Publications

List of our technical and clinical publications

At ImFusion, we are deeply committed to advancing research and actively contributing to the academic community. Our involvement spans a wide range of projects and collaborations in the fields of advanced medical image computing, machine learning, robotics and computer vision. You can explore how our software is being utilized in various studies and research initiatives on our external publications page.

2024

  • Deep Spectral Methods for Unsupervised Ultrasound Image Interpretation [LINK]
    O. Tmenova, Y. Velikova, M. Saleh, N. Navab
    Accepted for MICCAI 2024
  • Centimeter-sized Objects at Micrometer Resolution: Extending Field-of-View in Wavefront Marker X-ray Phase-Contrast Tomography [LINK]
    D. John, J. Chen, C. Gaßner, S. Savatović, L. M. Petzold, S. Wirtensohn, M. Riedel, J. U. Hammel, J. Moosmann, F. Beckmann, M. Wieczorek, J. Herzen
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2408.00482, 2024
  • HyperSpace: Hypernetworks for Spacing-Adaptive Image Segmentation [PDF] [CODE]
    S. Joutard, M. Pietsch, R. Prevost
    Accepted at MICCAI 2024
  • Video-CT MAE: Self-Supervised Video-CT Domain Adaptation for Vertebral Fracture Diagnosis
    L. Buess, M. F. Stollenga, D. Schinz, B. Wiestler, J. Kirschke, A. Maier, N. Navab, M. Keicher
    In Proceedings of Medical Imaging with Deep Learning, 2024
  • Tailored Intraoperative MRI Strategies in High-Grade Glioma Surgery: A Machine Learning–Based Radiomics Model Highlights Selective Benefits [LINK]
    M. Aichholzer, P. Rauch, L. Kastler, J. Pichler, K. Aufschnaiter-Hiessböck, F. Ruiz-Navarro, S. Aspalter, S. Hartl, W. Schimetta, P. Böhm, I. Manakov, W. Thomae, M. Gmeiner, A. Gruber, H. Stefanits
    Operative Neurosurgery, Vol. 26, No. 6, pp. 645-654, June 2024
  • High-Resolution Phase-Contrast Imaging for Large Samples at Synchrotron Sources with Time-Varying Beam Profiles
    D. John, J. Chen, C. Gassner, L. Petzold, M. Riedel, J. U. Hammel, J. Moosmann, F. Beckmann, J. Herzen
    International Symposium on Medical Applications of X-Ray Phase-Contrast and Photon-Counting (IMXP), June 2024
  • RIDE: Self-Supervised Learning of Rotation-Equivariant Keypoint Detection and Invariant Description for Endoscopy [PDF]
    M. A. Karaoglu, V. Markova, N. Navab, B. Busam, A. Ladikos
    Proceedings of the 2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), IEEE
  • 2D-3D Deformable Image Registration of Histology Slide and Phase-contrast Micro-CT [PDF]
    J. Chen, V. Nguyen, V. Stehl, M. Al Kallaa, M. Thalwaththe Gedara, A. Harbecke, S. Moser, M. Seidl, M. Wieczorek
    6th International Conference on X-ray and Neutron Phase Imaging with Gratings (XNPIG), April 2024
  • Surface Microscopic Techniques for Distortion-Free Digital Pathology
    M. Al Kallaa, V. Stehl, J. Chen, M. Wieczorek, M. Thalwaththe Gedara, S. Moser, V. Heusinger-Heß, M. Seidl
    107. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Pathologie, May 2024
  • Identification of Relevant Tumor Tissue Structures and Corresponding Metastasis Over Deep Learning of Annotated µCT Data
    V. Stehl, J. Chen, M. Thalwaththe Gedara, M. Al Kallaa, C. Lölkes, M. Wieczorek, V. Heusinger-Hess, M. Olbinado, V. Novak, M. Seidl
    107. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Pathologie, May 2024
  • From Molecular Signatures to Radiomics: Tailoring Neurooncological Strategies Through Forecasting of Glioma Growth [LINK]
    P. Rauch, M. Aichholzer, C. Serra, O. Zanier, V. E. Staartjes, P. Böhm, G. Seyer, H. Wagner, I. Manakov, M. Sonnberger, N. Stroh, S. Aspalter, K. Aufschnaiter-Hiessböck, T. Rossmann, A. Leibetseder, S. Katletz, A. Gruber, M. Gmeiner, H. Stefanits
    Neurosurgical Focus, V: 56, I: 2, 2024, S. E5
  • The Global Track Concept for Assessment of Engaging Hill-Sachs Defects in Anterior Shoulder Instability
    P. Moroder, D. Akguen, A. Paksoy, H. Gebauer, N. Barthod-Tonnot, M. Lupetti, V. Markova, O. Zettinig, S. Parada, K. Karpinski
    The American Journal of Sports Medicine, V: 52, I: 5, pp. 1292-1298, 2024
  • Anatomy-Aware Computed Tomography-to-Ultrasound Spine Registration [PDF]
    M. F. Azampour, M. Tirindelli, J. Lameski, M. Gafencu, E. Tagliabue, E. Fatemizadeh, I. Hacihaliloglu, N. Navab
    Medical Physics, Vol. 51, No. 3, pp. 2044-2056, March 2024
  • Reliability of Manual Measurements Versus Semiautomated Software for Glenoid Bone Loss Quantification in Patients With Anterior Shoulder Instability. [PDF]
    K. Karpinski, D. Akguen, H. Gebauer, A. Paksoy, M. Lupetti, V. Markova, O. Zettinig, and P. Moroder
    Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, Volume 12, Issue 2, February 2024

2023

  • DISA: DIfferentiable Similarity Approximation for Universal Multimodal Registration [PDF]
    M. Ronchetti, W. Wein, N. Navab, O. Zettinig, R. Prevost
    Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition--MICCAI 2023
  • Robust vertebra identification using simultaneous node and edge predicting Graph Neural Networks [PDF]
    V. Bürgin, R. Prevost, M. F. Stollenga
    Image and Video Processing, July 2023
  • Deformable Registration of µCT and Histology Slides [PDF]
    J. Chen, V. Nguyen, V. Stehl, M. Al Kallaa, M. Thalwaththe Gedara, A. Harbecke, S. Moser, M. Seidl, M. Wieczorek
    International Symposium on Medical Applications of X-Ray Phase-Contrast and Photon-Counting (IMXP), July 2023
  • Deep learning-assisted radiomics facilitates multimodal prognostication for personalized treatment strategies in low-grade glioma [PDF]
    P. Rauch, H. Stefanits, M. Aichholzer, C. Serra, D. Vorhauer, H. Wagner, P. Böhm, S. Hartl, I. Manakov, M. Sonnberger, E. Buckwar, F. Ruiz-Navarro, K. Heil, M. Glöckel, J. Oberndorfer, S. Spiegl-Kreinecker, K. Aufschnaiter-Hiessböck, S. Weis, A. Leibetseder, W. Thomae, T. Hauser, C. Auer, S. Katletz, A. Gruber, M. Gmeiner
    Scientific Reports volume 13, Article number: 9494, June 2023
  • µCT-based identification of relevant tissue structures in paraffin blocks [PDF]
    V. Stehl, M. Al Kallaa, A. Harbecke, J. Chen, M. Wieczorek, M. Thalwaththe Gedara, S. Moser, V. Heusinger-Heß, M. Seidlo
    106. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Pathologie, June 2023
  • An automated optimization pipeline for clinical-grade computer-assisted planning of high tibial osteotomies under consideration of weight-bearing [PDF]
    T. Rotha, B. Sigrist, M. Wieczorek, N. Schilling, S. Hodel, J. Walker, M. Somm, W. Wein, R. Sutter, L. Vlachopoulos, J. G. Snedeker, S. F. Fucentese, P. Fürnstahl, F. Carrillo
    Computer Assisted Surgery, May 2023
  • Femur reconstruction in 3D ultrasound for orthopedic surgery planning [PDF]
    C. Gebhardt, L. Göttling, L. Buchberger, C. Ziegler, F. Endres, Q. Wuermeling, B. M. Holzapfel, W. Wein, F. Wagner, O. Zettinig
    International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, April 2023

2022

  • Orientation Estimation of Abdominal Ultrasound Images with Multi-Hypotheses Networks [PDF]
    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 [PDF]
    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 [PDF]
    V. Markova, M. Ronchetti, W. Wein, O. Zettinig, R. Prevost
    Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention--MICCAI 2022
  • Autonomous Robotic Screening of Tubular Structures based only on Real-Time Ultrasound Imaging Feedback [PDF]
    Z. Jiang, Z. Li, M. Grimm, M. Zhou, M. Esposito, W. Wein, W. Stechele, T. Wendler, Nassir Navab
    IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Volume: 69, Issue 7, July 2022
  • Integrating 3D cameras into sterile surgical environments: A comparison of different protective materials regarding scan accuracy [PDF]
    L. Wagner, L. Bernhard, J. Fuchtmann, M. A. Karaoglu, A. Ladikos, H. Feußner, D. Wilhelm
    Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering 2022;8(1): 25-29, 2022
  • Standardized Evaluation of Current Ultrasound Bone Segmentation Algorithms on Multiple Datasets [PDF]
    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 [PDF]
    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
  • Performance of automatic Liver Volumetry for Selective Internal Radiotherapy [URL]
    J.M. Guerra, M. Mustafa, T. Pandeva, F.A. Pinto, P. Matthies, J. Brosch-Lenz, M. Stollenga, O. Perret, A. Ladikos, S. Ziegler, A. Todica, G. Böning, N. Navab, S.G. Nekolla, W.A. Weber, T. Wendler
    Nuklearmedizin 2021; 60(02): 160, 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 [PDF]
    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 [PDF]
    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 [PDF]
    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)

2019

  • An Ex Vivo Evaluation of Tomographic 3-D Ultrasound, B-Mode Ultrasound, CT And MR Imaging to Measure Artery Diameter, Length and Wall Volume [URL]
    S. Rogers, J. Carreira, R. Thompson, A. Morais, C. Miller, W. Wein, J. Ghosh, C. McCollum
    Ultrasound Med Biol. Volume 45, Issue 10, p2591-2854, 2019

2018

  • Automatic intra-operative correction of brain-shift for accurate neuro-navigation [PDF]
    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 [PDF]
    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 [URL]
    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 [URL]
    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 [URL]
    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 [PDF]
    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 [URL]
    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 [PDF]
    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 [PDF]
    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 [PDF]
    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? [URL]
    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 [PDF]
    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 [URL]
    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 [PDF]
    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 [PDF]
    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 [PDF]
    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 [PDF]
    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 [PDF]
    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 [PDF]
    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 [URL]
    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 [PDF]
    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 [URL]
    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 [PDF]
    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 [PDF]
    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 [PDF]
    A. Ladikos, W. Wein
    SPIE Medical Imaging, San Diego, USA, February 2012.
  • Image-Based Tracking of the Teeth for Orthodontic Augmented Reality [PDF]
    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.
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