Prof. Yen-Wei Chen
Ritsumeikan University, Japan

BIO: Yen-Wei Chen received the B.E. degree in 1985 from Kobe Univ., Kobe, Japan, the M.E. degree in 1987, and the D.E. degree in 1990, both from Osaka Univ., Osaka, Japan. He was a research fellow with the Institute for Laser Technology, Osaka, from 1991 to 1994. From Oct. 1994 to Mar. 2004, he was an associate Professor and a professor with the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Univ. of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan. He is currently a professor with the college of Information Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, Japan. He is the founder and the first director of Center of Advanced ICT for Medicine and Healthcare, Ritsumeikan University, Japan.

Speech Title: Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality in Bio-Medical Applications

Abstract: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Virtual Reality (VR) have become key technologies and are playing today important roles in many academic and industrial areas. Applications of AI and VR in medicine and healthcare have received increasing attention in recent years. The AI technique has been widely used in computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) and the VR technique has been used in computer-aided surgery (CAS) such as surgery simulator. In this talk, I will introduce fundamental basis of AI for CAD and some applications of AI for diagnosis of hepatic disease. I will also introduce some applications of VR technique for support and simulations of hepatic surgery.

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