Christopher R. Johnson speaks about research in computer simulation and visualization in medicine on September 13, 2000
Description
Sarah Michalak welcomes the audience and the Gould family to the lecture. President Machen introduces the speaker, Christopher R. Johnson, who is an associate professor at the University of Utah School of Computing, directs the Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute and the National Institute of Health Center for Bioelectric Field Modeling Simulation and Visualization, and co-directs the computational science and engineering program. Johnson speaks about research in computer simulation and visualization in medicine. He discusses the application of recently developed computing tools in cardiology and neuroscience. These applications allow heart and brain surgeons to use non-invasive diagnostic tools as substitutes for preoperative surgery techniques. Finally, he talks about medical imaging and his vision for the future. Speakers: Christopher R. Johnson; introduction by Sarah Michalak (Director of the Library), J. Bernard Machen (President of the University of Utah)
Date
2000-09-13
Spatial Coverage
University of Utah, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
Subject
University of Utah--Alumni; Science, Technology; Technology, Industry; Engineering; Lectures; Libraries--Special collections--Endowments; Computational science; Computer simulation; Cardiology; Neuroscience; Diagnostic imaging
Collection Number and Name
A0214 William R. and Erlyn Gould Distinguished Lecture on Technology and the Quality of Life Series video recordings
Collection Name
Gould Lecture Series
Holding Institution
Multimedia Archives, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
