Publications and Presentations

Publications

  1. [Journal] Sperber J, Zachem TJ, Prakash R, Owolo E, Yamamoto K, Nguyen AD, Hockenberry H, Ross WA, Herndon JE 2nd, Codd PJ, Goodwin CR. A blinded study using laser induced endogenous fluorescence spectroscopy to differentiate ex vivo spine tumor, healthy muscle, and healthy bone. Sci Rep. 2024 Jan 22;14(1):1921. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-50995-4. PMID: 38253556..
  2. [arxiv] Zachem, T.J., Chen, S.F., Venkatraman, V., Sykes, D.A., Prakash, R., Spellicy, S., Suarez, A.D., Ross, W. and Codd, P.J. (2023).Computer Vision for Increased Operative Efficiency via Identification of Instruments in the Neurosurgical Operating Room: A Proof-of-Concept Study. arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.03001.
  3. [Journal] Prakash, R., Dupre, M.E., Ostbye, T. and Xu, H., 2023. A Rule‐Based Framework to Identify Severity of Dementia from Unstructured Electronic Health Record Data. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 19, p.e075325.
  4. [Workshop] Ross, W., Prakash, R., Ma, G., Eward, W., Mann, B.,Ross, W., Codd, P. (2023). Optimization of Laser Photoablation for Robotic Soft-Tissue Surgery. Workshop on Data vs Model in Medical Robotics (DMMR), IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Detroit, Michigan, United States.
  5. [Conference] Ma, G., Prakash, R., Mann, B.,Ross, W., Codd, P. (2023). 3D Laser-and-tissue Agnostic Data-driven Method for Robotic Laser Surgical Planning.IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Detroit, Michigan, United States.
  6. [Conference] Prakash, R., Yamamoto, KK., Oca, SR., Ross, W., Codd, PJ. (2023). Brain-Mimicking Phantom for Photoablation and Visualization . International Symposium on Medical Robotics, Atlanta, Georgia,United States.
  7. [Conference Paper] Chatterjee, A., Valaparla, R. K., Prakash, R., Balasubramanian, K. (2019). Comparative study of fluid flow and heat transfer in microchannels with uniformly varying cross-section . In Proceedings of Emerging Trends in Mechanical Engineering (pp.25–30). Warangal, Telangana.

Presentations

  1. [Poster Presentation] Sperber J, Zachem TJ, Prakash R, Chamberlain G, Cummings T, Nguyen A, Hockenberry H, Ross W, Codd PJ, Goodwin CR (2023, September 9) Differentiation of radiation necrosis from glioblastoma and metastatic lung carcinoma in pathology prepared slides using laser induced endogenous fluorescence spectroscopy. Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, Washington DC, United States.
  2. [Poster Presentation] Sperber J, Zachem TJ, Prakash R, Owolo E, Yamamoto K, Nguyen AD, Hockenbery H, Ross W, Herndon J, Codd P, Goodwin CR. (2023, September 9) A blinded study using laser induced endogenous fluorescence spectroscopy to differentiate spine tumor, healthy muscle, and healthy bone ex vivo . Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, Washington DC, United States.
  3. [Poster Presentation] Prakash, R., Dupre, M. E., Ostbye, T., Xu, H., (2023, July 16–20). A Rule-Based Framework to Identify Severity of Dementia from Unstructured Electronic Health Record Data . Alzheimer's Association International Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  4. [Presentation] Codd, P.J.,Ma, G.,Prakash, R., Raman, A., Zachem, T., Yamamoto, K., Skyes, David., Eward, W., Mann, B., Ross, W., (2023, June 18–21). 3D Multi-sensor-fusion Robotic Laser System for Neurosurgery . Neurosurgical Society of Americas, Cape Codd, MA, United States.
  5. [Poster Presentation] Ma, G., Prakash, R., Mann, B., Ross,W., Codd, P. J. (2023, March 13–14). 3D Laser-and-tissue Agnostic Data-driven Method for Cavity Prediction . Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics Symposium, Durham, North Carolina, United States.
  6. [E-Poster] Sperber J, Zachem T,Prakash R, Chamberlain G, Cummings TJ, Nguyen AD, Hockenberry H, Ross W, Codd P, Goodwin CR. Characterization of the TumorID Technology to Differentiate Tumor from Non-Tumor in Frozen Samples. Global Spine Congress; May 31-June 6, 2023; Prague, Czech Republic
  7. [Oral Presentation] Sperber J, Zachem T, Prakash R, Chamberlain G, Cummings TJ, Nguyen AD, Hockenberry H, Ross W, Codd P, Goodwin CR. Laser Induced Endogenous Fluorescence Spectroscopy Produces Distinct Spectral Signatures in Pathology Prepared Tumor Samples. 39th American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of Neurological Surgeons Spine Summit; March 16-19, 2023; Miami, FL.
  8. [I-Presentation] Sperber J, Zachem T, Prakash R, Chamberlain G, Cummings TJ, Nguyen AD, Hockenberry H, Owolo E, Bishop B, Charles A, Ross W, Codd P, Goodwin CR. Classification of Fresh Spine Tumor, Muscle, and Bone using Intraoperative Laser Induced Endogenous Fluorescence Spectroscopy. 39th American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of Neurological Surgeons Spine Summit; March 16-19, 2023; Miami, FL.
  9. [Presentation] Codd PJ, Ross W, Ma G, Tucker M,Prakash R, Raman A, Zachem T, Eward W, Mann B. TumorCNC: Engineering an Automated Closed-Loop Robotic System for Neurosurgery . Neurosurgical Society of America. June 14, 2022. Maui, HI
  10. [Poster Presentation] Ma, G., Prakash, R., Ross,W., Codd, P. J. (2022, April 13–15). A Data-driven Method for Robotic Laser Orientation Planning . International Symposium on Medical Robotics, Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
  11. [Poster Presentation] Raman, A., Zachem, T., Prakash, R., Park, C., Ma, G., Ross, W., Codd, P. (2022, April 13–15). Automated Detection of Sarcoma Tissue in a Murine Model Using a Portable Endogenous Fluorescence Spectroscopy Device. International Symposium on Medical Robotics, Atlanta, Georgia,United States.
  12. [Poster Presentation] Prakash, R., Srivastava, A., A., Ni, X. (2021, November 17). Methods For Characterization of Mechano-Acoustic Speech Information. Duke MEMS Non-Thesis Defense, Durham, North Carolina, United States.
  13. [Invited Presentation] Prakash, R., Xu, H. (2021,September 14). Understand the basics of natural language processing and its application in processing physicians’ notes. Duke Family Medicine and Community Health Grand Rounds, Duke University,Durham, North Carolina, United States.
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