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
@Article{Moench_2013_CGF,
Title = {{Interactive Mesh Smoothing for Medical Applications}},
Author = {Tobias Mönch and Kai Lawonn and Christoph Kubisch and Rüdiger Westermann and Bernhard Preim},
Journal = {{Computer Graphics Forum}},
Year = {2013},
Month = {Dezember},
Pages = {110--121},
Volume = {32(8)},
Owner = {schumann},
Timestamp = {2013.08.08}
}
Title = {{Interactive Mesh Smoothing for Medical Applications}},
Author = {Tobias Mönch and Kai Lawonn and Christoph Kubisch and Rüdiger Westermann and Bernhard Preim},
Journal = {{Computer Graphics Forum}},
Year = {2013},
Month = {Dezember},
Pages = {110--121},
Volume = {32(8)},
Owner = {schumann},
Timestamp = {2013.08.08}
}
VCBM 2012 - Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine, pp. 91-98, 2012
@InProceedings{Moench_2012_VCBM,
Title = {{Visually Guided Mesh Smoothing for Medical Applications}},
Author = {Tobias Mönch and Christoph Kubisch and Kai Lawonn and Rüdiger Westermann and Bernhard Preim},
Booktitle = {{VCBM 2012 - Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine}},
Year = {2012},
Address = {Norrköping},
Month = {September},
Pages = {91--98},
Keywords = {VCBM,d},
Owner = {schumann},
Timestamp = {2012.10.09}
}
Title = {{Visually Guided Mesh Smoothing for Medical Applications}},
Author = {Tobias Mönch and Christoph Kubisch and Kai Lawonn and Rüdiger Westermann and Bernhard Preim},
Booktitle = {{VCBM 2012 - Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine}},
Year = {2012},
Address = {Norrköping},
Month = {September},
Pages = {91--98},
Keywords = {VCBM,d},
Owner = {schumann},
Timestamp = {2012.10.09}
}
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
@InProceedings{adler_2011_iwde,
Title = {{Physics-Based Simulation of Vascular Trees for Surgery Simulations}},
Author = {Simon Adler and Tobias Mönch and Rüdiger Mecke},
Booktitle = {{Second International Workshop on Digital Engineering}},
Year = {2011},
Pages = {24-30},
Crossref = {IWDE2011},
Owner = {schumann},
Timestamp = {2011.12.12}
}
Title = {{Physics-Based Simulation of Vascular Trees for Surgery Simulations}},
Author = {Simon Adler and Tobias Mönch and Rüdiger Mecke},
Booktitle = {{Second International Workshop on Digital Engineering}},
Year = {2011},
Pages = {24-30},
Crossref = {IWDE2011},
Owner = {schumann},
Timestamp = {2011.12.12}
}
Computers and Graphics, 35(4), pp. 755-767, 2011
@Article{Moench_2011_cg,
Title = {{Context-Aware Mesh Smoothing for Biomedical Applications}},
Author = {Tobias Mönch and Rocco Gasteiger and Gabor Janiga and Holger Theisel and Bernhard Preim},
Journal = {{Computers and Graphics}},
Year = {2011},
Number = {4},
Pages = {755 -- 767},
Volume = {35(4)},
Owner = {schumann},
Timestamp = {2011.05.11}
}
Title = {{Context-Aware Mesh Smoothing for Biomedical Applications}},
Author = {Tobias Mönch and Rocco Gasteiger and Gabor Janiga and Holger Theisel and Bernhard Preim},
Journal = {{Computers and Graphics}},
Year = {2011},
Number = {4},
Pages = {755 -- 767},
Volume = {35(4)},
Owner = {schumann},
Timestamp = {2011.05.11}
}
Second International Workshop on Digital Engineering, pp. 16-23, 2011
@InProceedings{moench_2011_iwde,
Title = {{Optimization of Vascular Surface Models for Computational Fluid Dynamics and Rapid Prototyping}},
Author = {Tobias Mönch and Mathias Neugebauer and Bernhard Preim},
Booktitle = {{Second International Workshop on Digital Engineering}},
Year = {2011},
Pages = {16-23},
Crossref = {IWDE2011},
Owner = {schumann},
Timestamp = {2011.12.12}
}
Title = {{Optimization of Vascular Surface Models for Computational Fluid Dynamics and Rapid Prototyping}},
Author = {Tobias Mönch and Mathias Neugebauer and Bernhard Preim},
Booktitle = {{Second International Workshop on Digital Engineering}},
Year = {2011},
Pages = {16-23},
Crossref = {IWDE2011},
Owner = {schumann},
Timestamp = {2011.12.12}
}
13. IFF Wissenschaftstage, pp. 319-328, 2010
@InProceedings{Adler_2010_IFFW,
Title = {{Krankheitsfallspezifische Organmodelle für die interaktive Chirurgiesimulation}},
Author = {Simon Adler and Tobias Mönch and Rüdiger Mecke and Bernhard Preim and Cora Wex and Felix Ritter},
Booktitle = {{13. IFF Wissenschaftstage}},
Year = {2010},
Editor = {{Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Prof. E. h. Dr. h. c. mult. Michael Schenk}},
Month = {Juni},
Number = {13},
Organization = {Fraunhofer-Institut für Fabrikbetrieb und -automatisierung},
Pages = {319--328},
Publisher = {Fraunhofer Verlag},
Series = {IFF Wissenschaftstage},
Keywords = {IFFW,d},
Owner = {schumann},
Timestamp = {2010.07.15}
}
Title = {{Krankheitsfallspezifische Organmodelle für die interaktive Chirurgiesimulation}},
Author = {Simon Adler and Tobias Mönch and Rüdiger Mecke and Bernhard Preim and Cora Wex and Felix Ritter},
Booktitle = {{13. IFF Wissenschaftstage}},
Year = {2010},
Editor = {{Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Prof. E. h. Dr. h. c. mult. Michael Schenk}},
Month = {Juni},
Number = {13},
Organization = {Fraunhofer-Institut für Fabrikbetrieb und -automatisierung},
Pages = {319--328},
Publisher = {Fraunhofer Verlag},
Series = {IFF Wissenschaftstage},
Keywords = {IFFW,d},
Owner = {schumann},
Timestamp = {2010.07.15}
}
Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine (VCBM), in print, 2010
@InProceedings{Adler_2010_VCBM,
Title = {{Vessel surface generation for surgical simulations}},
Author = {Simon Adler and Tobias Mönch and Rüdiger Mecke and Bernhard Preim},
Booktitle = {{Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine (VCBM)}},
Year = {2010},
Pages = {Poster Abstract},
Keywords = {VCBM,d},
Owner = {schumann},
Timestamp = {2010.07.15}
}
Title = {{Vessel surface generation for surgical simulations}},
Author = {Simon Adler and Tobias Mönch and Rüdiger Mecke and Bernhard Preim},
Booktitle = {{Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine (VCBM)}},
Year = {2010},
Pages = {Poster Abstract},
Keywords = {VCBM,d},
Owner = {schumann},
Timestamp = {2010.07.15}
}
International Workshop on Digital Engineering (IWDE), pp. 45-51, 2010
@InProceedings{Moench_2010_IWDE,
Title = {{Distance-Aware Smoothing of Surface Meshes for Surgical Planning}},
Author = {Tobias Mönch and Simon Adler and Peter Hahn and Ivo Rössling and Bernhard Preim},
Booktitle = {{International Workshop on Digital Engineering (IWDE)}},
Year = {2010},
Address = {Magdeburg},
Month = {June},
Pages = {45--51},
Publisher = {ACM},
Keywords = {IWDE,d},
Owner = {tmoench},
Timestamp = {2010.05.03}
}
Title = {{Distance-Aware Smoothing of Surface Meshes for Surgical Planning}},
Author = {Tobias Mönch and Simon Adler and Peter Hahn and Ivo Rössling and Bernhard Preim},
Booktitle = {{International Workshop on Digital Engineering (IWDE)}},
Year = {2010},
Address = {Magdeburg},
Month = {June},
Pages = {45--51},
Publisher = {ACM},
Keywords = {IWDE,d},
Owner = {tmoench},
Timestamp = {2010.05.03}
}
Proceedings of SPIE Medical Imaging, in print, 2010
@InProceedings{Moench_2010_SPIE,
Title = {{Generation of Smooth and Accurate Surface Models for Surgical Planning and Simulation}},
Author = {Tobias Mönch and Mathias Neugebauer and Peter Hahn and Bernhard Preim},
Booktitle = {{Proceedings of SPIE Medical Imaging}},
Year = {2010},
Address = {San Diego, California, USA},
Month = {13 - 18 February 2010},
Pages = {to appear},
Keywords = {SPIE,d},
Owner = {schumann},
Timestamp = {2010.01.21}
}
Title = {{Generation of Smooth and Accurate Surface Models for Surgical Planning and Simulation}},
Author = {Tobias Mönch and Mathias Neugebauer and Peter Hahn and Bernhard Preim},
Booktitle = {{Proceedings of SPIE Medical Imaging}},
Year = {2010},
Address = {San Diego, California, USA},
Month = {13 - 18 February 2010},
Pages = {to appear},
Keywords = {SPIE,d},
Owner = {schumann},
Timestamp = {2010.01.21}
}
Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine (VCBM), pp. 83-90, 2010
@InProceedings{Moench_2010_VCBM,
Title = {{Staircase-Aware Smoothing of Medical Surface Meshes}},
Author = {Tobias Mönch and Simon Adler and Bernhard Preim},
Booktitle = {{Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine (VCBM)}},
Year = {2010},
Pages = {83--90},
Keywords = {VCBM,d},
Owner = {tmoench},
Timestamp = {2010.05.03}
}
Title = {{Staircase-Aware Smoothing of Medical Surface Meshes}},
Author = {Tobias Mönch and Simon Adler and Bernhard Preim},
Booktitle = {{Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine (VCBM)}},
Year = {2010},
Pages = {83--90},
Keywords = {VCBM,d},
Owner = {tmoench},
Timestamp = {2010.05.03}
}
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
@InProceedings{Moench_2009_VMV,
Title = {{Generation of Smooth and Accurate Surface Models for Surgical Planning}},
Author = {Tobias Mönch and Mathias Neugebauer and Bernhard Preim},
Booktitle = {{Proc. of Vision, Modeling, and Visualization (VMV)}},
Year = {2009},
Address = {Braunschweig},
Month = {November},
Pages = {381--382},
Keywords = {VMV,d},
Owner = {schumann},
Timestamp = {2009.10.23}
}
Title = {{Generation of Smooth and Accurate Surface Models for Surgical Planning}},
Author = {Tobias Mönch and Mathias Neugebauer and Bernhard Preim},
Booktitle = {{Proc. of Vision, Modeling, and Visualization (VMV)}},
Year = {2009},
Address = {Braunschweig},
Month = {November},
Pages = {381--382},
Keywords = {VMV,d},
Owner = {schumann},
Timestamp = {2009.10.23}
}
CURAC, pp. 125-128, 2007
@InProceedings{Bade_2007_CURAC,
Title = {{High-quality Surface Generation for Flow Simulation in Cerebral Aneurysms}},
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},
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},
Keywords = {CURAC,d},
Owner = {schumann},
Timestamp = {2007.10.25}
}
Title = {{High-quality Surface Generation for Flow Simulation in Cerebral Aneurysms}},
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},
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},
Keywords = {CURAC,d},
Owner = {schumann},
Timestamp = {2007.10.25}
}
Journal of WSCG, 15, pp. 67-74, 2007
@Article{Bade_2007_WSCG,
Title = {{Reducing Artifacts in Surface Meshes Extracted from Binary Volumes}},
Author = {Ragnar Bade and Olaf Konrad and Bernhard Preim},
Journal = {{Journal of WSCG}},
Year = {2007},
Number = {1-3},
Pages = {67--74},
Volume = {15},
File = {Bade_et_al-Reducing_Artifacts_in_Surface_Meshes-WSCG2007.pdf:http\://wwwisg.cs.uni-magdeburg.de/cv/pub/files/Bade_et_al-Reducing_Artifacts_in_Surface_Meshes-WSCG2007.pdf:PDF},
Keywords = {WSCG,d},
Owner = {schumann},
Timestamp = {2009.09.17}
}
Title = {{Reducing Artifacts in Surface Meshes Extracted from Binary Volumes}},
Author = {Ragnar Bade and Olaf Konrad and Bernhard Preim},
Journal = {{Journal of WSCG}},
Year = {2007},
Number = {1-3},
Pages = {67--74},
Volume = {15},
File = {Bade_et_al-Reducing_Artifacts_in_Surface_Meshes-WSCG2007.pdf:http\://wwwisg.cs.uni-magdeburg.de/cv/pub/files/Bade_et_al-Reducing_Artifacts_in_Surface_Meshes-WSCG2007.pdf:PDF},
Keywords = {WSCG,d},
Owner = {schumann},
Timestamp = {2009.09.17}
}
Simulation und Visualisierung, pp. 289-304, 2006
@InProceedings{Bade_2006_SimVis,
Title = {{Comparison of Fundamental Mesh Smoothing Algorithms for Medical Surface Models}},
Author = {Ragnar Bade and Jens Haase and Bernhard Preim},
Booktitle = {{Simulation und Visualisierung}},
Year = {2006},
Pages = {289--304},
Publisher = {SCS-Verlag},
File = {SimVis2006-ComparisonMeshSmoothing.pdf:http\://wwwisg.cs.uni-magdeburg.de/cv/pub/files/SimVis2006-ComparisonMeshSmoothing.pdf:PDF},
Keywords = {SimVis,d},
Owner = {schumann},
Timestamp = {2009.09.17}
}
Title = {{Comparison of Fundamental Mesh Smoothing Algorithms for Medical Surface Models}},
Author = {Ragnar Bade and Jens Haase and Bernhard Preim},
Booktitle = {{Simulation und Visualisierung}},
Year = {2006},
Pages = {289--304},
Publisher = {SCS-Verlag},
File = {SimVis2006-ComparisonMeshSmoothing.pdf:http\://wwwisg.cs.uni-magdeburg.de/cv/pub/files/SimVis2006-ComparisonMeshSmoothing.pdf:PDF},
Keywords = {SimVis,d},
Owner = {schumann},
Timestamp = {2009.09.17}
}