Research — Trishia El Chemaly

The screen is a window through which one sees a virtual world. The challenge is to make that world look real, act real, sound real, feel real.
Ivan Sutherland, The Ultimate Display, 1965

Highlights

Figure from Seeing Through the Surface, showing depth-perception visualization techniques for augmented microscopy

Seeing Through the Surface: Evaluating Visualization Techniques for Depth Perception in Augmented Microscopy

IEEE TVCG, 2026, Website

Perception-first digital twin for augmented reality microsurgery

IJCARS, 2026, Paper

Demo from Mind the GAP showing the offset between passthrough camera and eye viewpoints

Mind the GAP: Geometry aware passthrough mitigates cybersickness

ACM CHI, 2025, Paper, Website, Google Research Feature

From microscope to head-mounted display: integrating hand tracking into microsurgical augmented reality

IJCARS, 2024, Paper

Stereoscopic calibration for augmented reality visualization in microscopic surgery

IJCARS, 2023, Paper

Full Publications

[1]

Seeing Through the Surface: Evaluating Visualization Techniques for Depth Perception in Augmented Microscopy

El Chemaly, T., Niu, W., Fan, Y., Wu, Y., Fu, F., Leuze, C., Hargreaves, B., Daniel, B., Blevins, N.H., IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2026, Website

[2]

Holographic deep inferior epigastric perforator exploration in mixed reality using real-time cinematic rendering

Necker, F.N., Cholok, D.J., Shaheen, M.S., Fischer, M.J., Gifford, K., El Chemaly, T., et al., Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 2026, Paper

[3]

Perception-first digital twin for augmented reality microsurgery

El Chemaly, T., Fan, Y., Fu, F., Leuze, C., Daniel, B., Hargreaves, B., Blevins, N.H., International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, 2026, Paper

[4]

Mind the GAP: Geometry aware passthrough mitigates cybersickness

El Chemaly, T., Goyal, M., Duan, T., Phadnis, V., Khattar, S., Vlaskamp, B., et al., CHI, 2025, Paper, Website, Google Research Feature

[5]

Geometry aware passthrough mitigates cybersickness

El Chemaly, T., Goyal, M., Duan, T., Phadnis, V., Khattar, S., Vlaskamp, B., et al., arXiv preprint, 2025, Paper

[6]

Deep learning method for rapid simultaneous multistructure temporal bone segmentation

Neves, C.A., El Chemaly, T., Fu, F., Blevins, N.H., Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, 2024, Paper

[7]

From microscope to head-mounted display: integrating hand tracking into microsurgical augmented reality

El Chemaly, T., Athayde Neves, C., Fu, F., Hargreaves, B., Blevins, N.H., International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, 2024, Paper

[8]

Interactive shape sonification for tumor localization in breast cancer surgery

Schütz, L., El Chemaly, T., Weber, E., Doan, A.T., Tsai, J., Leuze, C., Daniel, B., et al., CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2024, Paper

[9]

Artificial intelligence tracking of otologic instruments in mastoidectomy videos

Liu, G.S., Parulekar, S., Lee, M.C., El Chemaly, T., Diop, M., Park, R., Blevins, N.H., Otology & Neurotology, 2024, Paper

[10]

The reconstructive metaverse, collaboration in real-time shared mixed reality environments for microsurgical reconstruction

Necker, F.N., Cholok, D.J., Shaheen, M.S., Fischer, M.J., Gifford, K., El Chemaly, T., et al., Surgical Innovation, 2024, Paper

[11]

Increasing DIEA perforator detail in three-dimensional photorealistic volume-rendering visualizations

Necker, F.N., Cholok, D.J., Shaheen, M.S., Fischer, M.J., Gifford, K., El Chemaly, T., et al., Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2024, Paper

[12]

Leveraging the Apple ecosystem: easy viewing and sharing of three-dimensional perforator visualizations via iPad/iPhone-based augmented reality

Necker, F.N., Cholok, D.J., Shaheen, M.S., Fischer, M.J., Gifford, K., El Chemaly, T., et al., Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery – Global Open, 2024, Paper

[13]

The user experience design of a novel microscope within SurgiSim, a virtual reality surgical simulator

de Lotbinière-Bassett, M., Volpato Batista, A., Lai, C., El Chemaly, T., Dort, J., et al., International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, 2023, Paper

[14]

Automated radiomic analysis of vestibular schwannomas and inner ears using contrast-enhanced T1-weighted and T2-weighted MRI sequences

Neves, C.A., Liu, G.S., El Chemaly, T., Bernstein, I.A., Fu, F., Blevins, N.H., Otology & Neurotology, 2023, Paper

[15]

Stereoscopic calibration for augmented reality visualization in microscopic surgery

El Chemaly, T., Athayde Neves, C., Leuze, C., Hargreaves, B., Blevins, N.H., International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, 2023, Paper

[16]

Towards point-of-care heart failure diagnostic platforms: BNP and NT-proBNP biosensors

Alawieh, H., El Chemaly, T., Alam, S., Khraiche, M., Sensors, 2019, Paper

[17]

Towards a biomechanical model for ultrasound effect on neural excitability

El Hassan, R., El Chemaly, T., Khraiche, M., IEEE International Multidisciplinary Conference on Engineering, 2018, Paper

[18]

MRI and stereo vision surface reconstruction and fusion

El Chemaly, T., Siepel, F.J., Rihana, S., Groenhuis, V., van der Heijden, F., et al., International Conference on Advances in Biomedical Engineering, 2017, Paper