Medical Augmented Reality Summer School 2021
Event Overview
The second edition of the Medical Augmented Reality Summer School was held as an online event from August 30th to September 10th, 2021, bringing together the world’s experts in Medical AR, clinicians, companies and talented academic researchers from all around the world, fostering cooperation and pushing the boundaries of Medical Augmented Reality.
Format: Virtual Event Organizers: Balgrist University Hospital (Zurich, Switzerland), Technical University Munich (Germany), Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, USA), and University of Zurich (Switzerland)
The event consisted of daily sessions including exciting keynotes from renowned speakers from research, hospital, and industry, as well as panel discussions and live surgery. After the keynote part of the event, participants of the competition developed project ideas together with mentors in group breakout sessions and pitched their final concepts at the end of the two-week workshop.
This event was endorsed by the MICCAI society and covered by the MICCAI Code of Conduct.
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Agenda Virtual MARSS 2021
First Week (August 30 – September 3)
| Time | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00–10:00 | Opening Ceremony Virtual event – times in CET (UTC+2) | Research Keynote: Prof. Nassir Navab TU Munich | Competition Briefing | Industry Keynote: Brainlab | Group Breakout Sessions |
| 10:00–11:00 | Research Keynote: Prof. Tom A. Furness University of Washington, Seattle, USA | Clinical Keynote: Prof. Greg Osgood, MD Johns Hopkins Hospital | Group Breakout Sessions | Research Keynote: Prof. Pierre Jannin University of Rennes, France | |
| 11:00–12:00 | Research Keynote: Prof. Terry Peters Robarts Research Institute, Western University, Canada | Industry Keynote: Zimmer Biomet | Research Keynote: Prof. Fairhurst, Navid Navab, Dr. Supper, Dr. Illanes Multisensory AR session | ||
| 13:00–14:00 | Research Keynote: Prof. Philipp Fürnstahl ROCS, Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zurich | Research Keynote: Prof. Marc Pollefeys Microsoft HoloLens / ETH Zürich | Research Keynote: Audio Applications in Medical AR | ||
| 14:00–15:00 | Panel Discussion: Evolution and Future of AR |
Second Week (September 6–10)
| Time | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00–10:00 | Live Surgery: Prof. Mazda Farshad, MD Balgrist University Hospital | Group Breakout Sessions | Research Keynote: Dr. Chenyang Xu & Christopher Stapleton | Industry Keynote: Augmedics | Project Pitches & Kickoff |
| 10:00–11:00 | Clinical Keynote: Prof. Sebastien Parratte, MD International Knee and Joint Centre, Abu Dhabi | Clinical Keynote: Prof. Alex Johnson, MD Johns Hopkins Hospital | Clinical Keynote: Prof. Sandrine De Ribaupierre, MD Western University, London, Ontario, Canada | ||
| 11:00–12:00 | Research Keynote: Prof. Leo Joskowicz Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Industry Keynote: Smith & Nephew | Research Keynote: Prof. Roy Eagleson University of Western Ontario | ||
| 13:00–14:00 | Industry Keynote: Siemens Healthineers | Industry Keynote: Arthrex | Panel Discussion: How to Validate AR? | Project Pitches & Kickoff (continued) |
Competition Results
The MARSS2021 competition had 13 teams developing and implementing individual Medical AR project solutions and prototypes in two tracks:
- AR for Computer Aided Interventions in Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery (CAI Track)
- Surgical Education and Training (EDU Track)
Award Winners (March 14th, 2022)
CAI Track Winners:
- Augmented reality guided osteotomies using HoloLens 2
- SALAD: Novel surgical applications of galvanic tongue displays
- VISION 42
EDU Track Winners:
- ARTFM: Augmented Reality Visualization of Tool Functionality Manuals in Operating Room
- CAL-Tutor: A mixed reality platform for training in obstetric sonography
- RISP: The Remote Interactive Surgical Platform
Special Awards:
- International Cooperation Award: SALAD: Novel surgical applications of galvanic tongue displays
- Innovation Award: SALAD: Novel surgical applications of galvanic tongue displays
- Best Presentation Award: VISION 42
Jury Members
- Prof. Dr. Stefanie Speidel
- Prof. Dr. Philippe Cattin
- Prof. Dr. Marta Kersten-Oertel
- Prof. Lee Swanström, MD
- Prof. Dr. Christoph Bichlmeier
Worldwide Participation
Group Support Team
- Christoph Laux, MD
- Armando Hoch, MD
- Dr. Martin Osswald
- Dr. Christoph Leuze
- Dr. Hooman Esfandiari
- Dr. Ehsan Azimi
- Dr. Fabio Carrillo
- Megha Kalia
- Florentin Liebmann
- Marco Von Atzigen
- Sascha Jecklin
- Matthias Seibold
- Kevin Yu
- Sasan Matinfar
- Jonas Hein
- Sebastian Andress
- Alejandro Martin Gomez
- Alex Winkler
- Christina Gsaxner
- Aidana Massalimova
- Shervin Dehghani
- Daniel Suter, MD
- Sandro Hodel, MD
Keynote Speakers
Prof. Dr. Tom A. Furness
Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering with adjunct professorships in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Human Centered Design and Engineering at the University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Prof. Dr. Terry Peters
Professor Medical Imaging, Medical Biophysics, and Biomedical Engineering, Robarts Research Institute, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada. Head of the laboratory for Virtual Augmentation and Simulation for Surgery and Therapy (VASST Lab)
Prof. Dr. Leo Joskowicz
Professor of Computer Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Head of the Computer Aided Surgery and Medical Image Processing (CASMIP) laboratory
Prof. Dr. Marc Pollefeys
Director of Science at Microsoft HoloLens and Full Professor in the Institute for Visual Computing of the Dept. of Computer Science, ETH Zürich
Prof. Dr. Nassir Navab
Head of the Chair for Computer Aided Medical Procedures & Augmented Reality, Department of Computer Science, TU Munich
Prof. Dr. Philipp Fürnstahl
Professor in Orthopedic Computer Science, Head of ROCS (Research in Orthopedic Computer Science), Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zurich
Prof. Dr. Pierre Jannin
Head of the MediCIS group at the LTSI institute, University of Rennes, France. DR2 INSERM Research Director
Prof. Dr. Roy Eagleson
Professor in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Western Ontario, Associate Scientist at the Robarts Research Institute, Scientist and Principal Investigator at CSTAR, Canada
Prof. Dr. Merle Fairhurst
Professor Biological Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Universität der Bundeswehr München
Dr. Chenyang Xu
Partner at the Corporate Innovators Huddle, in Menlo Park, California, USA. Managing Partner at Perception Vision Medical Technologies, Guangzhou, China
Christopher Stapleton
Senior Creative Producer & Experience Architect, SIMIOSYS LLC. Co-Founder Virtual World Society
Dr. Alexandra Supper
Assistant professor in the Department of Society Studies at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Maastricht University
Dr. Alfredo Illanes
INKA – Innovation Laboratory for Image Guided Therapy, Medical Faculty, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany
Navid Navab
Associate Director in Responsive Media, Topological Media Lab, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada
Prof. Mazda Farshad, MD, MPH
Medical Director at Balgrist Hospital, Professor for Orthopedics at Universität Zürich
Prof. Greg Osgood, MD
Chief, Orthopaedic Trauma, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, JHU Baltimore
Prof. Alex Johnson, MD
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, JHU Baltimore
Prof. Sandrine De Ribaupierre, MD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
Prof. Dr. Sebastien Parratte, MD
Consultant orthopaedic surgeon at International Knee and Joint Centre, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Costa Nikou
Senior Principal Robotics Engineer at Smith & Nephew
Nissan Elimelech
Founder & CEO at Augmedics
Dr. Linda Bruetzel
Product Manager at Brainlab
Dr. Joern Seebeck
Director Research at Zimmer Biomet
Dr. Martin Berger
Research Project Lead – Advanced Therapies at Siemens Healthineers
Florian Hager
Principal Key Expert AR/VR/XR technology at Siemens Healthineers
Jonathan Knopf
Principal Designer - Global User Experience / Augmented Reality at Arthrex
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