Medical Augmented Reality Summer School 2024
Medical Augmented Reality Summer School 2024
The 4th edition of the Medical Augmented Reality Summer School (MARSS) took place from September 1–7, 2024 in Suzhou, China — for the first time outside Europe. MARSS brings together the world’s top experts, clinicians, companies, and talented researchers from all around the world, fostering collaboration and pushing the boundaries of Medical Augmented Reality.
MARSS24 was supported by:
- Center for Medical Imaging, Robotics, Analytic Computing and Learning (MIRACLE), Suzhou Institute for Advanced Research, University of Science and Technology of China
- Chair for Computer Aided Medical Procedures (CAMP), Technical University of Munich, Germany
- Institute of Medical Robotics (IMR), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
- Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (CAIR), Hong Kong Institute of Science & Innovation, Chinese Academy of Sciences
The program featured keynote speeches from top experts and clinicians, hands-on lectures, industry demos, workshops, and a hackathon. Interdisciplinary teams from research, industry, and clinic collaboratively developed novel Medical Augmented Reality systems, supported by experienced surgeons and AR experts.
This event was endorsed by the MICCAI society and covered by the MICCAI Code of Conduct.
About Suzhou
Suzhou is a city with a long history on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River in Jiangsu Province, China. Renowned for its beautiful stone bridges, pagodas, and meticulously designed gardens, Suzhou is experiencing accelerated development characterized by its profound cultural legacy, economic dynamism, and dedicated pursuit of technological progress.
Address:
University of Science and Technology of China 166 Renai Road (USTC) Suzhou, China
Schedule
First Week (September 1–7)
| Time | Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08:00–08:30 | Welcome & Instructions Prof. Navab, Prof. Zhou | ||||||
| 08:30–09:30 | Keynote: Prof. Nassir Navab Medical AR – Definition and History | Keynote: Prof. Ken Masamune Innovative AR R&D in the Medical Field
Tokyo Women's Medical University | Keynote: Prof. Philipp Fürnstahl AR in Surgical Training and Treatment
Balgrist University Hospital | Keynote: Prof. Zhigeng Pan Medical Metaverse | Keynote: Dr. Christian Heiliger, MD Medical AR in Visceral Surgery
LMU Munich | Keynote: Prof. Jian Yang Multimodal Image-Guided Surgery Navigation | Keynote: Prof. S. Kevin Zhou University of Science and Technology of China |
| 09:30–10:00 | Coffee Break | Coffee Break | Coffee Break | Coffee Break | Coffee Break | Coffee Break | Coffee Break |
| 10:00–11:00 | Keynote: Prof. Wang Manning AR for Medical Education and Surgical Navigation | Keynote: Prof. Greg Osgood, MD Medical AR in Trauma Surgery
Johns Hopkins Hospital | Keynote: Prof. Alejandro Martin-Gomez The Role of Perception in Medical Imaging Visualization for AR | Keynote: Prof. Mark Billinghurst Empathic Computing and Medical Telepresence
University of South Australia | Lecture: Augmented Reality – The Key to Trust and Acceptance (Prof. Navab) | Keynote: Prof. Hongbin Liu AI/AR X-Ray Vision
CAIR, Hong Kong | Hackathon: Prepare for Presentation |
| 11:00–12:00 | Lecture: MONAI (Yongnan Ji / Nvidia + James Wang / Realtime) | Lecture: AR Devices (Alexander Winkler) | Keynote: Prof. Guang-Zhong Yang AR for Robotic Surgery
Shanghai Jiao Tong University | Keynote: Prof. Pheng Ann Heng Medical Intelligence and XR: Past, Present, and Future
CUHK Hong Kong | Lecture: Sonification (Sasan Matinfar) | Keynote: Prof. Tat Ming Danny Chan Stereotaxy: From Frame to Augmented Reality | |
| 12:00–13:40 | Lunch Break | Lunch Break | Lunch Break | Lunch Break | Lunch Break | Lunch Break | Lunch Break |
| 13:40–14:40 | Lecture: Unity 101 (Alexander Winkler & Tianyu Song) | Lecture: Rendering & Visualization (Michael Sommersperger) | Lecture: AR/VR Telepresence for Medical Consultation (Dr. Ulrich Eck) | Lecture: Interaction (Tianyu Song) | Lecture: Implicit Neural Representation for Medical Image Reconstruction (Yuyao Zhang) | Lecture: Planning and Navigation of Surgical Interventions (Yun Gu) | Demo Day Session |
| 14:40–15:00 | Coffee Break | Coffee Break | Coffee Break | Coffee Break | Coffee Break | Coffee Break | Coffee Break |
| 15:00–18:00 | Hackathon | Hackathon | Hackathon | Hackathon | Hackathon | Hackathon | Demo Day Session (continued) |
| 17:00–17:30 | Audience Award | ||||||
| 17:30–18:00 | Closing Ceremony Prof. Navab, Prof. Zhou | ||||||
| 19:00–22:00 | Pizza Night | Conference Dinner | Pizza Night |
Keynote Speakers
Prof. Dr. Mark Billinghurst
Chair professor at University of South Australia, and Director of the Australian Research Centre for Interactive and Virtual Environments
Prof. Dr. S. Kevin Zhou
Chair professor, and Executive Dean of the School of Biomedical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Suzhou, China
Prof. Dr. Nassir Navab
Head of the Chair for Computer Aided Medical Procedures & Augmented Reality, Department of Computer Science, TU Munich
Prof. Dr. Guang-Zhong Yang
Chief scientist and Dean of the Institute of Medical Robotics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
Prof. Greg Osgood, MD
Chief, Orthopaedic Trauma, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, JHU Baltimore
Prof. Dr. Pheng Ann Heng
Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and Director of Institute of Medical Intelligence and XR at The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Prof. Ken Masamune
Tokyo Women's Medical University, Faculty of Advanced Techno Surgery, Advanced Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, Tokyo, Japan
Dr. Christian Heiliger, MD
Specialist – Clinic for General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery at Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität, Munich, Germany
Prof. Dr. Hongbin Liu
Professor and Director, Centre for AI and Robotics, Hong Kong Institute of Science & Innovation, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Prof. Dr. Jian Yang
Second-level professor and doctoral supervisor at Beijing Institute of Technology, China
Prof. Dr. Zhigeng Pan
Dean, School of Artificial Intelligence, Nanjing University of Information S&T and Director of the Research Center for Metaverse Engineering, Jiangsu Province, China
Prof. Dr. Tat Ming Danny Chan
Clinical Associate Professor (Honorary) & Head, Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Co-Director, Otto Wong Brain Tumour Centre, CUHK
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