"BIO" - BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOMEDICAL INNOVATIONS
		INFO BIO NANO MACRO ENVIRO Biotechnology at MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Bio-Instrumentation Laboratory Biological Engineering Division Biotechnology Process Engineering Center Center for Biological and Computational Learning Center for Biomedical Engineering Harvard-MIT Division of Health Science and Technology McGovern Institute for Brain Research Whitehead Institute			3-D IMAGING TECHNOLOGY TO ENABLE MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY Douglas P. Hart Hatsopoulos Microfluids Laboratory Department of Mechanical Engineering With funding from the Deshpande Center, this project has already demonstrated a new imaging technology capable of converting 2D optical systems such as cameras, microscopes, and endoscopes into highly accurate, quantified 3D imaging instruments. There are numerous applications for 3D imaging, including medical procedures, industrial inspection, facial recognition and entertainment Using a compact, low-cost optical module and novel image-processing algorithm, the new imaging system can produce quantified 3D surface renderings at video rates from a single camera connected to a PC. The project has generated significant commercial interest and competed successfully in both the MIT $50K Entrepreneurship Competition and the Harvard Business Plan competition. In its next phase, the project will focus on the stringent and high-profile application of quantified 3D endoscopy to enable robotic-assisted minimally invasive surgery. This new focus will demonstrate the versatility of the imaging technology while developing the functionality necessary to make the technology commercially viable in a broad range of applications.
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