Structural Biology Research Software:
J.M. Skinner, R.S. LaBarca, R.M. Sweet. "A User-Extensible Graphical
User Interface for Control of Either Instrument-Control Program, ACE
or SPEC," Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research.
A 383 (1996) 627-630.
J.M. Skinner, R.S. LaBarca, R.M. Sweet, "TCL/Tk in the Development of
User-Extensible Graphical User Interfaces," USENIX 1996 TCL/Tk Conference
Paper.
Download:
Usenix Publication Link
Mobile Robotics:
Carnegie Mellon Univ. Robotics Club. "Sidewinder II," Society of
Automotive Engineers Walking Machine Decathlon white paper. 1996.
Download: ps [650 KB]
R.S. LaBarca, G.F. Brisson, P. Sand, J.W. Hurst, C.F. Reverte, M. Ungerer.
"Jim: An Intelligent Continuous-Motion Frame-Walking Robot," Society
of Automotive Engineers Walking Machine Decathlon white paper. 1998.
Download: MSWord 97 [823 KB]
R.S. LaBarca. "Towards Robotic Bipedal Walking: An Experimental System
for Designing Control Software for Dynamically Stable Robots," School
of Computer Science Undergraduate Research Thesis. 1998.
Referenced in Sony Corp.'s
Bipedal Abulation Control Patent
Download: MSWord 97 [3.5 MB]
Medical Robotics / Computer-Assisted Surgery:
A. DiGioia, B. Jaramaz, M. Blackwell, D. Simon, F. Morgan, J. Moody,
C. Nikou, B. Colgan, C. Aston, R. LaBarca, E. Kischell, and T. Kanade,
"An Image Guided Navigation System for Accurate Alignment in Total Hip
Replacement Surgery". tech. report CMU-RI-TR-98-18, Robotics
Institute, Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, 1998.
Jaramaz B, Nikou C, Levison T, DiGioia A, LaBarca R:
"CupAlign: Computer-Assisted Postoperative Radiographic Measurement of
Acetabular Components Following Total Hip Arthroplasty,"
Lecture Notes In Computer Science; Vol. 1679:
Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Medical Image
Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, p876-882.
DiGioia AM III, Jaramaz B, Nikou C, LaBarca RS, Moody JE, Colgan B:
"Surgical Navigation for Total Hip Replacement with the Use of HipNav,"
Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp.3-8,
January 2000.
Digioia AM, Jaramaz B, Colgan B, Moody JE, Nikou C, LaBarca R: "Image
Guided Surgical Navigation for Total Hip Replacement," 4th International
Symposium on Computer Assisted Surgery, Davos, Switzerland, March 17-19
1999.
Digioia AM, Jaramaz B, Blackwell M, Simon D, Morgan F, Moody J, Nikou
C, Colgan B, Aston C, LaBarca R, Kischell E, Kanade T: "Using HipNav
as a Measurement Tool: Inherent Inaccuracies of Current Mechanical Guides,"
Third Annual North American Program on Computer Assisted Orthopaedica
Surgery (CAOS/USA '99), Pittsburgh, PA, June 1999.
DiGioia AM III, Jaramaz B, Nikou C, LaBarca RS, Moody JE, Colgan B:
"Image Guided and Surgical Navigation for Hip Reconstruction," VIIth
Annual Symposium Critical Issues in Surgery: Image Guided Surgery,
Computer Assisted Surgery, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands, December
9-11, 1999.
DiGioia AM III, Jaramaz B, Moody JE, Nikou C, LaBarca RS: "Mechanical
Acetabular Alignment Guides: Inherent Inaccuracy," The Millennium Symposium
on Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery, (CAOS/Davos), Davos, Switzerland,
February 17-19, 2000.
LaBarca RS, Jaramaz B, DiGioia AM, Nikou C, Cassenti L: "Development
of Femoral Guidance and Intraoperative Range of Motion Simulation for
the HipNav System," The Millennium Symposium on Computer Assisted Orthopaedic
Surgery, (CAOS/Davos), Davos, Switzerland, February 17-19, 2000.
Picard F, Moody JE, Martinek V, Fu F, Rytel M, LaBarca RS, Nikou C,
Jaramaz B, DiGioia A: "Computer Assisted ACL Reconstruction Surgery:
Assessment of Two Techniques of Graft Position in ACL Reconstruction,"
Fourth Annual North American Program on Computer Assisted Orthopadic
Surgery, (CAOS/USA 2000), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 2000.
Jaramaz B, LaBarca R, DiGioia A, Moody JE, Picard F, Nikou C: "HipNav
Femur - Development of a Complete THR Application," Fourth Annual North
American Program on Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery, (CAOS/USA
2000), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 2000.
Nikou C, LaBarca R, Jaramaz B, Moody JE, Picard F, DiGioia A: "Hybrid
Reality Visualization Devices," Fourth Annual North American Program
on Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery, (CAOS/USA 2000), Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, June 2000.
DiGioia AM, Moody JE, LaBarca RS, Nikou C, Jaramaz B: "Clinical Measurements
of Acetabular Component Orientation Using Surgical Navigation Technologies,"
The 13th Annual Symposium of the International Society for Technology
in Arthroplasty, Berlin, Germany, September 20 - 23, 2000.
Picard F, DiGioia A, Sell D, Moody J, Jaramaz B, Nikou C, LaBarca RS:
"Computer-Assisted TKR Navigation: Introperative Measurements of Alignment
and Soft Tissue Balancing," The 13th Annual Symposium of the International
Society for Technology in Arthroplasty, Berlin, Germany, September 20
- 23, 2000.
Picard F, Moody JR, Jaramaz B, Digioia A, Nikou C, LaBarca RS:
"A Classification Proposal for Computer-Assisted Knee Systems,"
Lecture Notes In Computer Science; Vol. 1935:
Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Medical Image
Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, p1145-1151.
Picard F, Moody J, Martinek V, Fu F, Rytel M, Nikou C, LaBarca RS, Jaramaz B, DiGioia A:
"A Computer-Assisted ACL Reconstruction System Assessment of Two Techniques of
Graft Positioning in ACL Reconstruction," Lecture Notes In Computer Science; Vol. 1935:
Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Medical Image Computing and
Computer-Assisted Intervention p1136-1144.
DiGioia A, Jaramaz B, Nikou C, LaBarca R: "Unreliability of Mechanical
Acetabular Alignment Guides and Ways to Improve Alignment," Pennsylvania
Orthopaedic Society, Fall Scientific Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
November 9-11, 2000.
Amin DV, Kanade T, Jaramaz B, DiGioia A, Nikou C, LaBarca RS, Moody JE:
"Calibration Method for Determining the Physical Location of the Ultrasound Image Plane,"
Lecture Notes In Computer Science; Vol. 220:
Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Medical Image Computing
and Computer-Assisted Intervention, p940-947.
DiGioia AM, Jaramaz B, Moody JE, Levison TJ, LaBarca RS, Nikou C: "Mini
Incision THR Assisted with Surgical Navigation," 1st Annual Meeting,
International Society for Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery (CAOS-International),
Davos, Switzerland, February 7-10, 2001.
DiGioia AM, Moody JE, LaBarca RS, Nikou C, Jaramaz B: "Clinical Measurements
of Acetabular Component Orientation Using Surgical Navigation Technologies,"
1st Annual Meeting, International Society for Computer Assisted Orthopaedic
Surgery (CAOS-International), Davos, Switzerland, February 7-10, 2001.
Picard F, Moody JE, DiGioia AM, Martinek V, Fu F, Rytel M, Jaramaz B,
LaBarca R, Nikou C: "KneeNav-ACL Computer Assisted Measurement Reliability,"
1st Annual Meeting, International Society for Computer Assisted Orthopaedic
Surgery (CAOS-International), Davos, Switzerland, February 7-10, 2001.
Amin DV, Kanade T, DiGioia AM III, Jaramaz B, Nikou C, LaBarca RS: "Ultrasound
Based Registration of the Pelvic Bone Surface for Surgical Navigation,"
1st Annual Meeting, International Society for Computer Assisted Orthopaedic
Surgery (CAOS-International), Davos, Switzerland, February 7-10, 2001.