Projects

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All Virtual Electrosurgical Skill Trainer (VEST) Virtual Cutting Virtual Basic Laparoscopic Skill Trainer (VBLaST) - Peg Transfer Soft Tissue Thermomechanics Efficient Algorithms

1. VEST

Virtual reality (VR) based Electrosurgical skill trainer with visual and haptic feedback ((a)Realistic physics-based modeling of the complex bio-physics;(b)Real-time interactive computing;©Novel realistic VR interfaces and haptic feedback).

2. VBLaST

Virtual Basic Laparoscopic Skill Trainer - Peg transfer with visual and haptic feedback(ambidextrous manipulation, collision detection/response and positioning).

3. Real-time Computational Algorithms

Efficient algorithms for real-time interactive simulation. (Deflation-based Krylov subspace method, multigrid method, acceleration using convolutional networks).

4. Soft Tissue Thermomechanics

Mechanics characterization of tissue cutting during electrosurgery. Performing ex vivo tissue experiments to determine fracture toughness of liver tissue using an Electrosurgical Robotic Arm system and infrared thermometry. Developing an inverse optimization model to characterize the mechanics of electrosurgical cutting.

5. Virtual Cutting

Virtual simulation of surgical cutting.

Selected Publications

. An efficient solution approach for multiphysics modeling of electrosurgery. 13rd World Congress on Computational Congress., 2018.

. A multiphysics model for radiofrequency activation of soft hydrated tissues. Accepted by CMAME, 2018.

. Accelerating multiphysics simulation for electrosurgery with convolutional networks. Prepared for CMAME, 2018.

. FUSE certification enhances performance on a virtual computer based simulator for dispersive electrode placement. Surgical Endoscopy, 2018.

. A fast Krylove subspace-based method for multi-physics modeling of electrosurgical cutting of soft tissue. VII International Conference on Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering., 2017.

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. The virtual electrosurgical skill trainer (VEST)-Face validation of a dispersive electrode placement module. SAGES 2017 Annual Meeting., 2017.

. The virtual electrosurgical skill trainer (VEST)-Principles of current pathway. SAGES 2016 Annual Meeting., 2016.

. A local level set-based approach for modeling electrosurgical tissue cutting. 13th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics., 2015.

. GPU-based parallel algorithms for simulation of Electrosurgery procedures in real-time. 13th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics., 2015.

. A physics-based algorithm for real-time simulation of electrosurgery procedures in minimally invasive surgery. In IJMRCAS, 2013.

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. Active vibration suppression based on intelligent control for a long-range ultra-precise positioning system. Applied Mechanics and Materials., 2011.

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Experiences

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Visiting Allied Health for SAGES (Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons) 2017 Annual Meeting. Demonstration of Module 2 (current diversion) of VEST (Virtual Electrosurgical Skill Trainer).

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Faculty of workshop - VEST at the 9th Annual ACS-AEI (Division of Education of the American College of Surgeons and the Program for Accreditation of Education Institutes).

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Developed interactive GUI using VTK in the virtual environment and contributed to the Interactive Medical Simulation Toolkit (IMSTK), which is a free & open source software toolkit written in C++ that aids rapid prototyping of interactive multi-modal surgical simulations.

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Visiting Allied Health. Demonstration of Module 4 (Current pathway) of VEST.

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Brainstorm between surgeons, software engineer, graphics expert, physicist on future of Virtual Surgery.

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