29 July 2022
The School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences is back at New Scientist Live!
Innovative technology and research from the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences at King’s College London will be exhibited at the largest science festival in the UK, New Scientist Live, between 7 and 9 October at ExCeL London.
The exhibition, ‘Hospital of the Future’ will welcome visitors to delve deeper into the healthcare engineering field through real medical images, interactive and immersive demos along with live explanations.
On show will be the latest advancements in the field including medical imaging, surgical instrumentation, surgical robotics, virtual reality, AI enabled technologies, surgical planning, healthcare applications of 3D printing, radioneuclide imaging and computational cardiology.
Visitors can step inside a virtual surgery, become immersed in a virtual heart, control surgical robots, learn how to remove brain tumours and even see how pacemakers are implanted onto the heart.
Visitors can also plan brain surgery with clinical software, experience the sensation of touching organs, use novel ultrasound imaging techniques to see inside the human body, control a novel soft robot, and more.
Head of School at the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences Professor Sebastien Ourselin said the School’s return to New Scientist Live 2022 shows how engaging the work of the School is for the general public.
“We were invited back to share our stories around new technological developments for healthcare engineering and all that is happening in the field to benefit patients, as well as our healthcare professionals undertaking procedures,” Professor Ourselin said.
"It is also an exciting space for young audiences to immerse themselves in science and explore their curiosity about the vast and ever-evolving field of the engineering behind healthcare treatment pathways."
It’s important for our public to know there is a plethora of entry points and opportunities in this field. Whether they’re interested in computer science, chemistry, biology, surgery or engineering, our School gives students the freedom to pave a future suited to their interests and passions.
Professor Sebastien Ourselin, FREng
A neuro-navigation system and a stealth station will be generously lent by partner Medtronic.
The StealthStation S8 neuro-navigation system facilitates intra-operative image guidance and visualisation of complex cranial (brain) and spinal anatomy.
Additionally, StealthStation platform acts a central hub in integrating other critical intra-operative technologies used in a neuro-spine operating theatre such as microscope, ultrasound, robotics, imaging, monitoring and other associated surgical accessories.
The ultimate aim is to make a complex brain and spine procedure safer for the patients. By providing intra-operative visualisation and image-guidance during a surgical procedure the StealthStation S8 assists the surgeons in achieving their surgical goals in the safest and most minimally-invasive manner.
Mr Nardendra Gogna, Medtronic
As well, there will be a Versius robot arm lent by CMR Surgical (CMR) with a VR element, showing 360-degree videos of a surgery being performed so that the user can see what it is like in an OR where Versius is being used.
It will also take participants through a Versius virtual reality training where the user can go through the steps of setting up a system using VR, and discover how to incorporate VR into training pathways.
Technology and innovation are at the heart of everything we do, so naturally we are delighted to be collaborating with King’s to showcase CMR’s technology, including our next-generation surgical robotic system, Versius at New Scientist Live. Our presence at New Scientist Live is an exciting extension of our existing research partnership with King’s, and a wonderful opportunity to showcase to the public cutting-edge technology that is being used across the NHS. We look forward to providing a hands-on approach to our tech and sharing insight into how surgical robots are used.
Dr Mark Slack, Chief Medical Officer, CMR Surgical
The Hospital of the Future exhibition at New Scientist Live will showcase the breadth of education and research at the School, along with longstanding industrial and hospital partnerships that are integral to accelerating the translational pathway of our medical technologies.
The School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences is back at the UK's largest Science Festival