Vertically Integrated Projects
Advance next-generation immersive technologies for medical surgery by integrating tele-operated catheter systems, patient-specific virtual heart models, and real-time simulation.
Explore how high-accuracy registration and 3D (4D) visualisation can support complex procedures, including cardiac interventions such as atrial fibrillation.
VIP ChallENG research goals
Develop an immersive surgical platform that combines a tele-operated catheter, patient-specific virtual heart models, and robust simulation-to-phantom registration to support real-time guidance and system evaluation for image-guided intervention.
Your research team will:
- Advance the development of a tele-operated catheter platform
- Create multiple virtual heart models for different patient cohorts
- Improve the accuracy and robustness of simulation-to-phantom registration
- Test and evaluate system performance in realistic operating scenarios
ChallENG Area
Research Areas
- Computer sciences
- Medicine
- Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
Good Health and Well-being:Â
- Join this team for
- Desired skills
Credit
✔ 6 UoC per courseÂ
Professional Development
•   Teamwork
•   Leadership
•   Design
•   Communication
•   Integrity
•   Innovation and excellence
•   Diversity
•   Respect
•   Resilience
Industry Partners
- Medicine, interest in anatomy, surgical procedures and/or patient education
- Computer Science
- Mechanical Engineering including Robotics, Mechantronics
Team Academic Leads
A/Prof. Susann Beier
Group leader Vascular Fluid Mechanics Group (SVMG)
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
Dr. Virag Kushwaha
Conjoint Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Medicine
v.kushwaha@unsw.edu.au
