MRCAS SYMPOSIUM 94 - Announcement and Call For Papers First International Symposium on Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA September 22-24, 1994 Hosted by: Shadyside Hospital and The Center for Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University CALL FOR PAPERS: Submission deadline for 3-5 page papers: March 25, 1994 Author notification of acceptance: June 1, 1994 Final camera ready copy due: July 15, 1994 Conference Chairman Takeo Kanade, Ph.D. Program Committee Russell Taylor, Ph.D., Program Chair Anthony M. DiGioia III, M.D., Medical Chair Advisory Board Col. Richard Satava, M.D., Co-Chair Peter Brett, Ph.D., Co-Chair Technical Sponsorship Provided by: IEEE Robotics and Automation Society DESCRIPTION: The application of robotic technology in medicine has emerged as a rapidly evolving area that has great potential for improving patients' clinical outcome. Identifying and advancing appropriate utilization of this technology requires collaboration among t tatus of this technology and explore the future direction and applications within medicine. In addition to scientific presentations by an invited faculty who have major research interest within these areas, live surgery, exhibits, demonstrations and tours will showcase several current applications and technologies which are being investigated fo Contributions are invited on research, development and practice of medical robotics and computer assisted surgery. Topics will include, but are not limited to the following: ¥ Clinical Needs as Defined by Physicians ¥ Pre-operative Planning and Surgical Simulations ¥ Robotic Vision and Medical Imaging Integration ¥ Sensors and Modelling ¥ Intelligent Control and Systems ¥ Telesurgery ¥ Virtual Reality in Medicine ¥ Approach to Clinical Trials and Cost/Benefit Analyses ¥ Technology Assessment and the Benefits (and Costs) to Society ¥ Current Applications of Medical Robotics Systems ¥ Live Surgery For further information contact: MRCAS '94 Symposium Department of Continuing Medical Education Shadyside Hospital 532 South Aiken Avenue Aiken Professional Building, Suite 412 Pittsburgh, PA 15232 Phone: (412) 623-2393, Fax: (412) 623-3010 or Anthony M. DiGioia III, M.D.: digioia@cs.cmu.edu Russell Taylor,Ph.D.: rht@watson.ibm.com Accreditation: Shadyside Hospital is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians. Certification: The Shadyside Hospital Department of Continuing Medical Education will designate this continuing medical education activity for Category I credit of the Physician's Recognition Award of the American Medical Association. The amount of credit hours will be