Posted on March 12: Lecture examines 3D visualization of human diseases

[img_inline align=”right” src=”http://padnws01.mcmaster.ca/images/Fenster_Aaron[1].jpg” caption=”Aaron Fenster”]Visualizing disease using 3D imaging is providing new information about the interior of the human body. In fact, these new technologies have revolutionized diagnostic radiology, as they provide information about the inside of the body never before available, according to Aaron Fenster, a renowned expert in this field.

The professor of diagnostic radiology and nuclear medicine, medical biophysics, and biomedical engineering from The University of Western Ontario, will explore 3D visualization of diseases at the 26th annual Alexander Graham Bell Lecture, presented by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

His lecture, entitled “3D Visualization of the Human Disease: Advances and Opportunities,” on Tuesday, March 16, will explore unprecedented developments of new imaging systems making use of 3D visualization. Developments in diagnostic radiology have clearly demonstrated that 2D viewing of 3D anatomy, using conventional techniques, limits the ability to quantify and visualize a number of diseases and is partly responsible for the reported variability in diagnosis and in guiding minimally invasive surgical procedures, according to Fenster.

Developments that will be described at the lecture include: 3D ultrasound, 3D computed rotation angiography and 3D MRI/fMRI for imaging organs such as the brain, prostate, heart, breast, kidney and liver. Examples will be discussed in the use of these techniques for quantitative morphological and functional imaging as well as for image-guided surgery and therapy. These advances have involved multi-disciplinary efforts integrating expertise of radiologists with computer scientists, engineers and physicists. Fenster will attempt to describe these new advances in imaging of the human body and will address opportunities for new research directions.

Presented by the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, the Alexander Graham Bell Lecture offers outstanding speakers on a topic in information and emerging technologies that is of interest to both the members of the University community and the general public. Established in 1978, the lectures honour Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone.

Fenster is the founding director and scientist of the Imaging Research Laboratories at the Robarts Research Institute and founding director of the graduate program in biomedical engineering at the University of Western Ontario. He also is director of the CIHR Vascular & Cerebrovascular Transdisciplinary Training Program at Western.

The lecture will take place on Tuesday, March 16 at 2:30 p.m. in the Information Technology Building, Rm. 137.

Click here for more information about the lecture.

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[img_inline align="right" src="http://padnws01.mcmaster.ca/images/Fenster_Aaron[1].jpg" caption="Aaron Fenster"]Visualizing disease using 3D imaging is providing new information about the interior of the human body. In fact, these new technologies have revolutionized diagnostic radiology, as they provide information about the inside of the body never before available, according to Aaron Fenster, a renowned expert in this field.<p><br />
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The professor of diagnostic radiology and nuclear medicine, medical biophysics, and biomedical engineering from The University of Western Ontario, will explore 3D visualization of diseases at the 26th annual Alexander Graham Bell Lecture, presented by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.<p><br />
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His lecture, entitled "3D Visualization of the Human Disease: Advances and Opportunities," on Tuesday, March 16, will explore unprecedented developments of new imaging systems making use of 3D visualization. Developments in diagnostic radiology have clearly demonstrated that 2D viewing of 3D anatomy, using conventional techniques, limits the ability to quantify and visualize a number of diseases and is partly responsible for the reported variability in diagnosis and in guiding minimally invasive surgical procedures, according to Fenster.<p><br />
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Developments that will be described at the lecture include: 3D ultrasound, 3D computed rotation angiography and 3D MRI/fMRI for imaging organs such as the brain, prostate, heart, breast, kidney and liver. Examples will be discussed in the use of these techniques for quantitative morphological and functional imaging as well as for image-guided surgery and therapy. These advances have involved multi-disciplinary efforts integrating expertise of radiologists with computer scientists, engineers and physicists. Fenster will attempt to describe these new advances in imaging of the human body and will address opportunities for new research directions.<p><br />
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Presented by the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, the Alexander Graham Bell Lecture offers outstanding speakers on a topic in information and emerging technologies that is of interest to both the members of the University community and the general public.  Established in 1978, the lectures honour Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone. <p><br />
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Fenster is the founding director and scientist of the Imaging Research Laboratories at the Robarts Research Institute and founding director of the graduate program in biomedical engineering at the University of Western Ontario. He also is director of the CIHR Vascular & Cerebrovascular Transdisciplinary Training Program at Western. <p><br />
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The lecture will take place on Tuesday, March 16 at 2:30 p.m. in the Information Technology Building, Rm. 137.<p><br />
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<a href="http://www.ece.mcmaster.ca/news/news.htm">Click here</a> for more information about the lecture.

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