Medical Augmented Reality Summer School 2024

International Summer School
September 1st - 7th, 2024

Medical Augmented Reality Summer School 2024

The mission of Medical Augmented Reality Summer School (MARSS) is to bring together the world's top experts, clinicians, companies, and talented reseachers and students from all round the world, fosting collaboration, and pusing the boundaries of Medical Augmented Reality. MARSS is organized by a consortium of scientists and clinicians from top institutes and hospitals, which are among the leading centers for cutting-edge research in medical augmented reality. Till now, it has been held in Europe every two years; but in the coming summer, MARSS will take place outside Europe for the first time and this time in Suzhou, China, supported by Center for Medical Imaging, Robotics, Analytic Computing and Learning (MIRACLE), Suzhou Institute for Advanced Research, University of Science and Technology of China (China), Chair for Computer Aided Medical Procedures (CAMP), Technical University of Munich (Germany), Institute of Medical Robotics (IMR), Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China), and Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, Hong Kong Institute of Science & Innovation, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAIR).

The MARSS24 will feature a list of events, including keynote speeches from top experts and clinicians, hands-on lectures from experienced researchers, industry demos, workshops, and hackathons, and a lot of fun. For the hackathon, interdisciplinary teams consisting of participants from research, industry, and clinic will be formed to collaboratively develop novel Medical Augmented Reality systems, supported by experienced surgeons and AR experts.

This event is endorsed by the MICCAI society and covered by the MICCAI Code of Conduct.

Further Impressions

Agenda MARSS2024

Time Sunday 1th Monday 2th Tuesday 3th Wednesday 4th
8:00 - 8:30 Welcome & Instructions
Prof. Navab, Prof. Zhou
8:30 - 9:30 Keynote
Medical AR - Definition and History
Prof. Nassir Navab
Keynote
Innovative AR R&D in the Medical Field
Prof. Ken Masamune
Keynote
AR in Surgical Training and Treatment: Current Trends and Future Perspectives
Prof. Philipp Fürnstahl
Keynote
Medical Metaverse
Prof. Zhigeng Pan
9:30 - 10:00 Coffee Break Coffee Break Coffee Break Coffee Break
10:00 - 11:00 Keynote
AR for medical education and surgical navigation
Prof. Dr. Wang Manning
Keynote
Medical AR in Trauma Surgery
Prof. Greg Osgood
Keynote
The Role of Perception in Medical Imaging Visualization for Augmented Reality.
Prof. Alejandro Martin-Gomez
Keynote
Empathic Computing and Medical Telepresence
Prof. Mark Billinghurst
11:00 - 12:00 Lecture
MONAI
Yongnan Ji (Nvidia) + James Wang (Realtime)
Lecture
AR Devices
Alexander Winkler
Keynote
AR for Robotic Surgery
Prof. Guang-Zhong Yang
Keynote
Medical Intelligence and Extended Reality: Past, Present, and Future
Prof. Pheng Ann Heng
12:00 - 13:40 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
14:40 - 15:00 Coffee Break Coffee Break Coffee Break Coffee Break
15:00 - 18:00 Hackathon Hackathon Hackathon Hackathon
Evening Program - Pizza Night - Conference Dinner
Time Thursday 5th Friday 6th Saturday 7th
8:30 - 9:30 Keynote
Medical AR in Visceral Surgery
Dr. Christian Heiliger
Keynote
Multimodal Image-Guided
Surgery Navigation
Prof. Jian Yang
Keynote
TBA
Prof. Kevin Zhou
9:30 - 10:00 Coffee Break Coffee Break Coffee Break
10:00 - 11:00 Lecture
Augmented Reality - The Key to Trust and Acceptance
Prof. Nassir Navab
Keynote
AI/AR X-Ray Vision
Prof. Hongbin Liu
Hackathon
Prepare for Presentation
11:00 - 12:00 Lecture
Sonification
Sasan Matinfar
Keynote
Stereotaxy: From Frame To Augmented Reality
Prof. Tat Ming Danny Chan
Hackathon
Prepare for Presentation
12:00 - 13:40 Lunch Break Lunch Break Lunch Break
13:40 - 14:40 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
15:00 - 18:00 Hackathon Hackathon Demo Day Session
Audience Award
Closing Ceremony

Prof. Navab, Prof. Zhou
Evening Program - 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 the Director of Institute of Medical Intelligence and XR at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.

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 of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Automation (CASlA), Director and Professor of Centre for Al and Robotics (CAlR), 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 the 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.

MARSS 2024 Registration

If you are interested, please apply online using one of the following registration links:

Online Application (closed)


Registration fee:

  • Clinicians / Students:
    400 EUR / 3200 CNY with accommodation or 200 EUR / 1600 CNY without accommodation
  • Industry members:
    1000 EUR / 8000 CNY with accommodation

MARSS 2024 Location and Directions

The Medical AR Summer School will be hosted by Center for Medical Imaging, Robotics, Analytic Computing and Learning (MIRACLE), Suzhou Institute for Advanced Research, University of Science and Technology of China (China).

Address:

University of Science and Technology of China
166 Renai Road (USTC)
Suzhou
China

Detailed instructions for travel arrangements will be published soon.

Organizing Committee





General Chairs

Prof. Dr. S.Kevin Zhou (USTC)

Prof. Dr. Nassir Navab (TUM)

Prof. Dr. Guang-Zhong Yang (STU)





Executive Chairs

Dr. Ulrich Eck (TUM)

Dr. Han Li (USTC)

MARSS 2023 Highlights

The 3rd edition of the Medical Augmented Reality Summer School took place at Balgrist University Hospital in Zurich, Switzerland, again bringing together the world's experts in Medical AR, clinicians, companies and talented academic researchers from all around the world, foster cooperation, and push the boundaries of Medical Augmented Reality. MARSS is organized by a consortium of scientists and clinicians from Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland and Technical University, Munich, Germany, which are among the leading centers for cutting-edge research in Medical Augmented Reality.

In the MARSS23 hackathon, interdisciplinary teams consisting of participants from research, industry, and clinic will develop novel Medical Augmented Reality systems, supported by experienced surgeons and AR experts. For MARSS23 and the MARSS23 hackathon, we will have access to our brand-new translational center for surgery, the OR-X, a highly technological equipped research and training infrastructure where surgical innovation and education can happen without patient burden.

More details: https://medicalaugmentedreality.org/mar2023.html

About Suzhou

Suzhou is a city with a long history on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and on the shores of Lake Taihu in the province of Jiangsu, China. This city is renowned for its beautiful stone bridges, pagodas, and meticulously designed garderns, which has become a great tourist attraction. Suzhou is also experiencing accelerated development, characterized by its profound cultural legacy, economic dynamism, and dedicated pursuit of technological progress. Suzhou possesses a robust technological ecosystem characterized by the presence of sophisticated research institutions, esteemed universities, and innovation parks. This foundational infrastructure cultivates synergistic collaborations among researchers, engineers, and medical professionals, thereby engendering an environment conducive to the advancement and development of state-of-the-art augmented reality (AR) applications within the healthcare sector. As the city continues to evolve, Suzhou stands at the forefront of shaping the future of healthcare technology.

Sponsors





The event is open to industrial sponsorship. For those interested, please contact hanli21@mail.ustc.edu.cn.