Hi everyone! I have been excited to begin learning how Fluid Power can be utilized on a smaller scale for noninvasive brain surgeries. At Maha Lab, we learned about a lot of benefits to Fluid Power such as size reduction and higher efficiency. A new benefit of Fluid Power I have learned about here at Vanderbilt is that it does not require many electronic/magnetic parts, and therefore is ideal for use in MRI-guided surgeries. MRI-guided surgeries are a great advantage because they allow for high accuracy when inserting needles into the brain, such as the hippocampus in our case, and other sensitive regions of the body. I never would have thought of this unique benefit of Fluid Power and am excited to learn more!
Hope everyone is having a great time at their REU sites!
P.S. Nashville is AMAZING! This past weekend I went to an outdoor concert at a park near Vanderbilt campus and headed to downtown Nashville to check out the CMA Music Festival. I'm loving Music City.
Nashville is so amazing! Who did you get to see?
ReplyDeleteMy favorite was Uncle Kracker at the CMA Music Festival! Super fun!
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