Please note as well as the pre-recorded live videos we will have two live sessions. *All times in the schedule are given in the EST timezone. 

LIVE SESSION 1: Asia / Europe: 9 am – 1 pm UTC || 5 am – 9 am EST

5:00 – 5:30 OPENING REMARKS 

5:30 – 6:10 SESSION 1: SURGICAL VISION

  1. Towards Video-based Surgical Workflow Understanding in Open Orthopedic Surgery (Presented by Rahim Kadkhodamohammadi, UK, Paper #9)
  2. VisionBlender: A Tool to Efficiently Generate Computer Vision Datasets for Robotic Surgery (Presented by Joao Cartucho, Paper #32)
  3. Towards real-time multiple surgical tool tracking (presented by Maria Robu, UK, Paper #31)
  4. LapFormer: Surgical Tool Detection in Laparoscopic Surgical Video Using Transformer Architecture (Presented by Satoshi Kondo, Asia, Paper #2)
  5. Synthetic laparoscopic video generation for machine learning-based surgical (Presented by Yuichiro Hayashi, Paper #17)

6:10 – 6:20 BREAK

6:20 – 7:00 SESSION 2: COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY

  1. Station number assignment to abdominal lymph node for assisting gastric cancer surgery  (Presented by Yuichiro Hayashi, Paper #16)
  2. HAPNet: Hierarchically aggregated pyramid network for real-time stereo matching (Presented by Patrick Brandao, UK, Paper #30)
  3. Towards markerless computer-aided surgery combining deep segmentation and geometric pose estimation: Application in Total Knee Arthroplasty (Presented by Inês Félix, Europe, Paper #36)
  4. Augmented Reality Visualization for Craniosynostosis Surgery (Presented by D.Garcia-Mato, Europe, Paper #12) 
  5. Towards natural 3D interaction for laparoscopic augmented reality registration (Presented by Fabian Joeres, Germany, Europe, Paper #13)

7:00- 7:10 BREAK

7:10 – 7:50 SESSION 3: AUGMENTED AND VIRTUAL REALITY

  1. Evaluating Surface Visualization Methods in Semi-Transparent VolumeRendering in Virtual Reality (Presented by Gloria Zörnak and Jacob Weiss, Europe, Paper #5)
  2. Virtual Reality Technologies for Clinical Education: Evaluation Metrics and Comparative Analysis (Presented by Arian Mehrfard, Paper #25)
  3. On the Effectiveness of Virtual Reality-based Training for Surgical Robot Setup (Presented by Arian Mehrfard, Paper #28)
  4. Visualization of Patient’s Knee Movement and Joint Contact Area during Knee Flexion for Orthopaedic Surgery Planning Validation (Presented by Alexandra Mercader, Germany, Europe, Paper #34)
  5. Towards assisted electrocardiogram interpretation using an AI-enabled Augmented Reality Headset (presented by Paula Lampreave presenting from Spain, Europe, Paper #35)

7:50 – 8:00 BREAK

8:00-9:00 KEYNOTE: Dr. Alex Golby 

LIVE SESSION 2: Europe / Americas: 2 pm – 6 pm UTC || 10 am – 2 pm EST

10:00 – 10:30 OPENING REMARKS

10:30 – 11:20 SESSION 1: COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY

  1. Assessment of Surface Rendering with 1 DoF Vibration (Presented by Oliver Snyder, America?, Paper #4)
  2. Efficient Automatic 2D/3D Registration of Cardiac Ultrasound and CT Images  (presented by Katy Scott, Canada EST, Paper #10)
  3. Visual force estimation in robot-assisted surgery (Presented by Eddie Edwards,  Paper #24) 
  4. Ultrasound Video Analysis for Skill Level Assessment in FAST Ultrasound (by Robert Tyrell, Canada, Paper #11) 
  5. The AI-Medic: An Artificial Intelligent Mentor for Trauma Surgery (Presented by Edgar Rojas Muñoz Americas -06:00 UTC, Paper #37)
  6. SARTRES: A Semi-Autonomous Robot TeleopeRation Environment for Surgery (Presented by M. Rahman Americas -06:00 UTC, Paper #38)  

11:20 – 11:30 BREAK 

11:30 – 12:20 SESSION 2: AUGMENTED AND VIRTUAL REALITY

  1. Stabilizing Visualization by Reducing Camera Movements in Virtual Colonoscopy Methods (PResented by Mostafa Mohamed, Paper #33) 
  2. Predicted Microscopic Cortical Brain Images for Optimal Craniotomy Positioning and Visualisation (Presented by N. Haouchine, US, Paper #39) 
  3. Improving central line needle insertions using in-situ vascular reconstructions (Presented by L. Groves, Paper #14)
  4. Towards Exploring the Benefits of Augmented Reality for Patient Support During Radiation Oncology Interventions (Presented by A. Martin-Gomez, Paper #26)
  5. Multiple Sclerosis Treatment Using Augmented Reality Guided Imagery and Image-Guided Subcutaneous Injections (Presented by Donya Meshgin, Canada EST, Paper #27)
  6. Feasibility of Image-based Augmented Reality Guidance of Total Shoulder Arthroplasty Using Microsoft HoloLens 1  (Presented by Wenhao Gu, Paper #18) 

12:20 – 12:30 BREAK

12:30 – 1:30 KEYNOTE: Dr. Eyal Ofek

1:30 – 2:00 CLOSING REMARKS & AWARDS