Workshop

Monday, June 30th (12:30pm-1:30pm)
This workshop will be held during the lunch break on Monday.  Working lunch is included.
Workshop Fee: $65 (US dollars)

Workshop - Virtual Reality meets Medicine: CAVEman demonstration

Description of Workshop: In May of 2007, the Sun Center of Excellence for Visual Genomics at the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Medicine announced the completion of the world’s first object-oriented atlas of the human anatomy.

Since the creation of the model, we have been working on morphing, moving and the integration of volumetric information with the surface model. We will demonstrate the model and the features built into it using a stereo display on site at the conference.

 Workshop Instructors: Prof.  Dr. Christoph W. Sensen and Dr. Jung Soh, University of Calgary

Biography: Prof. Dr. Sensen is a tenured full Professor at the University of Calgary, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Dr. Sensen’s main research topic is Bioinformatics and Medical Informatics. He is currently funded by Genome Canada and Genome Alberta for a study with the title: “Four-dimensional modeling of genetic diseases and developmental patterns”.

Instructional Level: lecture and demonstration.

Course Objective Outline:

  • Introduction to the concept of surface modeling

  • Demonstration of the CAVEman model

  • Integration with volumetric information

  • Integration with gene expression patterns

  • Integration with metabolomic information

  • Discussion of further needs

 

Monday, June 30th (3:30pm-6:00pm)

Three concurrent workshops

Workshop Fee: $130 (US dollars)

All workshops are elective and require a fee.  Workshops are concurrent and colleagues are encourage to select one from the following options.

Workshop 1- 3D Cranio-maxillofacial Surgery Simulation with SurgiCase CMF  (Materialise)

Special requirements for the above workshop: laptop

Description of Workshop: This "hands-on" workshop will focus on the use of SurgiCase CMF software for virtual surgical planning for a variety of head & neck reconstructive procedures. Orthognathic and distraction procedures will be demonstrated on a few cases by demonstrator. Additional procedures including cranioplasty, preparation of guides for epithese implant placement and general CMF guides will also be addressed.

Workshop Instructor: Marian Duron, Department Manager - CMF

Biography: Marian Duron holds an MSc degree in Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences, a Specialization degree in Biomedical and Clinical Engineering and a Master degree in Bio-Informatics, from the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. As department manager of CMF, she has been leading Materialise’s developments in the virtual maxillofacial surgery simulation field since 2003

Instructional Level: Hands-on

Course Objective Outline:

  • Introduction to Materialise
  • Introduction to SurgiCase CMF    
  • Demonstration of different clinical applications               
  • Hands-on by doctors

*Workshop #1 Requirements: Personal laptop with a CD drive to transfer software program.  Software program to be loaded prior to workshop at the Materialise exhibit booth.

Workshop 2 - Preoperative Planning and Intraoperative Navigation for Head & Neck Reconstructive Surgery  (BrainLAB AG)

Description of Workshop: Virtual preoperative planning and intraoperative realization becomes more and more a standard in the treatment of patients. This hands-on workshop will focus on the use of the preoperative planning software iPlan CMF and the intraoperative navigation software VectorVision/ Kolibri in the field of head and neck reconstructive surgery as well as their indications for use. Participants of this workshop will be trained by experienced well-known clinical leaders who will also give an insight in their daily routine while using planning and navigation.

Workshop Instructors: Prof. Dr. Dr. Alexander Schramm, Dr. Dr. Marc Metzger, Dr. Enno-Ludwig Barth

Alexander Schramm is Professor and Chairman of the CMF department in the Military Hospital of Ulm, Germany. Since 1997 he is developing new applications of soft- and hardware for the clinical use in computer-assisted maxillofacial surgery. He first started in the CMF department of Rainer Schmelzeisen in Freiburg, Germany, in 1997, before working in the CMF department of Nils-Claudius Gellrich in Hannover, Germany, starting 2004. Together they published in 2006 the first book on “Navigational Surgery of the Facial Skeleton”. Marc Metzger is working in the same field since 2004 in Freiburg, Germany. His specialty is intraoperative imaging and prefabricated implants. Enno-Ludwig Barth is a maxillofacial surgeon in Hannover, Germany, leading the clinical and scientific group in computer-assisted surgery there.

Instructional Level: Hands-on

Course Objective Outline:

  • Clinical Indications
  • Introduction of Hardware and Software     
  • Hands-On preoperative planning iPlan CMF                
  • Hands-On intraoperative Application VectorVision/ Kolibri     

15:30 Wellcome and Introduction
15:40 Computer-assisted reconstructive surgery - state of the art and perspectives (Schramm)
16:00 Intraoperative imaging, prefabricated implants and navigation (Metzger)
16:20 Hands-On-Training in virtual reconstruction of the facial skeleton (Barth)
17:20 Hands-On-Testing of intraoperative navigation for orbital reconstruction (all faculty)

Workshop 3 - Digital Maxillofacial Reconstruction: SensAble Freeform (Majenta Solutions)

Description of Workshop: Delegates will receive hands on experience of using the FreeForm Modellingtm system and be lead by an experienced instructor through a comprehensive introduction to the technology and key concepts.

Our workshop will guide through the creation of a cranial implant by performing specific tasks from importing 3D data from a CT or MRI scan source, right through to producing a final model.  Transform this 3D data into ‘virtual clay’ and learn about the application of haptically (touch) enabled tools to develop a cranial implant over source data in the virtual clay material.

You will be able to explore your design and make fit/measurement/ and manufacturability checks before preparing the implant model for export to Rapid Prototyping and other downstream applications such as CNC milling.

It will quickly become apparent why FreeForm Modellingtm is the leading organic modeling tool and you will have a chance to see for yourself how this system is applied to many different medical or dental modeling tasks.

Workshop Instructor: James Mason

Biography: James Mason has 18 years experience in the CAD/CAM arena. He started his career in Product Design, designing medical devices and packaging for various plastic moulding processes using multiple CAD/CAM systems. Moving into the CAD/CAM software industry as an Application Engineer in the mid 90’s James has worked in training/support and development of various software applications. The latest being the FreeForm modeling System from SensAble Technologies, specialising in modeling complex surfaces, 3D scan data and sculpted  form, working in all industries from footwear to medical/dental.

Instructional Level: Instructor led, hands on workshop experience

Course Objective Outline:

  • Delegates to be introduced to FreeForm Modelling Plus system

  • Hands on instruction to import medical scan data

  • Creation of max-fac implant

  • Preparing data for rapid-prototyping or machining