Schedule

This is a tentative schedule. Times are subject to changes

08:3008:40Opening Address by Organizers
   
Marker based localization and tracking
08:4009:00Magnetic particle imaging based targeted therapy of brain disorders - Jungwon Yoon - Professor, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, South Korea
09:0009:20Shortwave Infrared Imaging of a Quantum Dot-based Magnetic Guidewire toward Non-fluoroscopic Peripheral Vascular Interventions - Hongsoo Choi - Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Institute for Applied Life Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
09:2009:30Panel discussion on marker based localization and tracking
   
Medical imaging 
09:3009:50Robotic-Assisted Transurethral En-bloc Resection of Bladder Tumours: First-in-Human Experience - Ka-Wai Kwok - Professor at Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
09:5010:10Navigation and X-ray imaging of sperm clusters in a reproductive tract model - Veronika Magdanz - Assistant Professor, University of Waterloo, Canada      
10:1010:20Panel discussion on medical imaging based localization and tracking
   
10:2010:50Morning break
   
Field based localization and tracking
10:5011:10Low-frequency magnetic induction enables simultaneous localization, actuation, and torque monitoring - Cameron Forbrigger - Postdoctoral Researcher, Medical Microsystems Lab, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
11:1011:30Magneto-oscillatory localization and sensing of miniature robots - Tian Qiu - Professor, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) Site Dresden, Germany -  Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, TU Dresden, Germany
11:3011:50Magneto-Mechanical Resonators: A passive low-power solution for precise tracking of micro-devices - Tobias Knopp - Professor, Institute of Biomedical Imaging, Hamburg University of Technology and University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
11:5012:10Tracking micrometer scale robots and biological cells using electric fields - Aude Bolopion - CNRS senior researcher, FEMTO-ST Institute, CNRS, Besancon, France 
12:1012:30Panel discussion on field based localization and tracking
   
12:3013:30Lunch break
   
Ultrasound based localization and tracking
13:3013:50Comparing US-based imaging methods in microrobot tracking tasks - Veronica Iacovacci - Associate Professor, The BioRobotics Institute, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy 
13:5014:10Tracking Wireless Medical Robots: Ultrasound Versus Magnetic Localization - Eric Diller - Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and Robotics Institute, University of Toronto, Canada  
14:1014:30Catheter assisted microrobots for interventional vascular surgery - Tiantian Xu - Professor, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China   
14:3014:45Panel discussion on ultrasound based localization and tracking
   
14:4516:05Poster session and afternoon break 
   
Optical microscopy based localization and tracking
16:0516:25Machine learning based microrobot tracking, localization, and pose estimation - Dandan Zhang - Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London
16:2516:45title to be defined - Bahareh Behkam
16:4517:05Pose Estimation with Nanometric Resolutions over Millimetric Ranges Using Pseudo-Periodic Encoded Patterns - Guillaume Laurent - Professor, FEMTO-ST Institute, CNRS, SupMicroTech ENSMM, Besancon, France  
17:0517:20Panel discussion on optical microscopy based localisation and tracking
   
17:2017:30Closing remarks