NeuroPPEye

On 22nd of February we had our 5th “Science for Tomorrow’s Neurosurgery” group meeting. Live scribe of the conversations between patients and researchers. With exciting updates from both the NeuroPPEYE and NeuroHSI studies, the group were thrilled to learn of the progress we are making.

“The opportunity to hear from clinicians, talk to people in my situation and benefit from their feedback was what drew me to this project. I realised the extent of the number of people that are affected by brain tumours," Kate Dooley.

On 21st September we held our fourth ‘Science for Tomorrow’s Neurosurgery’ PPI group meeting online, with presentations from Oscar, Matt and Silvère. Presentations focused on an update from the NeuroHSI trial, with clear demonstration of improvements in resolution of the HSI images we are now able to acquire; this prompted real praise from our patient representatives, which is extremely reassuring for the trial going forward.

Jonathan Shapey had the great honour to deliver the Hunterian Lecture at the Society of British Neurological Surgeons autumn congress (SBNS London 2023). Jonathan presented his work in developing a label-free real-time intraoperative hyperspectralimaging system for neurosurgery.

Post overview: Focus: Translational research on hyperspectral-based quantitative fluorescence imaging linked with a neurosurgery clinical study Line manager: Tom Vercauteren Clinical collaborator: King’s College Hospital Industry collaborator: Hypervision Surgical Salary: Grade 6, £41,386-£48,414 or Grade 7 £49,737-£55,306 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance State-of-the-art fluorescence imaging system for neurosurgical guidance.

Post overview: Focus: Design principled approaches for trustworthy AI-enabled surgical assistance with a focus on real-time imaging data Line manager: Tom Vercauteren Salary: Grade 6 £41,386-£48,414 or Grade 7 £49,737-£55,306 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance A view on a lumbar microdiscectomy surgery (Source: DVIDS Public Domain Archive).

We are working to develop new technologies that combine a new type of camera system, referred to as hyperspectral, with Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems to reveal to neurosurgeons information that is otherwise not visible to the naked eye during surgery.

We are seeking a motivated research nurse/coordinator to support our NeuroHSI and NeuroPPEye project. CRN King’s Neurosurgery research coordinator The post will be a Band 6 level Neurosurgery affiliated research nurse/coordinator to work within the neuroscience division at KCH.

We are working to develop new technologies that combine a new type of camera system, referred to as hyperspectral, with Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems to reveal to neurosurgeons information that is otherwise not visible to the naked eye during surgery.

Post overview: Focus: Translational research in biomedical optics for hyperspectral imaging based quantitative fluorescence linked with an in-patient neurosurgery clinical study Line manager: Tom Vercauteren Clinical collaborator: King’s College Hospital Industry collaborator: Hypervision Surgical Salary: Grade 6, £38,826 - £45,649 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance AI-assisted hyperspectral imaging systems for surgical guidance using quantitative fluorescence.