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Session Overview
Session
Keynote Prof. Dr. Rebecca Fahrig
Time:
Wednesday, 18/Sept/2024:
11:45am - 12:30pm

Location: V 47.01


AI and Automation in the Interventional Suite: building blocks towards increased precision and automation for the Smart OR

Session Abstract

Title:

AI and Automation in the Interventional Suite: building blocks towards increased precision and automation for the Smart OR


Speaker:

Prof. Dr. Rebecca Fahrig

Head of Innovation & Head of Endovascular Robotics (EVR) for Business Area Advanced Therapies at Siemens Healthineers GmbH

and Professor, Dept of Computer Science, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg


Prof. Dr. Rebecca Fahrig is an innovator with more than two decades of academic and professional experience in pioneering new technology, developing new products and shaping their definition. Currently Rebecca serves as General Manager of Business Line Endovascular Robotics (EVR), and Head of Innovation for Business Area Advanced Therapies at Siemens Healthineers. In her dual role, she drives the vision of combined endovascular robotics, image guidance, and dedicated devices in an interventional ‘context aware’ operating room to improve the outcomes of minimally invasive procedures. Her technical expertise lies in designing, characterizing and implementing cutting-edge x-ray imaging systems and AI image analytics for both diagnostic and image-guided procedures.