Computer Integrated Surgery - EECE 542
Fall 2016
Dr. Purang Abolmaesumi
Last updated: June 24, 2016
COURSE SYLLABUS
ABOUT THE COURSE
	DESCRIPTION - COURSE MISSION STATEMENT
	An Introduction to computer integrated surgery
	LEARNING GOALS
	After finishing this course, you should have a broad knowledge on different aspects of computer applications in medicine and surgery.
	LEARNING OBJECTIVES
	1) To provide an introduction to basic concepts and methodologies for the application of computers in medicine. 2) To provide a foundation for developing applications and for further study in the field. 3) To gain practical experience in the design and implementation of surgical guidance systems.
INSTRUCTOR
	NAME:	Dr. Purang Abolmaesumi
	TELEPHONE:	(604) 827-4741
	EMAIL:	purang@ece.ubc.ca
	FAX:	(604) 822-5949
	OFFICE HOURS:	Thursdays, 11:30-12:30
	OFFICE LOCATION:	Kaiser 4052
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
	PREREQUISITES
	None, but detailed knowledge in Matlab and C++ programming will give you significant advantage.
	REQUIRED TEXBOOK
	Image-Guided Interventions: Technology and Applications, Terry Peters and Kevin Cleary Eds., ISBN: 978-0387738567, 2008. Note: This book is available free of charge from the following link if you connect from the campus: http://www.springerlink.com/content/978-0-387-73856-7/contents/
COURSE SCHEDULE
	Tuesdays: 9:30am-11:00am Thursdays: 10:00am-11:30am Location: Orchard Commons, Room 4052 Note: Please check UBC Connect for full access to the course webpage and latest announcements. This page will not be frequently updated.
COURSE FORMAT
	The course consists of class lecture sessions and a laboratory component. The lab component of the course consists of assignments and a small project that the students can do on their own time schedule. The project component can be either: 1) development and implementation of a technique related to image guided surgery. The principal objective of completing the project is to get students familiar with the latest research and technologies in image guided surgery and to encourage innovation. Best projects would be at a level that could be submitted as a conference paper to Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI) 2017 Conference, deadline early March 2017, or Information Processing in Computer Assisted Intervention (IPCAI) 2018, deadline November 2017; 2) a survey paper covering an area in image guided interventions; or, 3) a CIHR-style project grant proposal, proposing a new technique in image guided interventions. The grading system is as follows: Assignments: 50% Project: 50% (Proposal Due Date: October 18, Presentations: Week of November 28, Final Report Due: December 1) Final: THERE WILL BE NO FINAL EXAM FOR THIS COURSE.
TENTATIVE ORGANIZATION OF THE COURSE
	Sept 5	Week 1
		Class:	IGS Introduction
	Sept 12	Week 2
		Class:	Medical Imaging I: X-ray, CT, MRI, fMRI
	Sept 19	Week 3
		Class:	Medical Imaging II: Ultrasound, Image Segmentation I
	Sept 26	Week 4
		Class:	Image Segmentation II; Visualization
	Oct 3	Week 5
		Class:	Image Registration
	Oct 10	Week 6
		Class:	Open-source software in computer integrated surgery; Real-time Tracking
	Oct 17	Week 7
		Class:	Surgical Robotics I, Surgical Robotics II
	Oct 24	Week 8
		Class:	Visit of VGH, Surgical Robotics (Dr. Chris Nguan, tentative); Hands on experience with the daVinci Robot (RCL)
	Oct 31	Week 9
		Class:	Ultrasound calibration; Radiation therapy
	Nov 7	Week 10
		Class:	Spine Interventions; Orthopaedics
	Nov 14	Week 11
		Class:	Visit of the PET Imaging Centre (Dr. Vesna Sossi, tentative)
	Nov 21	Week 12
		Class:	Image guided cardiac interventions (Dr. Cristian Linte, Mayo Clinc, tentative)
	Nov 28	Week 13
		Class:	Student Presentations