At this year’s 57th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Medical computer science, Biometry and Epidemiology, Sandra von Sachsen presented her research on the topic: “Continuous process chain for integration of a patient-specific finite element model in the EVAR-planning process.”. The aim of the present work is a quantitative evaluation of vascular prostheses that are intended to support the vascular surgeon perspective in the selection of optimal stent-grafts for treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms. The corresponding abstract is available at: http://www.egms.de/static/de/meetings/gmds2012/12gmds017.shtml

01.09.2012 will be the start for the R & D major project “OR.NET” funded by the BMBF with a total of approx. 15 million euro, with a total of 41 partners and under the leadership of the University of Heidelberg, the technical University of Munich and the RWTH Aachen. The aim of the project is the design, evaluation and implementation of concepts for vendor-independent and dynamic networks for the often very innovative but also very different medical components into existing operating rooms and IT infrastructures with the aim of expanding the overall functionality.

ICCAS takes over in this project including a major role in the standardization of technical standards, processes and protocols that are important for the dynamic linking. With the establishment of a demonstrator, the exemplary implementation of a dynamic integration and networking will be tested and presented in an operating room environment.

With the new video series called the “ICCAS Research Journal” the Innovation Center for Computer Assisted Surgery deomonstrates that science does not allways have to look complicated. Various current projects from our researchers are presented in a very simple way that everyone can understand and enjoy.

Currently there are two videos available – the “Surgical Process Navigator” project by Stefan Franke and the “Srugical Blackbox” project by Max Rockstroh. Both of them being a part of the Modelbased Automation and Integration group (MAI). Since the journal will get updated regulary it’s possible to follow us on our YouTube Channel (http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzZ-8xKav2MzxdM8qwOVzeQ).

Veranstaltungsort:

ICCAS
1. Etage – Raum 1349
Semmelweisstrasse 14
04103 Leipzig

Datum: 23.08.2012, 15:30 – 17:00 Uhr
Referenten: Dr. Alexander Schläfer

Vortrag von Dr. Alexander Schläfer, Universität Lübeck, zum Thema Medizinische Robotik.

Öffentliche Veranstaltung

Leitung: Dr. Thomas Neumuth

Zu nachfolgenden Vorträgen möchten wir Sie herzlich zu uns einladen:

Freitag, 20.07.2012, 13:00 – 14:30 Uhr
„Effektiver Einsatz von Sensorik zur Datenerfassung im Operationssaal“
Dr.-Ing. Armin Schneider, Technische Universität München

Donnerstag, 23.08.2012, 15:30 – 17:00 Uhr
„Medizinische Robotik: Anwendungen für Prozeß- und Patientenmodelle“
Dr. Alexander Schläfer, Universität Lübeck

Ort: ICCAS
Semmelweisstrasse 14
04103 Leipzig
1. Etage / Raum 1349

Auch in diesem Jahr war das ICCAS wieder beim Leipziger “Tag der Wissenschaften” vertreten. Einen weiterführenden Link hierzu finden sie bei LVZ Online unter: Link

Suche nach neuen Wegen in der Wirbelsäulenchirurgie

“Die operative Therapie der Halswirbelsäule ist höchst anspruchsvoll, insbesondere Zugangs- und Implantatplanung haben einen großen Einfluss auf den Therapieerfolg. Doch diese werden derzeit nur durch CT/MRT-Aufnahmen und Planungsprogramme zur Ermittlung von Messdaten am Wirbel und der Überlagerung von Patientendaten mit zweidimensionalen Implantatskizzen unterstützt. Den Chirurgen fehlen bisher Informationen zur Wirbelfestigkeit und zum Einfluss von Gelenkbändern.

Ein Forschungsprojekt in Kooperation der Universitätskliniken für Neurochirurgie Leipzig und Dresden, des Instituts für Anatomie Leipzig, des Innovationszentrums Computer Assistierte Chirurgie (ICCAS) Leipzig sowie des Fraunhofer IWU Dresden will nun eine fundierte Datenbasis schaffen.

Zwei wesentliche Ziele einer modernen Wirbelsäulenchirurgie will das durch die Europäische Union und den Freistaat Sachsen geförderte Forschungsprojekt erreichen: eine verbesserte präoperative Planung und eine Minderbelastung der Wirbelbogengelenke. “Das angestrebte Planungsmodell der Halswirbelsäule lässt eine optimierte Auswahl der Implantate und der Zugangsplanung erwarten und trägt somit zu einem langfristigen Behandlungserfolg bei“, erklärt Verbundkoordinator Prof. Dr. Jürgen Meixensberger, Neurochirurg und Sprecher des ICCAS.

Im Rahmen des interdisziplinären Forschungsprojekts werden Materialkennwerte zur Beschreibung mechanischer Eigenschaften von Halswirbeln ermittelt, die zur Erstellung einer Defektklassifikation für strukturgeschwächte Halswirbel und für die Erstellung eines erweiterten Patientenmodells genutzt werden sollen. “Die gemeinsam mit dem Fraunhofer IWU geplanten experimentellen Untersuchungen zur Biomechanik von Wirbelkörpern und Einfluss von Bandstrukturen auf die Stabilität der Halswirbelsäule werden neue, direkt anwendbare Erkenntnisse bringen, die so nur im Verbund dieser sächsischen Einrichtungen gewonnen werden können”, so Prof. Ingo Bechmann, Direktor des Instituts für Anatomie der Universität Leipzig.

Die Europäische Union und der Freistaat Sachsen fördern das auf zwei Jahre angelegte Projekt mit 462.000 Euro.”

Quelle:

Stefan Franke and Phillip Liebmann (Group: SmartOR) represented their project at the conhIT in Berlin. This is one of the most important trade fairs for health information technology in Europe, where experts share information about the latest developments in the field of healthcare IT. Mr. Franke and Mr. Liebmann presented the research results on the integrated operating room – the situation-adapted adaptive workflow management. In numerous discussions with the interested public, they could give an insight into the complexity of the research field they are into.

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On the occasion of the nationwide held girls-future day the so called Girls’ Day took advantage of 12 ninth graders from inner Leipzig schools and gave them the opportunity to learn about careers at ICCAS in computer-assisted surgery. A sector in which women are unfortunately still under-represented.

In the ICCAS demonstrator OP Silvia Born explained how such things as 3D visualization can be used in the planning and implementation of ENT surgery. Sandra Schumann demonstrated the analysis of work processes throughout an operation based on a study of pediatric surgery. Stefan Bohn showed how computer-aided navigation and ultrasound can help the surgeon in the operating room of the future in the targeted and gentle removal of brain tumors. Claire Chalopin presented the computer segmentation of tumors from MRI data. There was also a great interest in the 3D printer that produces fast and accurate head models based on the patients data. Hope to see you again. Maybe as a participant at the ICCAS.
On the occasion of the nationwide held girls-future day the so called Girls’ Day took advantage of 12 ninth graders from inner Leipzig schools and gave them the opportunity to learn about careers at ICCAS in computer-assisted surgery. A sector in which women are unfortunately still under-represented.

In the ICCAS demonstrator OP Silvia Born explained how such things as 3D visualization can be used in the planning and implementation of ENT surgery. Sandra Schumann demonstrated the analysis of work processes throughout an operation based on a study of pediatric surgery. Stefan Bohn showed how computer-aided navigation and ultrasound can help the surgeon in the operating room of the future in the targeted and gentle removal of brain tumors. Claire Chalopin presented the computer segmentation of tumors from MRI data. There was also a great interest in the 3D printer that produces fast and accurate head models based on the patients data. Hope to see you again. Maybe as a participant at the ICCAS.

Philipp Liebmann (Group Standards) defended the latest development of the successful extension of the DICOM standards for ICCAS at the DICOM Working Group 6 in Washington DC. The extension allows to store data on optical surface scanners in a standardized form. Extensions of the DICOM standards take place in three phases, all of which must be discussed together with the DICOM Working Group 6. Philip Liebmann and Christian Dressler (former ICCAS) succeeded at the second phase (Public Comment).