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Miniature Ultrasonic Transducers - Continuous monitoring of myocardial function during cardiac surgery
– Miniaturized ultrasonic transducers for continuous monitoring of regional myocardial function have been developed and tested at The Interventional Centre. The transducers are fixed on the surface of the heart and give a continuous real-time signal of the heart wall thickening pattern presented on a bedside screen. The aim is to provide a sensitive tool for postoperative monitoring with automated signal analysis and interpretation. Animal studies have given very good results. The transducers can detect ischemia with high sensitivity,and can discriminate changes during ischemia from other situations with altered hemodynamic variables. A patient study is currently ongoing to test the ability of the sensors to detect hemodynamic and ischemic myocardial changes in patients during coronary bypass surgery. The study is done in cooperation with Dept. of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Dept. of Cardiology, Div. of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, and Vestfold University College.
Resection Map -A 3D cartographic map to guide laparoscopic hepatectomies
– A clinical case with an implementation of the Resection Map application from the ARIS*ER Project took place at Rikshospitalet in week 41. The intraoperative navigation solution is a new 3D visualization system to support hepatectomies: the "Resection Map". This is a pragmatic solution to enhance laparoscopic liver resection accuracy and safety with an intuitive visualization of its critical inner structures. This system aims at improving the transfer of pre-operative liver planning information into the intra-operative surgical stage, both in laparoscopic and open approaches. Suregeons Dr. Bjørn Ewin and Dr. Arne Rosseland took part in the clinical case together with Dr P.Lamata. The anatomical resection of the first case in Oslo was a success: Dr. Edwin was able to identify and make the correspondence between the structures in the Map (main portal and hepatic veins) and the structures in the patient.
Melody Project Kick-off
– From left: Arvid Hallén, CEO Research Council of Norway, Ilangko Balasingham, professor, Erik Fosse, professor, Morten Reymert, CEO Rikshospitalet. A celebration was held on September 8th 2008 celebrating the Kick-off of the Melody Project. Arvid Hallén, CEO Research Council of Norway and Morten Reymert, CEO Rikshospitalet paricipated. A common thread in the project is ultra wide band technology (UWB). The focus of the project is network communication and handling of multiple sensors, positioning systems, tracking systems and guidance of small robots inside the body. The project is planned to be active for the next 7 years and will fund 7 PhD and 15 PostDoc Scholarships. The project is part of the Research Council of Norway's Large Scale ICT Programme.

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