Biomedical Informatics Program Demo (May 22 2019 - 12:00 to 13:00)

• Members of our lab contributed to the demos run for the Biomedical Informatics graduate program at Queen's
• Lab participants: Jacob Laframboise, Mark Asselin
• Demos: iKnife, SlicerVR
• Visitors: 20 student(s) 0 student(s)

Science Rendezvous Kingston (May 11 2019 - 09:00 to 15:00)

• A great day at the Kingston Science Rendezvous. With thousands of people in attendance, we shared our excitement in STEM with countless youth through our electromagnetically tracked Operation Pig demo, and our SlicerVR demo!
• Lab participants: Jacob Laframboise, Laura Connolly, Victoria Wu, Catherine Wu, Keiran Barr, Lydia Elbatarny
• Demos: Operation Pig, SlicerVR
• Visitors: 0 student(s) 2 professional(s) and 5 000 other(s)

Discovery Day in the Health Sciences (May 9 2019 - 10:00 to 14:00)

• As part of the Discovery Day in Health Sciences at Queen's University, by the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame, the Perk Lab held two workshops for motivated high school students showing them the intersection of technology and the medical field. More info on Discovery Days at http://www.cdnmedhall.org/discovery-days
• Lab participants: Jacob Laframboise, Sal Choueib, Rebecca Hisey
• Demos: LumpNav, SlicerVR, Centerline Tutor
• Visitors: 1 student(s) 20 student(s) and 1 other(s)

High School Student Demos (Apr 9 2019 - 09:30 to 15:00)

• Lab participants: Natasja Jassen, Sal Choueib, Rebecca Hisey, Amoon Jamzad
• Demos: SlicerVirtualReality, Centerline Tutor, Optical Surface Scan, LumpNav
• Visitors: 48 student(s)

Demo for Paul B Helliwell Foundation and Humber River Hospital Foundation (Nov 27 2018 - 01:30 to 02:30)

• iKnife, brain navigation and lumpectomy were demoed to John Jenah, President of the Paul B. Helliwell Foundation and David Gilmer, Vice-President Development Humber River Hospital Foundation.
• Lab participants: Tamas, Mark
• Demos: iKnife, Brain Navigation, Lumpectomy Navigation
• Visitors: 0 student(s) 2 professional(s)

Fall Preview 2018 (Nov 17 2018 - 09:00 to 14:00)

• Lab participants: Jacob, Vinith, Christina, Vinyas, Mark, Hillary
• Demos: Lumpectomy navigation, Slicer VR
• Visitors: 100 student(s)

Fall Preview 2018 (Nov 3 2018 - 09:00 to 14:00)

• Students from the Perk Lab demoed lab projects and spoke with prospective students at the Queen's University open house.
• Lab participants: Laura, Sal, Mark, Hillary
• Demos: Lumpectomy navigation, Slicer VR
• Visitors: 100 student(s)

Science Rendezvous 2018 (May 12 2018 - 10:00 to 15:00)

• Children from the Kingston area visited the Perk Lab booth at Science Rendezvous to learn about MIOS "X-ray vision" and try operating on our Operation Pig.
• Lab participants: Emily, Zac, Grace, Brandon, Hillary, Shaun, Laura, Mark
• Demos: MIOS, Operation Pig
• Visitors: 0 student(s) and 4 000 other(s)

High School Student Sydney Perrin (May 11 2018 - 14:30 to 15:30)

• Sydney Perrin, a high school student interested in summer internship, was shown demos and learned about ongoing work in the lab.
• Lab participants: Grace, Laura, Rebecca, Hillary
• Demos: Central Line Tumor, RFA, Hand Motion Analysis
• Visitors: 1 student(s)

Discovery Day 2018 (May 8 2018 - 10:00 to 14:00)

• High school students from Kingston and surrounding areas visited the Perk Lab for exposure to research in biomedical computing.
• Lab participants: Shaun, Emily, Hillary, Zac
• Demos: Lumbar Tutor, LumpNav, HoloQuickNav
• Visitors: 22 student(s)

Zaafir Ahmad, High School Student Visit (Mar 20 2018 - 11:00 to 15:30)

• Zaafir Ahmad, a grade 12 student, was shown demos in the Perk Lab, attended the weekly lab meeting, and sat in on CISC 101.
• Lab participants: Hillary, Emily, Shaun, Grace
• Demos: HoloQuickNav, US Needle Tutor
• Visitors: 1 student(s)

Benedict Gregor, International Student visit (Mar 12 2018 - 09:45 to Mar 15 2018 - 09:45)

• High school student from Vienna toured the Perk Lab and was taken to several first year classes to experience student life in the School of Computing at Queen's
• Lab participants: Hillary, Emily, Shaun, Gabor
• Demos: HoloQuickNav, US Needle Tutor, LumpNav
• Visitors: 1 student(s)

Inquiry @ Queen's 2018 (Mar 9 2018 - 11:30 to 13:00)

• Undergraduate members of the Perk Lab attended the Inquiry@Queen's research day. They presented posters and demos.
• Lab participants: Emily, Mark, Hillary, Anna
• Demos: LumpNav, HoloQuickNav
• Visitors: 30 student(s) 0 student(s)

Lab tour for first year engineering student (Mar 5 2018 - 11:30 to 12:30)

• A student from the Faculty of Engineering at Queen's was given a tour of lab and spoke with students about research at Queen's.
• Lab participants: Emily, Zac, Grace, Rachael, Hillary
• Demos: HoloQuickNav, Lumbar Tutor
• Visitors: 1 student(s) 0 student(s)

High school interested in BMCO (Nov 16 2017 - 16:00 to Nov 21 2017 - 17:00)

• A high school student interested in BMCO visited the Perk Lab to learn about the program and research
• Lab participants: Hillary, Emily, Gabor
• Demos: HoloLens neurosurgical navigation, US Needle Tutor
• Visitors: 1 student(s)

Grad School Open House (Nov 16 2017 - 15:00 to 17:30)

• A lab tour was given to prospective graduate students
• Lab participants: Hillary. Rachael, Ben
• Demos: 3D Volume Scanning, Bone segmentation from US, Needle Tutor
• Visitors: 10 student(s) 0 student(s)

Dr Hartov Visit (Nov 15 2017 - 12:00 to Nov 16 2017 - 10:30)

• Dr Alex Hartov from Dartmouth College visited Queen's to give a talk on computer assisted surgery. He viewed demos in the Perk Lab.
• Lab participants: entire lab team
• Demos: LumpNav, US Needle Tutor, Surgery Tutor, HoloLens Navigation, SpineNav
• Visitors: 10 student(s) 0 student(s) 1 professional(s)

Dr Daniel Leff Visit (Nov 13 2017 - 01:30 to Nov 21 2017 - 05:30)

• Dr Leff from Imperial College London came to the Perk Lab to learn about LumpNav and iKnife together. He gave an excellent talk about margins in lumpectomy and viewed demos
• Lab participants: Thomas, Andras, Gabor, Matthew, Hillary, Mark, Rachael, Justine
• Demos: Surgery Tutor, 3D Volume Scanning, LumpNav, Needle Tutor
• Visitors: 12 student(s) 0 student(s) 1 professional(s)

Dr Zoltan Takats Visit (Nov 7 2017 - 09:00 to Nov 11 2017 - 12:30)

• Dr Zoltan Takats visited the Perk Lab to view demos related to navigated surgery. Demos shown were LumpNav (with iKnife simulator), SpineNav, and HoloLens Neuro Planning Tool
• Lab participants: Andras, Thomas, Gabor, Thomas, Mark, Emily, Hillary
• Demos: LumpNav, SpineNav, Neurosurgical Planning Tool
• Visitors: 0 student(s) 1 professional(s)

Fall Preview 2017 (Nov 4 2017 - 09:00 to 14:00)

• The Perk Lab set up demos at the Computing Booth at Fall Preview to encourage students to join the School of Computing and pursue research on Nov 4th and Nov 18th
• Lab participants: Emily, Anna, Grace, Zac, Mark, Vinith, Hillary, Gabor
• Demos: LumpNav, US Needle Tutor, SpineNav, HoloLens Neurosurgical Planning Tool
• Visitors: 200 student(s)

BRA (Breast Reconstruction Awareness) Day 2017 (Oct 17 2017 - 17:00 to 21:00)

• This was an informative event for women with breast cancer in the Kingston community. The Perk Lab was one of several booths set up to provide information on work surrounding breast cancer care in Kingston.
• Lab participants: Hillary, Rachael, Thomas
• Demos: LumpNav, 3D Light Scanner
• Visitors: 0 student(s) 6 professional(s) and 200 other(s)

Ontario Universities Fair (OUF) (Sep 22 2017 - 10:00 to Sep 24 2017 - 17:00)

• High school students spoke with students from the lab about Queen's Computing.
• Lab participants: Hillary, Mark, Grace
• Demos: none
• Visitors: 400 student(s)

Visit from Dean Barbara Crow (Aug 15 2017 - 13:00 to 13:30)

• Dean Crow visited the lab to view demos presented by the students of the Perk Lab and the Med-i lab.
• Lab participants: Emily, Rebecca
• Demos: HoloLens skull registration, spinal interventions (Med-i), prostate cancer detection (Med-i), central line tutor
• Visitors: 5 student(s) 1 student(s) and 2 other(s)

Visit from MPP Sophie Kiwala (Aug 10 2017 - 14:00 to 15:00)

• MPP Kiwala visited the lab to film and view the lump nav demo
• Lab participants: Gabor, Andras
• Demos: lump nav
• Visitors: 0 student(s) 2 professional(s) and 1 other(s)

Visit from Mayor Paterson (Aug 10 2017 - 11:15 to 11:45)

• Kingston Mayor Bryan Paterson visited the lab to view demos of the latest work being done in computer assisted surgery.
• Lab participants: entire lab team
• Demos: lump nav, HoloLens skull registration, central line tutor
• Visitors: 5 student(s) 1 student(s) 4 professional(s) and 5 other(s)

Visit from Dr Carter (Jun 7 2017 - 11:00 to 16:00)

• Dr Carter visited the Perk Lab and gave a presentation about the history of breast cancer treatment. She was shown various demos to showcase our work in the lab and spoke with the summer students about their research experience.
• Lab participants: Matthew, Emily, Rebecca, Hillary, Zsuzsanna, Sean, entire lab team attended her presentation
• Demos: Central Line Tutor, Lumbar Tutor, Hololens
• Visitors: 0 student(s) 1 professional(s)

Dr Adam Witteck Visit (May 18 2017 - 12:00 to 12:30)

• Dr Adam Witteck from the University of Western Australia visited the Perk Lab to view a few demos from undergraduate students.
• Lab participants: Zac, Grace, Emily, Hillary
• Demos: MIOS, Lumbar puncture, LumpNav, Hololens
• Visitors: 0 student(s) 1 professional(s)

Discovery Day (10:00 - 11:30) (May 18 2017 - 10:00 to 11:30)

• As of part of Kingston Discovery Day, students from local high schools visited the Perk Lab to learn about ongoing projects and view demos The students had the opportunity to contour a tumor in a phantom and try their hand at lumbar puncture
• Lab participants: Hillary, Grace, Zac
• Demos: MIOS, Lumbar puncture, LumpNav
• Visitors: 2 student(s) and 2 other(s)

Science Rendezvous (10:00-15:00) (May 13 2017 - 10:00 to 15:00)

• Members of the Kingston community were welcomed to the K-Rock Centre for a day of scientific exploration. The demos were targeted towards children and igniting their interest in the work we do.
• Lab participants: Zac, Grace, Emily, Mark, Ben, Matthew (HMRC), Hillary
• Demos: Operation pig, MIOS, 3D light scanner (HMRC)
• Visitors: 0 student(s) and 300 other(s)

PerkLab bootcamp 2017 (May 1 2017 - 09:00 to May 3 2017 - 16:30)

• 3-day training in image-guided interventions, using and extending our software platform. Participants were from Queen's, University of Toronto, University of Waterloo, Concordia, and a high school (Leahurst College)
  
  Program and materials for the 2017 PerkLab bootcamp are available here
• Lab participants: Andras, Matthew, Tamas, Csaba, new students
• Visitors: 6 student(s) 1 student(s) and 9 other(s)

March Break Open House (Mar 11 2017 - 04:30 to 09:30)

• Spoke with prospective students and their parents about the Computing program at Queen's, overall student experience as well as the research done by the Perk Lab and Biomedical Computing Research group.
• Lab participants: Anna, Christina, Grace, Vinyas
• Demos: LumpNav, MIOS
• Visitors: 0 student(s) and 150 other(s)

QuARMS student interested in research (Mar 8 2017 - 11:30 to 13:00)

• A first year medical student in the QuARMS program stopped by the lab to learn about research in computer-assisted surgery. Medical students have time in their second year of studies to do a 'critical enquiry' research project, which several students have conducted in the PERK Lab.
• Lab participants: Vinyas
• Demos: LumpNav
• Visitors: 1 student(s) 0 student(s)

Incoming First Year Student (Mar 1 2017 - 15:30 to 16:15)

• A student accepted to Queen's visited the Perk Lab to discuss BMCO, Queen's as a school and to tour the lab.
• Lab participants: Hillary, Vinyas, Thomas, Matthew
• Demos: LumpNav
• Visitors: 1 student(s)

Provost Visit (Jan 27 2017 - 08:00 to 08:30)

• The university Provost came by the lab as part of a tour of the School of Computing to highlight undergraduate research.
• Lab participants: Anna, Ben, Christina, David, Dr. Fichtinger, Eden, Hillary, Grace, Rachael, Rebecca, Tamas, Vinith, Zac
• Demos: Heart valves, LumpNav, MIOS, US Needle Tutor
• Visitors: 0 student(s) 1 professional(s)

Bill Charnetski Visit (Dec 19 2016 - 08:00 to 08:15)

• Mr. Charnetski is the Chief Health Innovation Strategist for Ontario and visited HDH on December 19th for various demonstrations by Queen's researchers.
• Lab participants: Tamas
• Demos: LumpNav
• Visitors: 0 student(s) 1 professional(s)

Healthier, Wealthier, Smarter Health Research Showcase (Dec 6 2016 - 02:00 to 11:00)

• To demonstrate the breadth, depth, and impact of the health research being conducted across Ontario’s Research Hospitals, CAHO hosted a showcase featuring the latest research in a wide variety of areas, from mental health to rehabilitation therapy to regenerative medicine. The PerkLab demo'd as part of a group from Kingston. 10 MPPs and government officials, 40 fellow researchers, 5 CAHO staff members were in attendance.
• Lab participants: Caitlin, Thomas
• Demos: LumpNav
• Visitors: 0 student(s) 55 professional(s)

Fall Preview (Nov 19 2016 - 03:00 to 10:30)

• Spoke with prospective students and their parents about the Computing program at Queen's, overall student experience as well as the research done by the Perk Lab and Biomedical Computing Research group.
• Lab participants: Anna, Brandon (HMRC), Dr. Fichtinger, Grace, Hillary, Vinith
• Demos: Heart valves, light scanner, MIOS, LumpNav
• Visitors: 50 student(s) and 100 other(s)

Dr. Purang Abolmaesumi Visit (Nov 17 2016 - 05:30)

• As part of the Distinguished Computing Speaker Series, Dr. Abolmaesumi visited the PERK lab and was shown various demos before his talk.
• Lab participants: Hillary, Zac
• Demos: LumpNav, MIOS
• Visitors: 0 student(s) 1 professional(s)

Dr. Elaine Holmes Visit (Nov 11 2016 - 07:30 to 09:30)

• Prof. Holmes is the Head of the Division of Computational and Systems Medicine and a Professor of Chemical Biology in the Department of Surgery and Cancer at Imperial College, in London, UK. Matthew and Thomas gave brief presentations about their thesis work while Martin showed her our REIMS unit and talked about initial results obtained. Hillary, Tamas, and Vinyas showed her the LumpNav with optical spectrometry as step-in for the iKnife.
• Lab participants: Dr. Fichtinger, Hillary, Martin, Matthew, Tamas, Thomas
• Demos: LumpNav w. optical spectrometer
• Visitors: 0 student(s) 1 professional(s)

Fall Preview (Nov 5 2016 - 04:00 to 11:30)

• Spoke with prospective students and their parents about the Computing program at Queen's, overall student experience as well as the research done by the Perk Lab and Biomedical Computing Research group.
• Lab participants: Dr. Fichtinger, Grace, Hillary, Rachael, Vinyas
• Demos: MIOS, LumpNav
• Visitors: 50 student(s) and 100 other(s)

Leahurst College Visit (Nov 4 2016 - 08:00 to 10:30)

• Gave Leahurst College students the opportunity to sit in on a CISC121 lecture & spoke to them about Computing at Queen's with emphasis on the BMCO program.
• Lab participants: Hillary, Vinyas, Zac
• Demos: MIOS
• Visitors: 7 student(s) 1 professional(s)

Breast Reconstruction Awareness (BRA) Day (Oct 20 2016 - 14:00 to 16:30)

• BRA Day was an evening of education and awareness surrounding breast reconstruction as a part of breast cancer care. Demos were done to showcase the LumpNav and CathNav as technology supporting an integrated breast conserving therapy scenario.
• Lab participants: Dr. Fichtinger, Harry, Hillary, Tamas, Vinyas
• Demos: LumpNav, CathNav
• Visitors: 0 student(s) and 70 other(s)

President of the Canadian University of Dubai (Oct 12 2016 - 10:00 to 11:00)

• The university signed an agreement with the Canadian University of Dubai (CUD) for an academic program.
• Lab participants: Christina, Hillary, Grace, Professor Fichtinger, Rachael, Vinith, Vinyas
• Demos: LumpNav with surface scanning and optical spectrometry, lumbar puncture with the Perk Tutor, surface registration in a prone position, MIOS
• Visitors: 0 student(s) 4 professional(s)

Tour for City Councillor Laura Turner (Oct 3 2016 - 07:00 to 07:30)

• City Councilor Laura Turner was be touring Queen’s on October 3 and was shown various demos at the HMRC, including the LumpNav. She was accompanied by Caroline Davis (VP Facilities, Properties and Sustainability), Michael Fraser (VP University Relations). and Jasmine Toor (University Relations).
• Lab participants: Tamas
• Demos: LumpNav
• Visitors: 0 student(s) 4 professional(s)

Ontario University Fair (Sep 23 2016 - 05:00 to Sep 25 2016 - 13:30)

• Spoke with prospective students and their parents about the Computing program at Queen's, overall student experience as well as the research done by the Perk Lab and Biomedical Computing Research group.
• Lab participants: Rachael, Vinith, Zac
• Demos: N/A
• Visitors: 300 student(s)

Undergraduate Admissions Team - Lab Tour (Aug 29 2016 - 05:45 to 06:15)

• Members of the undergraduate admissions outreach team were shown various demos to be able to share the research interests of the Perk Lab with interested high school students at recruiting events.
• Lab participants: Aidan, Ben, Eden, Zac
• Demos: Pericardiocentesis, scoliosis, redundant sensing, MIOS
• Visitors: 0 student(s) 15 professional(s)

CFI JELF Grant Demos (Aug 23 2016 - 10:00 to 11:30)

• Local MPP Sophie Kiwala, the VP of Research, as well as members of the CKWS news team visited the Perk Lab after a formal announcement of several CFI JELF grants for researchers at Queen's. The CKWS news report is available here: http://www.ckwstv.com/2016/08/23/queens-receives-provincial-research-fun....
• Lab participants: Andras, Matthew & Zsuzsanna, Tamas & Dr. Engel, Eden, Zac
• Demos: Hololens, PerkTutor, LumpNav, redundant sensing, MIOS
• Visitors: 0 student(s) 5 professional(s)

Incoming 1st Year BMCO Student (Jun 22 2016 - 08:30 to 09:00)

• An incoming 1st year BMCO student and his mother were given a brief tour of the Perk Lab. The work done by the lab as well as certain projects (MIOS, EM field distortion, surface registration) were discussed. We also spoke about the BMCO program as a whole.
• Lab participants: Grace, Vinyas, Zac
• Demos: MIOS
• Visitors: 1 student(s) and 1 other(s)

Science Rendezvous Kingston (May 7 2016 - 05:00 to 11:00)

• Science Rendezvous is an annual, national outreach program that aims to "take science out of the lab and into the street". The PERK lab did various demos about computer-assisted interventions.
• Lab participants: Vinyas, Zac, Grace, Brandon (HMRC), Christina, Hillary, Aidan
• Demos: IGT Pig, MIOS, Pericardiocentesis, 3D light scanner
• Visitors: 0 student(s) and 100 other(s)

Council of Academic Hospitals of Ontario (CAHO) Visit (May 5 2016 - 11:45 to 12:30)

• The Council of Academic Hospitals of Ontario (CAHO) represents Ontario’s 24 research hospitals that play a unique and vital role in the province’s health care system (http://caho-hospitals.com/about-us/). Several board members of CAHO as well as the university's communication officer came to visit the lab as part of their tour of KGH, HDH and Queen's University.
• Lab participants: Vinyas, Rachael, Zac, Christina, Aidan
• Demos: LumpNav with 3D Light Scanner, MIOS, scoliosis, pericardiocentesis
• Visitors: 0 student(s) 6 professional(s)

Canadian Medical Hall of Fame - Discovery Day at Queen's University (May 3 2016 - 08:30 to 10:30)

• The CMHF organizes Discovery Days across the country for high school students to get them interested in pursuing careers in healthcare. A group of grade 12 students were exposed to the biomedical computing field through a series of demos about computer-assisted interventions.
• Lab participants: Vinyas, Zac, Brandon (HMRC), Christina
• Demos: Pericardiocentesis, MIOS, 3D light scanner,
• Visitors: 12 student(s)

March Break Open House (Mar 19 2016 - 05:30 to 10:30)

• Spoke with prospective students and their parents about the Computing program at Queen's, overall student experience as well as the research done by the Perk Lab and Biomedical Computing Research group.
• Lab participants: Thomas,Vinyas, Zac
• Demos: Lumpnav, MIOS, 3D printer
• Visitors: 50 student(s) and 100 other(s)

Queen's Healthcare and Business Conference (QHBC) (Mar 12 2016 - 06:30 to 08:30)

• QHBC is a new conference at Queen's that promotes insight into the links between business and healthcare. Members of the PerkLab were invited to be part of a technology showcase.
• Lab participants: Ben
• Demos: Scoliosis monitoring via ultrasound
• Visitors: 50 student(s) 0 student(s)

Inquiry at Queen's (I@Q) Undergraduate Research Conference (Mar 11 2016 - 06:30 to 09:00)

• ​I@Q is an annual undergraduate research conference hosted by the Queen's Library Commons. Zac gave an invited oral presentation regarding his research in developing the MIOS while Vinyas and Zac both demonstrated the MIOS during a poster session to students and staff.
• Lab participants: Vinyas, Zac
• Demos: MIOS
• Visitors: 20 student(s) 0 student(s) 5 professional(s)

Arts and Science Undergraduate Society (ASUS) Sibling Society Grant (Dec 18 2015 - 04:00 to 04:30)

• $167 was successfully obtained from ASUS for the purpose of inviting of inviting high school students to showcase computing, biomedical computing, and the work done by the PERK lab similar to last year's Leahurst College visit.
• Lab participants: Zac, Vinyas
• Demos: N/A
• Visitors: 0 student(s)

LACREG Visit in Uruguay (Dec 15 2015 - 04:00 to Dec 17 2015 - 12:30)

• Csaba visited Alvaro Gómez's lab in Montevideo to promote 3D Slicer and do some work on SlicerIGT. NA-MIC Wiki Link: http://www.na-mic.org/Wiki/index.php/Montevideo_Uruguay_2015
• Lab participants: Csaba
• Demos: General 3D Slicer Introduction, Introduction to Python Scripted Module Development tutorials
• Visitors: 0 student(s) 11 professional(s)

Mapping the Future of Breast Surgery: Public Talk (Dec 8 2015 - 13:00 to 15:00)

• Hotel Dieu Hospital's Research Insitute often holds public talks to promote the work being done at the hospital. Since our breast-conserving surgery program occurs there, Dr. Engel gave a talk on the project followed by a question/answer period and demo.
• Lab participants: Aidan, Andras, Dr. Engel, Dr. Fichtinger, Gaby, Tamas
• Demos: LumpNav
• Visitors: 0 student(s) and 40 other(s)

School of Computing Graduate Open House (Dec 2 2015 - 12:00 to 14:00)

• Prospective graduate students came into the Perk Lab to see current projects and speak with current students.
• Lab participants: Amani, Ben, Elodie, Jen, Matt, Thomas, Vinyas, Zac
• Demos: EM Field Distortion, MIOS, Scoliosis
• Visitors: 4 student(s) 0 student(s)

TV Crew Visits: CKWS and Station 14 (Nov 26 2015 - 04:00 to 05:00)

• These two local news channel crews came into the Perk Lab to record footage of a LumpNav demo in order to promote Dr. Engel's upcoming public HDH lecture.
• Lab participants: Gabrielle, Tamas
• Demos: LumpNav
• Visitors: 0 student(s) and 4 other(s)

Visiting Scholar: Dr. James Drake (Nov 19 2015 - 07:00 to 08:00)

• Visiting scholar Dr. Drake was shown various demos, listened to presentations, and introduced to the work done by the Perk Lab prior to his Distinguished Speaker's Seminar on Computational Neurosurgery.
• Lab participants: Christina, Hossein, Tamas, Thomas, Andras, Vinyas, Zac
• Demos: EM Field Distortion, MIOS, Navigated lumpectomy, Lumbar puncture and Perk Tutor
• Visitors: 0 student(s) 1 professional(s)

Visiting Scholar: Dr. Nick Morrell (Nov 5 2015 - 07:00 to 08:00)

• Visiting scholar Dr. Morrell was shown various demos and introduced to the work done by the Perk Lab.
• Lab participants: Tamas, Thomas, Vinyas, Zac
• Demos: EM Field Distortion, MIOS, Navigated lumpectomy
• Visitors: 0 student(s) 1 professional(s)

Undergraduate Admissions Team-Lab Tour (Aug 27 2015 - 10:30 to 11:30)

• Members of the undergraduate admissions outreach team were shown various demos to be able to share the research interests of the Perk Lab with interested high school students at recruiting events.
• Lab participants: Brandon (HMRC), Christina, Vinyas, Zac
• Demos: 3D light scanner, scoliosis, EM field distortion, MIOS
• Visitors: 0 student(s) 12 professional(s)

Prospective High School Student (Aug 14 2015 - 06:30 to 07:30)

• Prospective grade 12 student and her parents were shown around Goodwin Hall and the Perk Lab. The BMCO program and research opportunities for undergraduates at the School of Computing and Perk Lab were discussed.
• Lab participants: Vinyas, Zac
• Demos: MIOS
• Visitors: 1 student(s) and 2 other(s)

ASUS and COMPSA Executive (Aug 13 2015 - 05:00 to 06:00)

• These members of student government (President & Vice-President of Arts and Science Undergraduate Society (ASUS), President of Computing Students' Association (COMPSA)) were shown various demos regarding image-guided therapy and computer-assisted interventions
• Lab participants: Christina, Vinyas, Zac
• Demos: MIOS, EM Field Distortion, Scoliosis
• Visitors: 3 student(s) 0 student(s)

Incoming 1st Year BMCO Student (Jul 20 2015 - 08:00 to 09:00)

• Student was shown various demos and spoke at length with Vinyas, Dr. Fichtinger, and Irene about the BMCO program and research opportunities for undergraduate students
• Lab participants: Emily, Thomas, Aidan, Christina, Reza, Vinyas, Dr. Fichtinger
• Demos: Breast morphology, EM field distortion, Scoliosis
• Visitors: 1 student(s)

Undergraduate Research at Queen's (VP Research) (Jul 20 2015 - 07:00 to 08:00)

• Dr. Yolande Chan and Mr. Troy Sherman visited the School of Computing to speak with Dr. Akl about how the School contributes to undergraduate research for an upcoming report. After their talk, they came to Goodwin 755 to see various demos by the Perk Lab's undergraduates.
• Lab participants: Aidan, Christina, Emily, Vinyas, Reza
• Demos: Breast morphology, EM field distortion, scoliosis
• Visitors: 0 student(s) 3 professional(s)

World Congress 2015 SlicerRT and Gel Dosimetry tutorial (Jun 7 2015 - 08:30)

• SlicerRT general tutorial (IGRT workflow) and Gel Dosimetry tutorial
• Lab participants: Csaba, Jen, Maggie, Mattea, Gabor (from KGH: Kevin, Chris, John Schreiner)
• Visitors: 0 student(s) 5 professional(s) and 15 other(s)

SEAMO Innovation Showcase (May 27 2015 - 08:00 to 15:00)

• Annual innovation showcase of the Southeastern Ontario Academic Medical Organization
• Lab participants: Tamas Ungi, Matthew Holden, Padina Pezeshki
• Demos: Lumpectomy, Lumbar Tutor
• Visitors: 0 student(s) 60 professional(s)

Medtronic Demo (May 14 2015 - 11:00 to 12:00)

• Demo of Stealthstation, optical spectrometry, and breast lumpectomy for Medtronic
• Lab participants: Andras, Thomas, Tamas, Kaci, Emily, Gabor, Caitlin, Dr. Engel, Dr. Rudan
• Demos: Lumpectomy, Spectrometry
• Visitors: 0 student(s) 1 professional(s)

Science Rendezvous (May 9 2015 - 10:00 to 15:00)

• A Perk Lab booth was set up in the annual science outreach event held in the K-Rock Centre, whereby lab members presented a series of demos to youth and their familes
• Lab participants: Amani, Christina, Jennifer, Maggie, Ryan, Zac
• Demos: MIOS image overlay, 3D printer, tracked game of Operation
• Visitors: 50 student(s) and 250 other(s)

Discovery Day in Health Sciences (May 5 2015 - 13:15)

• Groups of high school students came to Queen's to visit health sciences related labs. The PERK lab was visited by two groups, who were taught the basics of computer assisted surgery. We demo'd the mobile image overlay, navigated breast lumpectomy and lumbar puncture.
• Lab participants: Ryan Anderso, Kaci Carter, Thomas Vaughan
• Demos: 3
• Visitors: 8 student(s) and 2 other(s)

March break open house (Apr 21 2015 - 09:30 to 14:30)

• Spoke with prospective students and their parents about the Computing program at Queen's, overall student experience as well as the research done by the Perk Lab and Biomedical Computing Research group
• Lab participants: Amani, Christina, Maggie, Ryan, Thomas,Vinyas
• Visitors: 50 student(s) and 100 other(s)

Demo of LumpNav for Neil Glossop (Apr 21 2015 - 07:00 to 08:30)

• Demo of LumpNav system
• Lab participants: Thomas Vaughan, Andras, Tamas Ungi, Kaci Carter, Padina, Gabor
• Demos: LumpNav
• Visitors: 2 professional(s) and 1 other(s)

Demo of LumpNav for Waters (Apr 15 2015 - 05:30 to 07:00)

• Gave demo of current LumpNav system to Waters (company from UK).
• Lab participants: Thomas Vaughan, Andras, Tamas Ungi, Kaci Carter, Padina, Gabor
• Demos: LumpNav
• Visitors: 2 professional(s) and 1 other(s)

Leahurst College (Apr 10 2015 - 12:00 to 15:00)

• Spoke to students about the field of biomedical computing, the research done at the Perk Lab, and presented a wide selection of demos
• Lab participants: Amani, Kaci, Ryan, Thomas,Vinyas, Professor Fichtinger
• Demos: Guided breast resection, simulated ultrasound, mobile image overlay, lumbar puncture Artec Spider scanner, 3D printer, hip resurfacing (Andrew Dickens)
• Visitors: 32 student(s) and 3 other(s)

Visit from Dr. Rajni Patel (Mar 18 2015 - 13:30 to Mar 19 2015 - 15:30)

• Lab members gave various demos on the 18th (1:30-5:00) and 19th (9:45-11:00). Dr. Patel then gave a distinguished seminar on the 19th (2:30 - 3:30)
• Lab participants: Tamas, Andras, Matthew H., Hossein, Elodie
• Demos: breast surgery system at HMRC (Tamas), overview of PLUS, SlicerIGT (Andras), Perk Tutor (Matthew H), Catheter tracking (Hossein, Elodie)
• Visitors: 1 professional(s)

High school student visitor interested in BMCO (Mar 16 2015 - 08:00 to 12:00)

• Student was given a tour of the Perk Lab and the university campus; she was also given an overview of the Computing program at Queen's as well as the research done by the Perk Lab She sat in on CISC 101 and CHEM 112, and spoke to second year and upper year students about their experiences in the program
• Lab participants: Amani, Vinyas
• Visitors: 1 student(s)

High school student visitor interested in BMCO (Mar 6 2015 - 09:00 to 13:00)

• Student was given a tour of the Perk Lab and the university campus. She was also given an overview of the Computing program at Queen's as well as the research done by the Perk Lab. She sat in on CISC 121 and BIOL 103, and spoke to second year and upper year students about their experiences in the program, student government, and orientation week
• Lab participants: Christina, Vinyas
• Visitors: 1 student(s)

Visit from Dr. Conrad Falkson, radiation oncologist (Mar 2 2015 - 08:30 to 10:00)

• Gave overview of lab activities (Gabor) and presented demos (Andras, Thomas). The hope is that we'll be able to collaborate in the future on a clinical application.
• Lab participants: Thomas, Andras, Gabor
• Demos: Gave demo of computer-guided HDR catheter insertion in the breast (Andras, Thomas)
• Visitors: 1 professional(s)

Year 2014 outreach events

• BIS Information Session (November 25) 
  • Ryan,Vinyas:  Spoke with prospective MSc. students regarding the research done by BIS, specifically the Perk Lab. 
• Faculty of Arts and Science Fall Preview (October 25, November 8)
  • Ryan, Maggie, Vinyas:   Spoke with prospective students and their parents about the Computing program at Queen's, overall student experience as well as the research done by the Perk Lab and Biomedical Computing Research group.
• Ontario University Fair (September 19-20) 9:30 am-5:30 pm
  • Vinyas:  Spoke with prospective students and their parents about the Computing program at Queen's, overall student experience as well as the research done by the Perk Lab and Biomedical Computing Research group.
• IC3DDose conference, Ystad, Sweden: SlicerRT and GelDosimetry lecture and demos (Sep 4-7)
  • Csaba Pinter
• Queen's Admissions Team and Guests: (August 28) 12:20pm - 12:45pm
  • Vinyas, Matthew H, Ryan A: Queen's Admissions staff came to view PERK Lab research first hand in order to have a better understanding of the research done at the school while recruiting.  Additionally an incoming 2nd year and incoming 1st year student attending due to their interest in the lab.
• Shad Valley Program Laboratory Tour: (July 21) 1:45pm - 3:00pm
  • Marie, Vinyas, Matthew H, Ryan A: High school students in the Shad Valley program were given a guided lab tour and shown demonstrations of projects developed by the Perk Lab.  The students were able to interact with the Mobile Image Overlay System and Perk Tutor in hands on demos.
• School of Computing 45th Anniversary: Lab Open House  (June 14) 9:00am - 11:00am
  • Ryan A, Matthew H, Vinyas, Manjunath: Visitng alumni for the 45th anniversary of the school of computing were shown demonstrations of current projects in the lab and given a chance to interact with current students.  Tracked breast resectioning and the mobile image overlay system were demonstrated.
• Dr. Kasem PerkTutor Demo (June 9) 10:00am - 11:00am
  • Ryan A, Matthew H: Demo'd the PerkTutor lumbar puncture procedure to Dr. Kasem, a visitng scholar from the Max Plank Institute in Hanvoer.  The tracking systems and PerkTutor metrics were explained.   
• Science Rendezvous (May 3) 10:00 am - 300 pm
  • Manjunath, Franklin, Matthew H, Ryan A, Tamas: Over 3600 visitors.  Demo'd tracked operation game using slicerIGT and mobile image overlay (MIOS) for duration of day.
• Queen's Discovery Day in Health Sciences (May 2) 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
  • Manjunath, Franklin, Matthew H, Ryan A: Ran demos and spoke with two groups of high school students.  Basics of computer assisted surgery was covered, with reference to imaging and trackers in the lab.  Demos were tracked 'operation' game using slicerIGT, tracked needle lumbar puncture with simulated ultrasound and performance analysis using slicerIGT and Perk Tutor, and mobile image overlay (MIOS). 
• Queen's March Break Open House (March 15) 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
  • Manjunath, Franklin, Matthew H, Jennifer, Ryan A, Gabor: Spoke with incoming and prospective undergraduate students and their parents about the computer science program and the educational expereince at Queen's.  One demo was shown to give students a hands on experience with the research done by computer science students and faculty at Queen's.  
• Winter School Medical Physics, Pichl, Austria: Slicer, SlicerRT, GelDosimetry lecture series (Mar 10-14)
  • Csaba Pinter
• Slicer/SlicerRT bootcamp and workshop at AKH, Vienna, Austria (Mar 7-9)
  • Csaba Pinter
• Club presentation: Computer-assisted minimally invasive medical interventions. Queen's Association for Technology in Medicine and Biology, Queen’s University (March 5) 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm (Tamas Ungi)
• NA-MIC All-hands meeting, Salt Lake City, UT: Projects about SlicerIGT and SlicerRT (Jan 6-10)
  • Andras Lasso, Csaba Pinter, Tamas Ungi

Year 2013 outreach events

• Computer Science Open House (November 14) 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
  • Manjunath, Helen, Franklin, Ryan A: Spoke with undergraduate students from a variety of programs about pursuing undergraduate and graduate studies in computer science.  Two demos were shown in the lab to give a hands on experience of the PERK lab's research.
• Fall Preview (November 9) 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
  • Manjunath, Boyeong, Ryan A, Gabor: Speaking with prospective high school students and parents about Queen's biomedical computing program. Included hands on demo.
• Fall Preview (October 26) 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
  • Manjunath, Jennifer, Boyeong, Ryan A, Gabor: Speaking with prospective high school students and parents about Queen's biomedical computing program. Included hands on demo.
• Leashurst College Visit (October 25) 11:00 am - 11:30 am
  • Ryan A, Franklin:  Perk Lab Tour and demonstrations
• QIICR meeting, Boston, MA (Oct 22-23)
  • Andras Lasso, Csaba Pinter
• Ontario University Fair (September 28) 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
  • Jennifer: Speaking with visitors
• Toronto visit at PMH and Sunnybrook (Aug 29)
  • Gabor Fichtinger, Csaba Pinter
• Dr. Brian Courtnry Lab Tour (July 25) 9:30 am - 10:15 am
  • Ryan, Marie, Manjunath: Perk Lab Tour
• Queen's University Admissions tour (July 21) 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
  • Ryan, Marie: Perk Lab Tour
• Science Quest mentorship session (July 2, July 9, July 16, July 23, July 30) 1:00pm -2:00pm
  • Ryan and Marie: Perk Lab demonstration
• Queen's University School of Computing Private Tour and Lunch (July 3) 11:00am - 1:30pm
  • Gabor, Mattea and Jennifer: General presentation about Biomedical Computing and Perk Lab.
• Perk Lab tour for HRMC-CREATE students (June 21st) 10:30am - 11:30am
  • Marie, Ryan Walsh: General tour of Perk Lab
• NA-MIC summer project week, Boston, MA: Projects about SlicerRT and SlicerIGT (Jun 17-21)
  • Andras Lasso, Csaba Pinter, Tamas Ungi
• Queen's University School of Computing Private Tour (May 27th) 11:30am - 1:30pm
  • Mattea, Jennifer: General presentation about Biomedical Computing and Perk Lab.
• Queen's University School of Computing Private Tour and Lunch (May 24th) 11:30am - 1:30pm
  • Mattea, Jennifer, Helen and Gabor: General presentation about Biomedical Computing and Perk Lab.
• Queen's University school of Computing Private Tour (May 23rd) 9:30am - 10:30am
  • Mattea: General presentation about Biomedical Computing and Perk Lab.
• CTK Hackfest: PerkLab tour and demo for the participants (CTK, Slicer, MITK core developers from around the world, http://www.commontk.org/index.php/CTK-Hackfest-May-2013) (May 22) Andras Lasso, Tamas Ungi
• Queen's University school of Computing Private Tour (May 21st) 1:30pm - 4:30pm
  • Gabor, Mattea, Jennifer and Helen: General presentation about Biomedical Computing and Perk Lab. They also attended Reza's grad seminar rehearsal. 
• Science Rendezvous Kingston 2013, organized by the Community Outreach Centre at Queen's University, Faculty of Education (May 11, 2013. K-ROCK Centre). Approximately 1000 visitors. General public.All-day SlicerIGT demo: Matthew Holden, Manjunath Anand, Ryan Anderson, Tamas Ungi.
• Queen's University Discovery Day hosted by the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame (May 9, 2013)
  • Two sessions of SlicerIGT demo for 10 high school students interested in healthcare career. Matthew Holden, Manjunath Anand, Tamas Ungi.
• PerkLab tour and demo for CTK Hackfest participants (CTK, Slicer, MITK core developers from around the world, http://www.commontk.org/index.php/CTK-Hackfest-May-2013) (May 22) - Andras Lasso, Tamas Ungi
• March Break event held in Grant Hall, Queen's University (March 11-12). Perk Station and Perk Tutor demo
  • Gabor, Eric Moult, Laura Bartha, Thomas Vaughan, Matthew Holden, Mattea Welch,Sue Sue.
• Medical University of Vienna, AKH, Vienna, Austria: SlicerRT workshop (Mar 11-14)
  • Csaba Pinter
• European Congress of Radiology, Vienna, Austria: SlicerRT presentation and tutorial (Mar 7-11)
  • Csaba Pinter
• Queen's University School of Computing Private Tour (February 15th), 10:30am - 11:30am
  • Gabor and Mattea: General presentation about Biomedical Computing and Perk Lab
• NA-MIC All-hands meeting, Salt Lake City, UT: Projects about SlicerIGT and SlicerRT (Jan 7-11)
  • Andras Lasso, Csaba Pinter, Tamas Ungi

Year 2012 outreach events

• Queen's University School of Computing Open House (December 7, 2012), 10am - 2 pm
  • From 10am - 12pm
    • 1) Speaking with visitors - Jennifer
    • 2) Perk Tutor Demo - Eric (757); 5-10 mins
    • 3) Presentation/Demo - Matthew (747); 10 mins
    • 4) Perk Station - Sue Sue (757); 5 mins
  • From 12pm - 2pm
    • 1) Speaking with visitors - Jennifer
    • 2) Presentation/Demo - Laura (747); 5 -10 mins
    • 3) Perk Station - Sue Sue (757); 5 mins
• RSNA 2012, Chicago, IL: Slicer and SlicerRT tutorials (Nov 25-30)
  • Csaba Pinter
• MICCAI 2012, Nice, France: SlicerRT introduction presentation (Oct 5)
  • Andras Lasso
• Queen's University Shad Valley Program for High School Students (July 24, 2012. Kingston Hall, Queen's University)
  • Mattea Welch: Intra-operative registration demo
• NA-MIC summer project week, Boston, MA: Projects about PLUS and SlicerRT (Jun 18-22)
  • Andras Lasso, Csaba Pinter, Tamas Ungi
• Queen's University Discovery Day hosted by the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame (May 15, 2012)
  • Tamas Ungi, Eric Moult, Jennifer Andrea: all day Perk Tutor hands-on demo.
• E=mc2 Mini Course for secondary school students (May 8, 2012. Kingston Hall, Queen's University)
  • Eric Moult and Mattea Welch: presentations.
  • Melissa Trezise: organizer, presentation.
• Queen's University March Break Open House (March 12-13, 2012)
  • Laura Bartha: Demo on both days.
  • Simrin Nagpal: Demo on both days.
• Science Rendezvous Kingston 2012, organized by the Community Outreach Centre at Queen's University, Faculty of Education (May 12, 2012. Grantt Hall, Queen's University)
  • All-day Perk Tutor demo: Tamas Ungi and Paweena U-Thainual
• NA-MIC All-hands meeting, Salt Lake City, UT: Projects about PLUS (Jan 9-13)
  • Andras Lasso, Csaba Pinter, Tamas Ungi

Year 2011 outreach events

• School of Computing Open House (Dec 9, 2011)
  • Thomas Chen: Organization
  • Tamas Ungi, Laura Bartha: PerkStation
  • Csaba Pinter, Thomas Vaughn: fCal
• Fall Preview (Oct 29 and Nov 12, 2011)
  • Laura Bartha
• UBC, Vancouver, 3D Slicer tutorial (August 4)
  • Andras Lasso
• Visit by Associate Dean of School of Graduate Studies (July 14, 2011)
  • Alexis Boucharin: Explanation of ultrasound systems point segmentation.
• News Interview with Undergraduate Researchers in the Queen's School of Computing (June 30, 2011)
  • Eric Moult: Explanation of brachytherapy seed segmentation
  • Alexis Boucharin: Explanation of ultrasound systems point segmentation.
  • Matthew Holden: Explanation of segmentation and classification of spinal needle insertion procedures.
• Queen's Spring Reunion and Mini-U (May 27, 2011)
  • Andrew W L Dickinson: Visual Programming for Rapid Prototyping of Medical Imaging Libraries
• Queen's enrichment programme for high school students (May 20, 2011)
  • Andrew W L Dickinson & Sacha Robinson: Imaging presentation for Cancer Today
• Burlington school students visit (May 19, 2011)
  • Sacha Robinson: Intorduction to Biomedical Computing and Quick Lab Tour
• Enrichment Studies Unit SEEDS (May 11-13, May 31-3, 2011)
  • Helen Xu: teaching Lego robotics to grade 7-8 kids
• Queen's University Discovery Day hosted by the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame (May 18, 2011)
  • Tamas Ungi: Whole day hands-on demo for high school students interested in medicine.
  • Derek Sargent: Help with the demos.
• March Break Open House (March 15-16, 2011)
  • Andrew W L Dickinson: Visual Programming for Rapid Prototyping of Medical Imaging Libraries
  • Tamas & Laura: Electromagnetic tracking for spinal injection guidance.
  • Sacha Robinson: Patient specific catheter insertion device for breast brachytherapy
• Principal visit (March 10, 2011)
  • Andras Lasso, Tamas Heffter: US calibration and quality assurance
  • Andrew W L Dickinson: Visual Programming for Rapid Prototyping of Medical Imaging Libraries
  • Farhad Imani: Prostate cancer detection using time series analysis
  • Tamas Ungi: Perk Station
• Steven Liss' visit to School of Computing (Feb 9, 2011)
  • Tamas Ungi: PerkStation
  • Andras Lasso, Tamas Heffter: US calibration and quality assurance
  • Andrew W L Dickinson: Visual Programming for Rapid Prototyping of Medical Imaging Libraries
  • Farhad Imani: Prostate cancer detection using time series analysis