Portrait of George D. Stetten
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Professor of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh and Adjunct Research Professor, Robotics Institute, CMU.  MD, State University of New York, Health Science Center at Syracuse, 1991; PhD (Biomedical Engineering), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1999.  Dr. Stetten’s current research interests include image-guided surgery using an ultrasound device he invented called the Sonic Flashlight, and various adaptations of the underlying principle of in-situ image guidance, including one based on Optical Coherence Tomography for microsurgery.  In addition, he is developing image analysis techniques for automated identification and measurement of anatomical structures, and was a founding member of the National Library of Medicine’s Insight Toolkit for image segmentation and registration.  He has invented a technology called FingerSight for the vision impaired, which involves fingertip video cameras linked to vibratory stimulators.  He is also developing a new surgical tool that magnifies the sense of touch, enabling the surgeon to feel forces during delicate procedures.  His teaching efforts include the development of a new open-standard testing format, enabling instructors to create and score their own multiple choice exams, called LaTeX Open-Format Testing (LOFT) and a student-built electronics instrumentation package called the PittKit.  He is the founding director of the Music Engineering Laboratory in the School of Engineering and teaches a new honors course in the Engineering Foundations of Music.

Displaying 73 Publications

2024
Satyaj Bhargava, John Lorence, Ben Cohen, Minjie Wu, Howard Aizenstein, and George Stetten
Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-24-33, November, 2024
2023
Julia Foust, Roberta L. Klatzky, Rene Canady, Bhamini Sundararaman, and George Stetten
Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-23-31, December, 2023
Michael Gidaro, Linghai Wang, Roberta L. Klatzky, and George Stetten
Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-23-30, July, 2023
2017
G. Shukla, R. L. Klatzky, B. Wu, B. Wang, J. Galeotti, B. Chapmann, and G. Stetten
Journal Article, Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, Vol. 2, pp. 34, August, 2017
J. Wang, C. Che, J. Galeotti, S. Horvath, V. Gorantla, and G. Stetten
Conference Paper, Proceedings of IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV '17), pp. 825 - 833, March, 2017
2016
Zhixuan Yu, Samantha J. Horvath, Alexandra Delazio, Jihang Wang, Rebeka Almasi, Roberta Klatzky, John Galeotti, and George D. Stetten
Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-16-59, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, December, 2016
Avin Khera, Randy Lee, Avi Marcovici, Zhixuan Yu, Roberta Klatzky, Mel Siegel, Sanjeev G. Shroff, and George Stetten
Journal Article, Machines: Special Issue "Mechanisms and Machinery for Haptic Interaction and Rendering", Vol. 4, No. 1, March, 2016
M. Tian, J. Wang, S. Horvath, J. Galeotti, V. Gorantla, and G. Stetten
Journal Article, Ingenium, pp. 97 - 101, March, 2016
2015
V. Gorantla, V. Shivaprabhu, H. Aizenstein, J. Galeotti, and G. Stetten
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 12th Congress of the International Hand and Composite Tissue Allotransplantation Society, June, 2015
Bing Wu, Roberta Klatzky, Randy Lee, Vikas Revanna Shivaprabhu, John Galeotti, Mel Siegel, Joel Schuman, Ralph Hollis, and George D. Stetten
Journal Article, Human Factors, Vol. 57, No. 3, pp. 523 - 537, May, 2015