Title:

Integrating Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technology with Medical Robotics: Image-Guided Therapy

Speaker:

Dr. Zion Tse

Affiliation:

University of Georgia

When:

Thursday, January 30, 2014 at 11:00:00 AM   Add to Calendar

Where:

Boggs Building, Room 3-28. classroom

Host:

Dr. Lei Zhu
lei.zhu@me.gatech.edu
404-385-3882

Abstract

Image-guided therapy is a clinical procedure under 2-D or 3-D image guidance, for example MRI and CT images, to accurately deliver surgical devices to diseased tissue such as cancer. This emerging field is interdisciplinary, combining the technology of robotics, computer science, engineering and medicine. Image-guided therapy allows faster, safer and more accurate minimally invasive surgery and diagnosis. In this talk, Dr. Tse will present the engineering challenges in the field, followed by his research in MRI-guided catheter electrophysiological therapy and lesion radiofrequency ablation in the heart, as well as biopsy therapy in the prostate. This procedure consists of the latest imaging and medical device technology in minimally invasive therapy.

Biography

Dr. Zion Tse is an Assistant Professor in the College of Engineering and the Director of the Medical Robotics Lab (http://www.medicalrobotics.engr.uga.edu/) at the University of Georgia. Formerly, he was a researcher at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He received his Ph.D. in Mechatronics in Medicine from Imperial College London. His academic and professional experience has related to electronics instrumentation, medical devices and surgical robotics. Dr. Tse has designed and prototyped a broad range of novel analog-digital electronic devices. His professional goal includes applying his strong medical mechatronics background in the healthcare field, especially in the realm of medical devices.