Publications

List of our technical and clinical publications

2022

  • Orientation Estimation of Abdominal Ultrasound Images with Multi-Hypotheses Networks
    T. Horstmann, O. Zettinig, W. Wein, R. Prevost
    Medical Imaging with Deep Learning -- MIDL 2022
  • PRO-TIP: Phantom for RObust automatic ultrasound calibration by TIP detection
    M. Ronchetti, J. Rackerseder, M. Tirindelli, M. Salehi, N. Navab, W. Wein, O. Zettinig
    Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention--MICCAI 2022
  • Global Multi-modal 2D/3D Registration via Local Descriptors Learning
    V. Markova, M. Ronchetti, W. Wein, O. Zettinig, R. Prevost
    Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention--MICCAI 2022
  • Standardized Evaluation of Current Ultrasound Bone Segmentation Algorithms on Multiple Datasets
    P. Pandey, B. Hohlmann, P. Broessner, I. Hacihaliloglu, K. Barr, T. Ungi, O. Zettinig, R. Prevost, G. Dardenne, Z. Fanti, W. Wein, E. Stindel, F. Arambula Cosio, P. Guy, G. Fichtinger, K. Radermacher, A. Hodgson
    Accepted for CAOS 2022

2021

  • Adversarial Domain Feature Adaptation for Bronchoscopic Depth Estimation [PDF]
    M. A. Karaoglu, N. Brasch, M. Stollenga, W. Wein, N. Navab, F. Tombari, and A. Ladikos
    International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), Strasbourg, France, September 2021
  • Segmentation of brain tumour in 3D Intraoperative Ultrasound imaging [PDF]
    E. Angel-Raya, C. Chalopin, J. G. Avina-Cervantes, I. Cruz-Aceves, W. Wein, D. Lindner
    The International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, Volume 17, Issue 6, August 2021
  • Three-dimensional preoperative planning in the weight-bearing state: validation and clinical evaluation [Paper]
    T. Roth, F. Carrillo, M. Wieczorek, G. Ceschi, H. Esfandiari, R. Sutter, L. Vlachopoulos, W. Wein, SF. Fucentese, and P. Fürnstahl
    Insights Imaging 12, 44 (2021)

2020

  • Three-dimensional thyroid assessment from untracked 2D ultrasound clips [PDF]
    W. Wein, M. Lupetti, O. Zettinig, S. Jagoda, M. Salehi, V. Markova, D. Zonoobi, and R. Prevost
    International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), Lima, Peru, September 2020
  • Fluoroscopy-guided robotic biopsy intervention system [Paper]
    Y. Özbek, M. Vogele, C. Plattner, P. Costa, and M. Griesser and M. Wieczorek
    Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering, Volume 6, Issue 1, 20200020, eISSN 2364-5504
  • A novel method for 2D/3D registration between non-weight-bearing 3D CT-reconstructed models and weight-bearing plain radiographs for preoperative planning in lower limb realignment surgery
    T. Roth, M. Wieczorek, G. Ceschi, W. Wein, R. Sutter, S. Fucentese, and P. Fürnstahl
    Swiss Orthopaedics Jahreskongress (SGOT), Swiss, August 2020
  • Deep Learning Acceleration of OS-SIRT in X-Ray Cone-Beam Computed Tomography
    S. Haninger, M. Wieczorek, W. Wein, and T. Lasser
    International Conference on Image Formation in X-Ray Computed Tomography, Regensburg, Germany, July 2020
  • Evaluation of MRI to Ultrasound Registration Methods for Brain Shift Correction: The CuRIOUS2018 Challenge
    Y. Xiao, H. Rivaz, M. Chabanas, M. Fortin, I. Machado, Y. Ou, M. Heinrich, J. Schnabel, X. Zhong, A. Maier, W. Wein, R. Shams, S. Kadoury, D. Drobny, M. Modat, I. Reinertsen
    IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, Vol. 39, Issue: 3 (March 2020)
  • Analyzing the co-localization of substantia nigra hyper-echogenicities and iron accumulation in Parkinson's disease: A multi-modal atlas study with transcranial ultrasound and MRI
    S.-A. Ahmadi, K. Bötzel, J. Levin, J. Maiostre, T. Klein, W. Wein, V. Rozanski, O. Dietrich, B. Ertl-Wagner, N.. Navab, A. Plate
    NeuroImage: Clinical, Volume 26, Art. Nr. 102185 (2020)

2018

  • Automatic intra-operative correction of brain-shift for accurate neuro-navigation
    D.H. Iversen, W. Wein, F. Lindseth, G. Unsgård. I. Reinertsen
    World Neurosurgery, accepted / in press
  • Brain Connectivity Exposed by Anisotropic X-ray Dark-field Tomography
    M. Wieczorek, F. Schaff, Ch. Jud, D. Pfeiffer, F. Pfeiffer, T. Lasser
    Scientific Reports Volume 8, Article number: 14345 (2018)
  • Robotic Ultrasound-Guided Facet Joint Insertion
    J. Esteban, W. Simson, S. Requena, A. Rienmüller, S. Virga, O. Zettinig, B. Frisch, S. Drazen, Y.-M. Ryang , N. Navab, C. Hennersperger
    International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, 13 (6) 895-904, 2018
  • Recent Advances in Point-of-Care Ultrasound using the ImFusion Suite for Real-Time Image Analysis
    O. Zettinig, M. Salehi, R. Prevost, W. Wein
    Proceedings of MICCAI Workshop Point-of-Care Ultrasound: Algorithms, Hardware, and Applications (POCUS), Granada, Spain, September 2018.
  • Brain-shift correction with image-based registration and landmark accuracy evaluation
    W. Wein
    Proceedings of MICCAI Challenge for Correction of Brainshift with Intra-Operative UltraSound (CuRIOUS), Granada, Spain, September 2018.
  • Ultrasound Decompression for Large Field-of-View Reconstructions
    C. Schulte zu Berge, M. Salehi, F. Bender, W. Wein
    Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing in Biology and Medicine 2018, Granada, Spain, September 2018.
  • 3D freehand ultrasound without external tracking using deep learning
    R. Prevost, M. Salehi, S. Jagoda, N. Kumar, J. Sprung, A. Ladikos, R. Bauer, O. Zettinig, W. Wein
    Medical Image Analysis, Volume 48, 187-202, August 2018.

2017

  • Deep Learning for Sensorless 3D Freehand Ultrasound Imaging
    R. Prevost, M. Salehi, J. Sprung, A. Ladikos, R. Bauer, W. Wein
    International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), Quebec City, Canada, September 2017.
  • Precise Ultrasound Bone Registration with Learning-based Segmentation and Speed of Sound Calibration
    M. Salehi, R. Prevost, J.-L. Moctezuma, N. Navab, W. Wein
    International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), Quebec City, Canada, September 2017.
  • Intra-operative ultrasound based correction of brain-shift
    I. Reinertsen, D. H. Iversen, F. Lindseth, W. Wein, G. Unsgard
    Intraoperative Imaging Society Conference 2017, Hanover, Germany, May 2017.
  • Can real-time RGBD enhance intraoperative Cone-Beam CT?
    J. Fotouhi, B. Fuerst, W. Wein, N. Navab
    International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery / International Conference on Information Processing in Computer-Assisted Interventions (IPCAI), 2017.
  • Preconditioned Intensity-Based Prostate Registration using Statistical Deformation Models
    O. Zettinig, J. Rackerseder, B. Lentes, T. Maurer, K. Westenfelder, M. Eiber, B. Frisch, N. Navab
    IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI), Melbourne, April 2017.
  • On the Reproducibility of Expert-Operated and Robotic Ultrasound Acquisitions
    R. Kojcev, A. Khakzar, B. Fuerst, O. Zettinig, C. Fakhry, R. DeJong, J. Richmon, R. Taylor, E. Sinibaldi, N. Navab
    International Conference on Information Processing in Computer-Assisted Interventions (IPCAI), 2017.
  • 3D Ultrasound Registration-based Visual Servoing for Neurosurgical Navigation
    O. Zettinig, B. Frisch, S. Virga, M. Esposito, A. Rienmaller, B. Meyer, C. Hennersperger, Y.-M. Ryang , N. Navab
    International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, in press, 1536-2, 2017.
  • Towards MRI-Based Autonomous Robotic US Acquisitions: A First Feasibility Study
    C. Hennersperger, B. Fuerst, S. Virga, O. Zettinig, B. Frisch, T. Neff, N. Navab
    IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, vol. 36, iss. 2, 2017.

2016

  • Toward Real-time 3D Ultrasound Registration-based Visual Servoing for Interventional Navigation
    O. Zettinig, B. Fuerst, R. Kojcev, M. Esposito, M. Salehi, W. Wein, J. Rackerseder, B. Frisch, N. Navab
    IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Stockholm, Sweden, May 2016.
  • Automatic Force-Compliant Robotic Ultrasound Screening of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
    S. Virga, O. Zettinig, M. Esposito, K. Pfister, B. Frisch, T. Neff, N. Navab, C. Hennersperger
    IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) 2016, pp. 508-513, 2016.
  • Dual-Robot Ultrasound-Guided Needle Placement: Closing the Planning-Imaging-Action Loop
    R. Kojcev, B. Fuerst, O. Zettinig, J. Fotouhi, S.C. Lee, B. Frisch, R. Taylor, E. Sinibaldi, N. Navab
    International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, vol. 11, iss. 6, pp. 1173-1181, 2016.

2015

  • Patient-specific 3D ultrasound simulation based on convolutional ray-tracing and appearance optimization
    M. Salehi, S.A. Ahmadi, R. Prevost, N. Navab, W. Wein
    International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), Munich, Germany, October 2015.
  • Automatic bone detection and soft tissue aware ultrasound–CT registration for computer-aided orthopedic surgery
    W. Wein, A. Karamalis, A. Baumgartner, N. Navab
    International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery 10 (6), 971-979.

2014

  • Deriving Anatomical Context from 4D Ultrasound
    M. Müller, L.E.S. Helljesen, R. Prevost, I. Viola, K. Nylund, O.H. Gilja, N. Navab, W. Wein
    VCBM 14: Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine, ISBN 978-3-905674-62-0.
  • Automatic ultrasound–MRI registration for neurosurgery using the 2D and 3D LC2 Metric
    B. Fuerst, W. Wein, M. Müller, N. Navab
    Medical image analysis 18.8 (2014): 1312-1319.

2013

  • Global Registration of Ultrasound to MRI using the LC2 Metric for Enabling Neurosurgical Guidance
    W. Wein, A. Ladikos, B. Fuerst, A. Shah, K. Sharma, N. Navab
    Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Interventions (MICCAI), Nagoya, Japan, September 2013.
  • Towards General Motion Recovery in Cone-Beam Computed Tomography
    W. Wein, A. Ladikos
    12th International Meeting on Fully Three-Dimensional Image Reconstruction in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Lake Tahoe, USA, June 2013.

2012

  • Geometric calibration using bundle adjustment for cone-beam computed tomography devices
    A. Ladikos, W. Wein
    SPIE Medical Imaging, San Diego, USA, February 2012.
  • Image-Based Tracking of the Teeth for Orthodontic Augmented Reality
    A. Aichert, W. Wein, A. Ladikos, T. Reichl, N. Navab
    Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Interventions (MICCAI), Nice, France, October 2012.

Further publications using or referring to our software

  • Endoscopic measurement of nasal septum perforations
    J.-C. Rosenthal, E. L. Wisotzky, C. Matuschek, M. Hobl, A. Hilsmann, P. Eisert, F. C. Uecker
    HNO, 70(1), pp.1-7, 2022.
  • Motion-Aware Robotic 3D Ultrasound
    Z. Jiang, H. Wang, Z. Li, M. Grimm, M. Zhou, U. Eck, S. V. Brecht, T. C. Lueth, T. Wendler, N. Navab
    IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2021.
  • Surgical Guidance for Removal of Cholesteatoma using a Multispectral 3D-Endoscope
    E. L.Wisotzky, J. C. Rosenthal, U. Wege, A. Hilsmann, P. Eisert, F. C. Uecker
    Sensors, 20(18), p.5334, 2020.
  • 3D intra-operative ultrasound and MR image guidance: pursuing an ultrasound-based management of brainshift to enhance neuronavigation
    M. Riva, C. Hennersperger, F. Milletari, A. Katouzian, F. Pessina, B. Gutierrez-Becker, A. Castellano, N. Navab, L. Bello
    International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, pp. 1711-1725, October 2017.
  • Advanced inside-out tracking approach for real-time combination of MRI and US images in the radio-frequency shielded room using combination markers
    Y. Nagaraj, C. Benedicks, P. Matthies, M. Friebe
    Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2016 IEEE 38th Annual International Conference of the (pp. 2558-2561), 2016.
  • CustusX: an open-source research platform for image-guided therapy
    C. Askeland, O. Solberg, J. Bakeng, I. Reinertsen, G. Tangen, E. Hofstad, D. Iversen, C. Vapenstad, T. Selbekk, T. Lango¸, T. Hernes, H. Leira, G. Unsgard, F. Lindseth
    International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, vol. 11, iss. 4, pp 505-519, 2016.
  • Preclinical usability study of multiple augmented reality concepts for K-wire placement
    M. Fischer, B. Fuerst, S.C. Lee, J. Fotouhi, S. Habert, S. Weidert, E. Euler, G. Osgood, N. Navab
    International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, vol. 11, iss. 6, pp. 1007-1014, 2016.
  • Cooperative control with ultrasound guidance for radiation therapy
    H.T. Åžen, A. Cheng, K. Ding, E. Boctor, J. Wong, I. Iordachita, P. Kazanzides
    Frontiers in Robotics and AI 3, 49, 2016.