Title: “Clinical Target Tracking in Image-Guided Interventions”
Dr. Elodie Lugez
Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science
Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU)
Date: Friday, October 21, 2022 | 1pm – 2pm EDT
Host: Dr. Miranda Kirby
Join Zoom Meeting: https://ryerson.zoom.us/j/91463500178?pwd=S0hXYlZRR0U1eDNkL2xUUVdLUmNxZz09
LECTURE TAKEAWAYS:
- Learn about the growing domain of computer-assisted interventions in intra-operative clinical tools and organ tracking.
- Understand how these interventions enable clinicians to make necessary adjustments and improve the outcome of healthcare procedures, particularly those involving radiation therapy.
BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Elodie Lugezi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU).
Before joining TMU in 2021, she worked at Elekta Ltd. as an applied researcher and received her PhD from Queen\’s University.
Dr. Lugez’s research at TMU primarily focuses on the robust and accurate tracking of regions of interest in external beam radiation therapy and in high-dose-rate brachytherapy.
Dr. Lugez has had the chance to collaborate with multi-disciplinary research laboratories and centers including “The laboratory for Percutaneous Surgery,” the “Unconventional Computing Laboratory” and the “Human Mobility Research Center.”
Throughout her career, Dr. Lugez’s primary research and interests have been related to motion tracking for radiation therapy and image-guided interventions. Dr. Lugez strives to share her passion for science.
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