum Manipulators.
• February 16
  • Proposal presentations
    • Team 3: Quality assurance of radiotherapy treatment using scattered x-ray
    • Team 11: Autonomous Suture Managing for Robotic Suturing
    • Team 12: Evaluation of CT Registration for Image-Based Sinus Reconstruction
    • Team 13: Simulation-Assisted Navigation for Head and Neck Surgery
• February 21
  • Proposal presentations
    • Team 7: Real-time Integration of 2D3D Pelvic Registration with Robotic X-ray Acquisition
    • Team 9: Electromagnetic Tracking of Endovascular Catheters
    • Team 20: A reinforcement learning approach to robotic suturing
    • Team 14: Improve Content Validity of Virtual Drilling Simulator
• February 23
  • IMPORTANT: Project plan report due at 11:59pm
  • Proposal presentations
    • Team 19: VR Drilling Simulator for Mastoidectomy
    • Team 16: Deep learning continuum wire manipulator
    • Team 18: Dual-robotic arm prostate ultrasound tomography
    • Team 15: DaVinci-Assisted Continuum Robot Navigation and Manipulation
• February 28
  • Proposal presentations
    • Team 22: Ultrasound-Guided Robotic Central Line Placement
    • Team 21: Tele-operation Control of a High Dexterity Robot for Vitreoretinal Surgery
    • Team 17: Automatic Calibration of force-sensing Instrument with FBG Sensors
    • Team 04: Vision Guided Mosquito Dissection for the Production of Malaria Vaccine
• March 02
  • Proposal presentations
    • Team 2: Continuum Microgripper Modelling for Retinal Surgery.
    • Team 8: Automated Spinal Segmentation and Remote Monitor Calibration for Surgical Assessment
    • Team 23: Creation Of A Novel Real-time Communication Solution For Timely Sepsis Management

• March 07
  • Background reading presentations
    • Team 13: Simulation-Assisted Navigation for Head and Neck Surgery.
    • Team 12: Evaluation of CT Registration for Image-Based Sinus Reconstruction.
    • Team 19: VR Drilling Simulator for Mastoidectomy.
    • Team 7: Real-time Integration of 2D3D Pelvic Registration with Robotic X-ray Acquisition
• March 09
  • Background reading presentations
    • Team 3: Quality assurance of radiotherapy treatment using scattered x-ray
    • Team 15: DaVinci-Assisted Continuum Robot Navigation and Manipulation
    • Team 11: Autonomous Suture Managing for Robotic Suturing
    • Team 9: Electromagnetic Tracking of Endovascular Catheters
• March 14
  • IMPORTANT: Background reading report due at 11:59pm
  • Background reading presentations
    • Team 16: Deep learning continuum wire manipulator
    • Team 1: Transparency Optimization of the Galen Surgical System with Frequency Domain Admittance Controller Design
    • Team 17: Automatic Calibration of force-sensing Instrument with FBG Sensors
    • Team 10: Design and Evaluation of Surgical Guidance Strategies for Continuum Manipulators
• March 16
  • Background reading presentations
    • Team 22: Ultrasound-Guided Robotic Central Line Placement
    • Team 21: Tele-operation Control of a High Dexterity Robot for Vitreoretinal Surgery
    • Team 23: Creation Of A Novel Real-time Communication Solution For Timely Sepsis Management
    • Team 08: Automated Spinal Segmentation and Remote Monitor Calibration for Surgical Assessment.

• March 21 - Spring break
• March 23 - Spring break

• March 28
  • Checkpoint presentations
    • Team 11: Autonomous Suture Managing for Robotic Suturing
    • Team 15: DaVinci-Assisted Continuum Robot Navigation and Manipulation
    • Team 9: Electromagnetic Tracking of Endovascular Catheters
    • Team 19: VR Drilling Simulator for Mastoidectomy
• March 30
  • Checkpoint presentations
    • Team 6: 3D Reconstruction of Inner Ear from Histopathology
    • Team 18: Dual-robotic arm prostate ultrasound tomography
    • Team 5: Recreating Pelvic Trauma Surgery in Virtual Reality for the Development of Novel C-arm Interfaces
    • Team 2: Continuum Microgripper Modelling for Retinal Surgery.
• April 04
  • Checkpoint presentations
    • Team 23: Creation Of A Novel Real-time Communication Solution For Timely Sepsis Management
    • Team 10: Design and Evaluation of Surgical Guidance Strategies for Continuum Manipulators
    • Team 4: Vision Guided Mosquito Dissection for the Production of Malaria Vaccine
    • Team 14: Improve Content Validity of Virtual Drilling Simulator
• April 06
  • Checkpoint presentations
    • Team 7: Real-time Integration of 2D3D Pelvic Registration with Robotic X-ray Acquisition
    • Team 16: Deep learning continuum wire manipulator
    • Team 22: Ultrasound-Guided Robotic Central Line Placement
    • Team 15: DaVinci-Assisted Continuum Robot Navigation and Manipulation
    • Team 20: A reinforcement learning approach to robotic suturing
• April 11
  • Checkpoint presentations
    • Team 3: Quality assurance of radiotherapy treatment using scattered x-ray
    • Team 1: Transparency Optimization of the Galen Surgical System with Frequency Domain Admittance Controller Design
    • Team 17: Automatic Calibration of force-sensing Instrument with FBG Sensors
    • Team 8: Automated Spinal Segmentation and Remote Monitor Calibration for Surgical Assessment
• April 13
  • Checkpoint presentations
    • Team 13: Simulation-Assisted Navigation for Head and Neck Surgery
    • Team 12: Evaluation of CT Registration for Image-Based Sinus Reconstruction
    • Team 21: Tele-operation Control of a High Dexterity Robot for Vitreoretinal Surgery
    • Team 20: A reinforcement learning approach to robotic suturing
  • Background reading presentations
    • Team 17: Automatic Calibration of force-sensing Instrument with FBG Sensors
• April 18
  • Background reading presentations
    • Team 14: Improve Content Validity of Virtual Drilling Simulator
    • Team 20: A reinforcement learning approach to robotic suturing.
    • Team 4: Vision Guided Mosquito Dissection for the Production of Malaria Vaccine
    • Team 18: Dual-robotic arm prostate ultrasound tomography
• April 20
  • Background reading presentations
    • Team 5:Recreating Pelvic Trauma Surgery in Virtual Reality for the Development of Novel C-arm Interfaces
    • Team 6: 3D Reconstruction of Inner Ear from Histopathology
    • Team 2: Continuum Microgripper Modelling for Retinal Surgery.
    • Team 17: Automatic Calibration of force-sensing Instrument with FBG Sensors
• April 25
  • Checkpoint presentations
    • Team 17: Automatic Calibration of force-sensing Instrument with FBG Sensors
  • Background reading presentation
    • Team 6: 3D Reconstruction of Inner Ear from Histopathology
• April 27 - Last day of classes
  • Final checkpoint presentations/poster teaser presentations. All groups present.
• May 11 - Final exam
  • Final poster/demo session 0900-1200
  • Project reports due before the poster session (i.e., 0900 on May 11)