At the German Urological Congress (DGU) in Hamburg, Prof. Andreas Melzer speaks about MR-guided Focused Ultrasound as an option for the treatment of prostate cancer and helds the introductory lecture (read more)

The SONO-RAY group presents research results on targeted focused ultrasound (FUS) heating with MRI based temperature control at the congress of the Cardiovascular and Interventional (read more)

15 participants from 5 nations experienced an intensive training course during the sixth ICCAS Digital Operating Room Summer School (DORS) from August 26 to 30. (read more)

ICCAS’s 6th summer school – DORS 2019 – has been granted 30 CME credits (ECMEC®s) by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®). (read more)

The second ICCAS Newsletter 2019 reports on latest trade fair and congress activities, presents current publications and invites to upcoming events such as the next ICCAS Open Day. (read more)

Medical informatics students from universities in Brunswick, Heidelberg and Amsterdam received an insight into the research in computer-assisted and robot-aided surgery (read more)

On June 26, teachers from two Kenyan partner universities visited us to learn more about practice-oriented university teaching and application-targeted project work. (read more)

Prof. Andreas Melzer gave a lecture on new technologies for MR-guided endovascular procedures at the renowned Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics (HSMR) (read more)

ICCAS once again took part in the Leipzig Corporate Run for University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine yesterday. Under tropical conditions, the ICCAS team focused not only on personal best times but also on team spirit and sporting fun. With over 20,000 runners from 1,000 companies, this year’s event achieved a new participation record. Thanks to more than 600 running enthusiasts, the University Medicine was once again awarded the title “Most Sporty Company”.

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At this year’s Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery – Congress (CARS), which takes place in Rennes (France) from June 18 to 21, the MAI team enriches the IFCARS / SPIE / ISCAS Joint Workshop “Digital Operating Room”: Prof. Thomas Neumuth gives an invited lecture on artificial intelligence and machine learning in the operating room of the future. Johann Berger and Juliane Neumann present research results on the networking of medical devices based on IEEE and the SDC interface.

Marianne Maktabi (MIB group) talks about tissue classification based on hyperspectral data during a further congress session.

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