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Since December 2014, our project entitled “Reducing invasiveness of fetal SB repair – towards novel surgical approach and instrumentation” has obtained approval of the institutional Ethics Committee of our university KU Leuven (number P285-2014). In our Academic Department Development and

See minutes (Minutes Rosalind Pratt PhD Meeting 20) and powerpoint presentation (PhD meeting 20th March upload)

With my colleague Alexander Engels, we have completely reproduced the fetal lamb model of open spina bifida by surgical induction at 75 days of gestation (Meuli-1995). Following a midline laparotomy and 6-7 cm hysterotomy under general anesthesia, this fetal surgery

With my colleague Alexander Engels, we have exhaustively reproduced the standard postnatal readouts of this fetal lamb model of open spina bifida. Harvest was realized at 143 days (term 145 days): after sedation of the ewe, delivery was performed under

Significant progress has been made on the GPU implementation for the image mosaicing application. Features that have been added include: Support for image streaming using the Blackmagic image capture card. GPU support for feature extraction using SIFT in real-time. Feature

With my colleague Alexander Engels, we are improving the readouts of the fetal lamb model of open spina bifida: Analysis of watertightness of lesion: just prior to delivery an amniocentesis was performed to test for AcetylCholinesterase and alpha-FetoProtein in the

1- RSG meeting preparation. 2- Consolidation and evaluation of compilation in different platforms of the Slic-Seg algorithm (placenta segmentation). 3- Annual leave.

The prototype for the image mosaicing workflow has been created using Python. It seems that SIFT features give the most reasonable results. Areas for making novel contributions have also been identified as: Use of Bayesian methods to perform outlier detection

1 – Interaction with clinicians visit to hospital, observation of LUTO and TTTS procedure large variability in patients, access points and working areas – noted down for stabiliser specs discussion on best location for stabiliser – conflict with US –

1 – Interaction with clinicians observations in OR – TTTS procedure discussion about US compatible testbed – acquisition of US machines – preparation of public tender discussion on stabilization for heartbeat/breathing Placenta up and down few mm from hearbeat breathing