Medical Applications Research Group
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The Medical Applications Research Group was part of this chair until 2006. Since then, we have relocated to the Clinic of Orthopedics and Traumatology at Klinikum rechts der Isar, but we are still associated with the chair.
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Group Details
If you are looking for a diploma/master/bachelor thesis in Medical Computer Science, please contact Dr. Heiko Gottschling.
Go to http://www.forschung.ortho.med.tum.de/ for our homepage at Klinikum rechts der Isar.
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Computer Aided Surgery Computer-aided surgery today relies in many cases on optical tracking systems. In practice, the use of such systems has a number of drawbacks, such as difficult handling during an intervention, visibility problems of the trackers, high cost of acquisition. We have developed several methods for minimizing the portion of the intervention during which optical tracking is required, including a system for performing navigated surgery based on fluoroscopic images without any tracking system. |
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| Design of Orthopedic Implants The anatomical fit of implants (e.g. osteosynthesis plates) is often suboptimal (a fit being optimal when the residual volume between the plate and the bone surface is minimal). We have developed a procedure for determining the optimal fit of an implant over a range of bones, which allows the comparison of existing implants with respect to fitting quality, as well as the development of new plate geometries based on the results thus obtained. |
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| Statistical Shape Analysis on Large Anatomical Databases Many medical applications benefit from gathering anatomical data of large numbers of patients into a centralized database. Current systems are easily able to handle several thousand datasets in diverse representations, such as CT, segmented bone surfaces etc., annotated with patient metadata. We have developed a method for performing automated measurements of quantities such as distances, angles or circle diameters on a large number of pre-segmented bone samples, thus enabling statistical analyses of various features over large datasets. |
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| Joint Kinematics Analysis The design of joint prostheses requires a detailed model of the kinematics of the joint. We have developed a system for analyzing the kinematics of a knee joint, including the forces and torques occurring during movement. This system can be used to acquire kinematic data for various prostheses, which can then be compared to the physiological knee. |
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Media
- femur-trajectories
- Femur Trajectories
- femur-with-correspondence-points
- Femur with correspondence points
- FEMOS
- femur-distance-map
- Femur Distance Map
