At today’s “Innovationstag Mittelstand” of the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi), Dr. Claire Chalopin and Hannes Köhler will join the exhibition. The two scientists show a hyperspectral imaging system developed in cooperation with physicians from Leipzig University Hospital and the Dispective Vision GmbH. The system enables non-invasive measurements of cutaneous perfusion and surface moisture. The aim of this procedure is to detect patient status information during surgery.

At the Würzburg Congress for Technology and Hygiene in Hospitals (Wümek) on May 9, Prof. Thomas Neumuth will present the development results of the intelligent operating theatre to an expert audience. The lecture also reflects the successful work of the OR.NET e.V.-partners.

Programm

Prof. Andreas Melzer has been appointed visiting professor by the National Cancer Center Graduate School of Cancer Science and Policy in South Korea. At the teaching- and research center located in the east of Seoul, leading experts share their knowledge and practical experiences in the fields of research, therapy, cancer control and -policy.

Once again, ICCAS scientists participated in an EU-wide civil protection exercise (MODEX) and could test the electronic patient file developed at ICCAS under real conditions. This time, the mission led to Tallinn (Estonia). The scenario was a meteorite impact with an accompanying flash flood. Three European emergency teams trained the cooperation to save many lives.

In the television report “Dr. Digital – Der mitdenkende OP”, health tv reports about the research backgrounds of ICCAS’s operating theatre from the user’s and developer’s perspective. The Cologne health channel addresses a broad audience with the topics health, nutrition, well-being and medicine. (video only in German)

On April 10, the newly developed standard “Service-Oriented Device Connectivity” (SDC) was celebrated at the OR.NET booth at the DMEA in Berlin. At two demonstrator stations, the partners showed the dynamically networked operating room with devices from different manufacturers. Numerous guests followed the invitation and had the new possibilities of the standard explained.

Info on SDC

Press release

At the beginning of April, the kick-off meetings of the two new BMBF-founded joint projects MR-Stents and MR-Thrombosis-Theragnostics took place. On this occasion, the project partners met at the  premises of the EPflex Feinwerktechnik GmbH in  Dettingen / Erms. Aim of the joint project MR-Stents is the worldwide first Magnetic Resonance (MR)-guided stent implantation. In the joint project MR-Thrombosis-Theragnostics the worldwide first Magnetic Resonance (MR)–guided diagnosis and minimially-invasive therapy will be developed.

The first newsletter in 2019 has been published. It contains information on our events, scientific activities and media reports of the first quarter of the year. Enjoy reading!

Newsletter

On 28 March, Prof. Andreas Melzer opened the 49th Congress of the German Society for Endoscopy and Imaging Techniques e.V. together with other DGE-BV advisory board and board members in Stuttgart. In addition, he held an invited lecture on “Artificial intelligence and machine learning in the operating theatre of the future”. Dr. Claire Chalopin gave another invited lecture on “Supervised tissue discrimination during thyroid and parathyroid surgery based on hyperspectral imaging”. Another contribution by Richard Bieck dealt with the topic “Cognitive situation awareness for intelligent navigation assistance in minimally-invasive endoscopic surgery “.

Early practice for those who want to find their dream job. On March 28, 12 girls of the 8th and 9th grades visited stations of the University Medicine in order to especially experience professions in medical informatics. At the ICCAS, the schoolgirls could try out for themselves what the women scientists are currently researching in medical technology. They were able to simulate a heart muscle biopsy on a 3D heart model. In addition, a robot arm was controlled for a minimally invasive procedure. At a third station, the girls could use a thermal imaging camera to find out the different temperature of their facial skin.