02:00pm, IMETUM Hörsaa 1.123 (Boltzmannstr. 11, Garching)

Abstract:
Computed tomography is rather advanced and experienced an immense
innovation boost in the last decade. Nowadays reconstruction
algorithms for rigid objects exhibit excellent image quality. Contrast
and spatial resolution are sufficient for many diagnostic and
interventional procedures. One out of many, but very demanding open
problems in interventional imaging is still the three-dimensional
reconstruction of perfusion processes using C-arm devices. The impact
of such a system would be outstanding: perfusion measurements could be
done during interventions using the existing imaging equipment. In
this talk I will present initial algorithmic and clinical results for
C-arm perfusion imaging in the interventional suite.

Bio:
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Joachim Hornegger graduated in Theoretical Computer
Science/Mathematics and received his Ph.D. degree in Applied
Computer Science at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
(Germany). He was an assistant professor at the
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, a visiting scientist at
the Technion (Haifa, Israel), a visiting scholar at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA, USA), and a visiting scholar
and lecturer at Stanford University (Stanford, CA, USA). In 1998 he joined Siemens Medical Solutions Inc., where he was promoted to director of
medical image processing in 2001, and in 2003 director of imaging
systems. In parallel to his responsibilities in industry he was a
lecturer at the Universities of Erlangen, Eichstaett-Ingolstadt, and
Mannheim.Besides his education in computer science, in he also
achieved a diploma in Advanced Management (Cross Functional and
General Management, Entrepreneurship, Accounting and Controlling) from
the Fuqua School of Business (Duke University, NC, USA) and Siemens.

In Oct. 2003 Joachim became Professor of Medical Image Processing at
the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, and since Oct. 2005 he is a
chaired professor heading the Chair of Pattern Recognition. His main
research topics are currently medical image processing, medical vision,
image registration, sensor data fusion, and digital sports.

Prof. Joachim Hornegger is a member of the Chief Organization
Committee of the Max-Planck-Research School on Optics and Imaging, the
Erlangen Graduate School in Advanced Optical Technologies, SFB 532
(project lead), SFB 603 (project lead), IEEE Computer Society, GI.

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Dr. Tobias Lasser
phone: +49-89-289-19427
Email: lasser@in.tum.de