Generation of Surface Models from Segmented, Medical Image Data
Surface models from medical image data typically suffer from artifacts such as staircases and terraces. Our goal is the (automated) generation of accurate and high quality surface models for surgical applications as well as simulations. The resulting surface models are evaluated regarding accuracy, smoothness, triangle quality (skewness), mesh resolution and homogeneity. The mesh generation process is focuses on image data preprocessing as well as postprocessing of the surface meshes (smoothing, remeshing, decimation).
For Interested Students
If you are interested in working in this versatile and challenging topic feel free to visit our student offers subpage or contact us directly (see below). We offer “Hiwi”-jobs as well as “Laborpraktika / IT-Projekte” and various topics for your Bachelor or Master's Thesis/Diploma.
Contact
| Name | Dipl.-Ing. Tobias Mönch |
|---|---|
| Adress | Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg Fakultät für Informatik / ISG, PSF 4120 39016 Magdeburg |
| Phone | (+49-391) 67-1 13 32 |
| Fax | (+49 391) 67-1 11 64 |
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Publications
Interactive Mesh Smoothing for Medical Applications
Computer Graphics Forum, 32(8), pp. 110-121, 2013
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title = {{Interactive Mesh Smoothing for Medical Applications}},
journal = {{Computer Graphics Forum}},
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VCBM 2012 - Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine, pp. 91-98, 2012
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and Bernhard Preim},
title = {{Visually Guided Mesh Smoothing for Medical Applications}},
booktitle = {{VCBM 2012 - Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology
and Medicine}},
year = {2012},
pages = {91--98},
address = {Norrköping},
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booktitle = {{VCBM 2012 - Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology
and Medicine}},
year = {2012},
pages = {91--98},
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month = {September},
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Video 1
Sample video of realtime mesh smoothing with mouse movements mapped onto smoothing parameters.
Video 2
Sample video of realtime mesh smoothing. Quality measures, such as local errors, volume preservation, and curvature are computed in realtime.
Video 3
Sample video of realtime mesh smoothing. Parameter suggestions may be generated for patient-specific data based on only one parameter - the target smoothness.
Second International Workshop on Digital Engineering, pp. 24-30, 2011
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title = {{Physics-Based Simulation of Vascular Trees for Surgery Simulations}},
booktitle = {{Second International Workshop on Digital Engineering}},
year = {2011},
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author = {Simon Adler and Tobias Mönch and Rüdiger Mecke},
title = {{Physics-Based Simulation of Vascular Trees for Surgery Simulations}},
booktitle = {{Second International Workshop on Digital Engineering}},
year = {2011},
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Computers and Graphics, 35(4), pp. 755-767, 2011
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author = {Tobias Mönch and Rocco Gasteiger and Gabor Janiga and Holger Theisel
and Bernhard Preim},
title = {{Context-Aware Mesh Smoothing for Biomedical Applications}},
journal = {{Computers and Graphics}},
year = {2011},
volume = {35(4)},
pages = {755 -- 767},
number = {4},
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author = {Tobias Mönch and Rocco Gasteiger and Gabor Janiga and Holger Theisel
and Bernhard Preim},
title = {{Context-Aware Mesh Smoothing for Biomedical Applications}},
journal = {{Computers and Graphics}},
year = {2011},
volume = {35(4)},
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number = {4},
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Second International Workshop on Digital Engineering, pp. 16-23, 2011
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title = {{Optimization of Vascular Surface Models for Computational Fluid
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author = {Tobias Mönch and Mathias Neugebauer and Bernhard Preim},
title = {{Optimization of Vascular Surface Models for Computational Fluid
Dynamics and Rapid Prototyping}},
booktitle = {{Second International Workshop on Digital Engineering}},
year = {2011},
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13. IFF Wissenschaftstage, pp. 319-328, 2010
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and Cora Wex and Felix Ritter},
title = {{Krankheitsfallspezifische Organmodelle für die interaktive Chirurgiesimulation}},
booktitle = {{13. IFF Wissenschaftstage}},
year = {2010},
editor = {{Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Prof. E. h. Dr. h. c. mult. Michael Schenk}},
number = {13},
series = {IFF Wissenschaftstage},
pages = {319--328},
month = {Juni},
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author = {Simon Adler and Tobias Mönch and Rüdiger Mecke and Bernhard Preim
and Cora Wex and Felix Ritter},
title = {{Krankheitsfallspezifische Organmodelle für die interaktive Chirurgiesimulation}},
booktitle = {{13. IFF Wissenschaftstage}},
year = {2010},
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Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine (VCBM), in print, 2010
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title = {{Vessel surface generation for surgical simulations}},
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author = {Simon Adler and Tobias Mönch and Rüdiger Mecke and Bernhard Preim},
title = {{Vessel surface generation for surgical simulations}},
booktitle = {{Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine
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International Workshop on Digital Engineering (IWDE), pp. 45-51, 2010
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Bernhard Preim},
title = {{Distance-Aware Smoothing of Surface Meshes for Surgical Planning}},
booktitle = {{International Workshop on Digital Engineering (IWDE)}},
year = {2010},
pages = {45--51},
address = {Magdeburg},
month = {June},
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author = {Tobias Mönch and Simon Adler and Peter Hahn and Ivo Rössling and
Bernhard Preim},
title = {{Distance-Aware Smoothing of Surface Meshes for Surgical Planning}},
booktitle = {{International Workshop on Digital Engineering (IWDE)}},
year = {2010},
pages = {45--51},
address = {Magdeburg},
month = {June},
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Proceedings of SPIE Medical Imaging, in print, 2010
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title = {{Generation of Smooth and Accurate Surface Models for Surgical Planning
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booktitle = {{Proceedings of SPIE Medical Imaging}},
year = {2010},
pages = {to appear},
address = {San Diego, California, USA},
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title = {{Generation of Smooth and Accurate Surface Models for Surgical Planning
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booktitle = {{Proceedings of SPIE Medical Imaging}},
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address = {San Diego, California, USA},
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Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine (VCBM), pp. 83-90, 2010
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title = {{Staircase-Aware Smoothing of Medical Surface Meshes}},
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title = {{Staircase-Aware Smoothing of Medical Surface Meshes}},
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Staircase-Aware Examples
Example of locally adaptive mesh smoothing using a staircase-aware approach.
Staircase-Aware Adjustment
Example of locally adaptive mesh smoothing using a staircase-aware approach. The video shows the adjustment of different parameters.
Proc. of Vision Modeling and Visualization (VMV), pp. 381-382, 2009
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title = {{Generation of Smooth and Accurate Surface Models for Surgical Planning}},
booktitle = {{Proc. of Vision, Modeling, and Visualization (VMV)}},
year = {2009},
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author = {Tobias Mönch and Mathias Neugebauer and Bernhard Preim},
title = {{Generation of Smooth and Accurate Surface Models for Surgical Planning}},
booktitle = {{Proc. of Vision, Modeling, and Visualization (VMV)}},
year = {2009},
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address = {Braunschweig},
month = {November},
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owner = {schumann},
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CURAC, pp. 125-128, 2007
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author = {Ragnar Bade and Christian Schumann and Santhosh Seshadhri and Gabor
Janiga and Torsten Bölke and Özlem Krischek and Martin Skalej and
Georg Rose and Dominique Thevenin and Bernhard Preim},
title = {{High-quality Surface Generation for Flow Simulation in Cerebral
Aneurysms}},
booktitle = {{CURAC}},
year = {2007},
pages = {125--128},
file = {Bade - High-quality Surface Gen. for Flow Sim - CURAC07.pdf:http\://wwwisg.cs.uni-magdeburg.de/cv/pub/files/Bade - High-quality Surface Gen. for Flow Sim - CURAC07.pdf:PDF},
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author = {Ragnar Bade and Christian Schumann and Santhosh Seshadhri and Gabor
Janiga and Torsten Bölke and Özlem Krischek and Martin Skalej and
Georg Rose and Dominique Thevenin and Bernhard Preim},
title = {{High-quality Surface Generation for Flow Simulation in Cerebral
Aneurysms}},
booktitle = {{CURAC}},
year = {2007},
pages = {125--128},
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Journal of WSCG, 15, pp. 67-74, 2007
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author = {Ragnar Bade and Olaf Konrad and Bernhard Preim},
title = {{Reducing Artifacts in Surface Meshes Extracted from Binary Volumes}},
journal = {{Journal of WSCG}},
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volume = {15},
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author = {Ragnar Bade and Olaf Konrad and Bernhard Preim},
title = {{Reducing Artifacts in Surface Meshes Extracted from Binary Volumes}},
journal = {{Journal of WSCG}},
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Simulation und Visualisierung, pp. 289-304, 2006
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author = {Ragnar Bade and Jens Haase and Bernhard Preim},
title = {{Comparison of Fundamental Mesh Smoothing Algorithms for Medical
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booktitle = {{Simulation und Visualisierung}},
year = {2006},
pages = {289--304},
publisher = {SCS-Verlag},
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author = {Ragnar Bade and Jens Haase and Bernhard Preim},
title = {{Comparison of Fundamental Mesh Smoothing Algorithms for Medical
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booktitle = {{Simulation und Visualisierung}},
year = {2006},
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