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Simulation and Virtual Reality

for Medical Applications

Presented by Jim Chen

Tuesday, August 31 2010

This presentation is an overview of several projects in the Graphics Lab at George Mason University: Knee Surgery Assistance System, Knee Joint Alignment System, Virtual Ear Surgery, Virtual Human Anatomy, and Statistical Cancer Data Visualization.

Several virtual reality systems for medical applications have been implemented: a knee surgery assistance system that includes generating patient-specific 3D knee models from patient’s magnetic resonant images (MRIs), simulating knee motion on the patient-specific knee model, and visualizing biomechanical information on the model; a knee alignment assessment system that includes measuring angular, bowing, and twisting knees for knee replacement surgery; a virtual ear surgery system that includes temporal bone construction, visualization, and virtual surgery; a virtual human anatomy system that includes natural color human body with separated organs and labels; a web-based interactive statistic visualization system for statistic data.

Jim Chen is Professor of Computer Science at George Mason University (GMU) and a Senior Member of IEEE. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Central Florida in 1995 and worked as a Visual Systems Scientist at the Institute for Simulation and training in Orlando, Florida from 1990 to 1995. He has joined the Computer Science Department of GMU since 1995. Jim is currently the Director of the Visual Computing Lab at GMU. Jim’s research interests include computer graphics, virtual reality, visualization, and simulation for medical applications. Jim is Associate Editor of Computing in Science & Engineering (CiSE) and served as General Co-Chair of IEEE VR 2006. Jim has authored four books and published over 100 research papers. Contact Jim at: jchen@gmu.edu; 703 993 1720 (office).

For details and driving directions see the August 2010 Software SIG Announcement.

The presentation will originate at the McLean facility, with video tele-conferencing (VTC) between:

MITRE, room 1N100

7515 Colshire Drive

McLean, VA 22102

host: Scott Ankrum

cell: 240-731-7581

FDA, Bld 66, room G512

10903 New Hampshire Ave

Silver Spring, MD 20993
host: James Simpson

cell: 240-429-3912

Sorry, but

Eatontown, NJ 07724

is not participating

this month

MITRE, room 1M306

202 Burlington Rd (Rt. 62)

Bedford, MA 01730

host: Tim Rice

cell: 978-758-2704

If you can host another location via VTC, please contact Scott Ankrum (below)

Registration Website: http://www.asq509.org/ht/d/DoSurvey/i/26913

You must register by noon on Monday, August 30. If you cannot attend at any location, select telephone dial-in when you register. To RSVP for FDA (Silver Spring), please indicate citizenship. If not a US citizen, please provide your title, employer, and address. Allow two business days for registration before the meeting.

For registration problems or further information contact Scott Ankrum at: ankrums@mitre.org or 703-983-6127

Software Special Interest Group (SSIG)

Purpose

The purpose of the Software Special Interest Group is to provide software quality professionals and software professionals interested in quality with an opportunity for growth and exchange of ideas with other software professionals, and to facilitate growth in the number and expertise of the ASQ membership.

Objectives

Arrange meetings (currently monthly) at a convenient time and place.
Provide a diversity of speaker topics within the general heading of software quality.
Provide knowledgeable speakers from the professional and/or academic worlds.
Keep in touch with and respond to the professional communities desires for the meetings.
Reach out to students, who will soon enter the software profession.
Disseminate information about: ASQ membership, the Software Division, certification, and training opportunities.

For more information about Section 509's Software Special Interest Group Contact T. Scott Ankrum, 703-883-6127.

Past Software SIG Presentations

Embedded Design in FPGAs Presented by Brian Hoey 7/27/2010

So You Want to Buy a COTS Product Presented by Scott Ankrum 6/22/2010

Risks: Why Projects Fail Presented by Mark Witzcak 5/25/2010

Automated Testing Presented by Elfriede Dustin 4/27/2010.

Virtual Meetings Presnted by Tom Starai 3/25/2010. accompnaying images

Beware of Cloud Computing Myths, continued Presnted by Shahid N Shah 2/23/2010

The American Society for Quality (ASQ) Software Division: Our Priorities for 2010-2012, and What it Means for You Presented by Nicol Radzwill, ASQ Software Division Chair, 1/26/2010

Quantifying Software Reliability and Readiness Presented by Jack Olivieri, 12/15/2009 related paper

A Categorization of Ethical Dilemmas in Software Engineering Presented by Brian Berenbach of Siemens, 11/24/2009

Agile Methods Presnted by Camille Bell. 10/27/2009

Beware of Cloud Computing Myths Presented by Shaid N. Shah. 9/22/2009

An Introduction to Structured Argumentation with Assurrance Cases Presented by Tim Kelly, PhD of the University of York, UK. 8/25/2009.

Tulips, Potatoes, Apples, ISO 9001 and the CMMI Presented by: Nelson Perez 7/28/2009; accompanying spreadsheet

CMMI for Services (CMMI-SVC) – Cost-Effective Approaches to Early Use Presented by: Marilyn Ginsberg-Finner 6/23/2009.

Boldly Going Where Few Have Gone Before – SCAMPI C Appraisal Using the CMMI for Acquisition Presented by Carol Klingler 5/27/2009.

Role Based Access Control Presented by Ed Coyne 4/28/2009.

Building Survivable Systems Presented by Jide Odubiyi 3/24/2009; accompanying video for slide #27.

Independent Software Verification Techniques Presented by Brian Fitzgerald 2/24/2009.

Service Oriented Acquisition Presented by Chris Gunderson 12/16//2008.

DoD Enterprise Ontology Support Presented by Glenda Hayes 11/25/2008.

Root Cause Analysis for Customer Reported Problems Presented by Steve Rakitin 10/28/2008.

IEEE Computer Society, Where Are We Today? Presented by Susan K. (Kathy) Land 8/26/2008.

Fixing Software Inspections Presented by Lew Priven and Roger Stewart 7/22/2008.

Trustworth Information Systems Program Presented by Tom Rhodes of NIST on 6/24/2008.

SQA Sojourn ï¿½ Lessons Learned From Six Appraisals Presented by Lenny Eng on 5/27/2008.

Applying Agile Techniques to Process Development: Lessons Learned Presented by Nelson Perez and Ernest C. Ambrose on 3/25/2008; Part 2 on 4/22/2008.

Are You Ready for an External Audit? Presented by Carolyn Rodda Lincoln of Catapult Technology on 2/26/2008.

Added Sources of Costs in Maintaining COTS-Based Systems Presented by Betsy Clark, PhD and Brad Clark, PhD on 1/22/2008.

The Role of I V & V In The Software Development Lifecycle Presented by Eva Freund on 11/28/07 and continued on 12/19/2007.

My Life With Bugs, Or, Why I Beleive In Combinatorial Testing Presented by Paul E. Black, NIST, on 10/30/07.

Software Estimating on a Shoe String Presented by Mr. William D. Hart, Soft Solutions Consulting, Inc., on 9/25/07.

What's New with the CMMI (CMMI Changes from Version 1.1 to 1.2) Presented by G. Gordon Schulmeyer, PYXIS Systems International, Inc., on 8/28/07.

Harmonization of Systems and Software Engineering Processes Presented by James W. Moore, The MITRE Corporation, on 7/24/07.

Quality Techniques for Improving Software Project Management Presented by Richard Eng, The MITRE Corporation, on 6/26/07.

The Eclipse Process Framework Presented by Brian Lyons, Number Six Software, on 5/22/07.

Provably Correct Software Using Coverage and Other Techniques To Improve Application Quality Presented by Richard Jacik on 3/27/07

Being a Software Quality Professional Presented by Taz Daughtrey, James Madison University, on 1/23/07.

Managing the Risks of Risk Management Presented by John E. Moore, Ph.D., Northrup Grumman Corporation, on 11/29/06.

The Open Source Quality Paradox: How Can Code Done Bad Be So Good? Presented by Terry Bollinger, The MITRE Corporation, on 10/25/06.

The Project Manager as Houdini - Escaping the Triple Constraint Presented by James A. Ward, Independent Consultant, on 9/19/06.

Efficient Method for Verifying Contractor Capability Maturity Model (CMM) Level Presented by Carol Klinger, The MITRE Corporation, on 8/22/06.

Success at CMM Level 3 but not at Level 4 - Lessons Learned Presented by Al Florence, The MITRE Corporation, on 6/1/06.

Mapping Assurance to the Software Engineering Process Presented by Dr. Alfred Kromholz, The MITRE Corporation, on 4/26/06.

Test Generation from UML Specifications Presented by Professor Michael A. Gray, American University, on 3/23/06.

Structured Assurance Cases: Three Common Standards Presented by T. Scott Ankrum and Alfred H. Kromholz, The MITRE Corporation, on 1/25/06.

Process Improvement and Requirements Quality Presented by Charles Yokley, MITRE Corporation, on 7/26/05.

The Proper Specification of Requirements Presented by Al Florence, MITRE Corporation, on 5/24/2005.

Cross Talk - Reduce Risks Through Proper Specification of Software Requirements Presented by Al Florence, MITRE Corporation, on 5/24/05.

Recent Results with Correctness by Construction and Spark Presented by Rod Chapman and Martin Croxford, Praxis High Integrity Systems, on 3/10/05.

Quality Improvement with Measurements Presented by Donald J. Gantzer, MITRE Corporation, on 1/25/05.

Quality Advice Concerning Requirements Presented by Dr. Ralph R. Young, Northrop Grumman Information Technology, on 11/23/04.

Unanticipated Costs and Risks Associated with Software Outsourcing Presented by Dr. Anita J. LaSalle, Kosgod School of Business, American University, on 7/27/04.

Code Analysis for Quality in High Integrity Systems Presented by Currie Colket, MITRE Corporation, on 3/23/04

EITVOX: It's Not A Miracle Drug, But It Could Be Presented by Dr. Alfred H. Kromholz, MITRE Corporation, on 11/03.

May the Force Be with You: The Role of Evidential Force in Empirical Software Engineering Presented by Shari Lawrence Pfleeger, RAND Corporation, on 7/2003.

Looking for a Good Argument: Assurance Case Frameworks Presented by Chuck Howell and Scott Ankrum, MITRE Corporation, on 5/2003.

Software Inspections for the Internet Age Presented by Tom Gilb, Result-Planning.com, on 6/18/01.

Software Standards Update Presented by John F. Murray Jr, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, on 11/8/00.

International Software and Systems Engineering Standards Presented by James Moore, MITRE Corporation, on 11/8/00.

An Overview of IEEE Software Engineering Standards and Knowledge Products Presented by Paul Croll, Computer Sciences Corporation, on 11/8/00.

Software Verification and Validation Presented by Dolores Wallace, National Institute of Standards and Technology, on 6/2000.

Overview of Cleanroom Software Engineering Presented by Paul Jones, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, on 5/10/00.