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Keywords

Mammography; Observer Variation; Surgical Procedures, Minimally Invasive

Research interests

• Fusion of Ultrasound and CT images
• Navigation systems for clinical interventions
• Image Guidance in Radiation therapy
• Applied linear systems in diagnostic radiology
• Observer Models
• Image Quality in Tomosythesis

Techniques, methods & infrastructure

 In image QA we investigate automated detection/evaluation and design of QA phantoms in x-ray and nuclear medicine. For navigated surgery we developed AR devices and evaluated th accuracy of CAS systems.

Grants

• Entwicklung und Evaluierung eines 3D Qualitätssicherungsphantoms für Tomosynthese (2017)
  Source of Funding: FFG (Austrian Research Promotion Agency), Bridge 1
  Principal Investigator
• Image-Guided Sonography and Interventional Image Fusion (2013)
  Source of Funding: FWF (Austrian Science Fund), Schrödinger-Programm
  Principal Investigator
• Automatic patient positioning in Radio-therapy applying 3D3D registration (2012)
  Source of Funding: OeNB (Oesterreichische Nationalbank), Anniversary Funds
  Principal Investigator
• An interactive Visualization System for Image guided endoscopic Procedures in Gastroenterology (2009)
  Source of Funding: FWF (Austrian Science Fund), Translational-Research-Programm
  Principal Investigator

Selected publications

1. Kaar, M. et al., 2013. Automatic patient alignment system using 3D ultrasound. Medical Physics, 40(4), p.041714. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.4795129.
2. Hummel, J. et al., 2008. 2D/3D registration of endoscopic ultrasound to CT volume data. Physics in Medicine and Biology, 53(16), pp.4303-4316. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0031-9155/53/16/006.
3. Hummel, J.B. et al., 2005. Design and application of an assessment protocol for electromagnetic tracking systems. Medical Physics, 32(7Part1), pp.2371-2379. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.1944327.
4. Hirtl, A. et al., 2017. Technical Note: Fully-automated analysis of Jaszczak phantom measurements as part of routine SPECT quality control. Medical Physics, 44(5), pp.1638-1645. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mp.12150.
5. Figl, M. et al., 2016. Spectrum optimization for computed radiography mammography systems. Physica Medica, 32(8), pp.1034-1039. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmp.2016.07.635.