ProjectAneurysm

Chair for Computer Aided Medical Procedures & Augmented Reality
Lehrstuhl für Informatikanwendungen in der Medizin & Augmented Reality

Prediction of Rupture Risk for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

Prediction of Rupture Risk for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

In medical collaboration with:
Department of Vascular Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar (TUM)

In academic collaboration with:
Chair for Numerical Mechanics, Mechanical Engineering (TUM)

Scientific Director: Nassir Navab
Wolfgang A. Wall
Hans-Henning Eckstein

Contact Person(s): Stefanie Demirci
Max Baust

Keywords: Segmentation

Abstract

An abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) describes an enlarged aortic diameter in the abdominal part of the body. Due to weakening rupture of the inner aortic wall layer, blood cells accumulate inside the wall layers and lead to a thrombus. In order to choose a suitable individual treatment, a prediction of rupture risk would be helpful. However, it is not possible to predict the ruputure risk only with quantative parameters extracted out of CT-images such as size and diameter. It is important to also include qualitative predictors like characteristics of the aortic wall and fluid dynamics.
Together with our medical and academic partners, we are interested in creating a model of the aorta and its thrombus in order to do certain calculations on wall stress and fluid dynamic computations. A further integration of other medical imaging devices such as PET/CT and IVUS into the geometrical model can provide more information about biochemical activities inside the aneurysmatic walls.

Publications

2010
F. Manstad-Hulaas, G. A. Tangen, S. Demirci, M. Pfister, S. Lydersen, T. A. Nagelhus Hernes
Endovascular Image-Guided Navigation - Validation of Two Volume-Volume Registration Algorithms
Minimally Invasive Therapy & Allied Technologies 20(5), pp. 282 - 289, 2011 (bib)
2009
S. Demirci, G. Lejeune, N. Navab
Hybrid Deformable Model for Aneurysm Segmentation
IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro (ISBI 2009), Boston, Massachusetts, USA, June 28 - July 1, 2009 (bib)

Team

Contact Person(s)

Maximilian Baust
Dr. Maximilian Baust
Stefanie Demirci
Dr. Stefanie Demirci

Working Group

Christiane Foerster
Dr. Eng. Christiane Foerster
Hans Eckstein
Prof. Dr. Hans Eckstein
Michael Emmersberger
Michael Emmersberger
Moritz Frenzel
Dipl.-Ing. Univ. Moritz Frenzel
Wolfgang Wall
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wall

Alumni

Guy Lejeune
Guy Lejeune

Location



Technische Universität München
Institut für Informatik / I16
Boltzmannstr. 3
85748 Garching bei München

Tel.: +49 89 289-17058
Fax: +49 89 289-17059
Visit our lab at Garching.



Klinikum rechts der Isar
der Technischen Universitüt München
Ismaninger Str. 22
81675 München

IFL Lab - Room: 01.3a-c
Tel.: +49 89 4140-6457
Fax: +49 89 4140-6458
Visit our lab at Klinikum rechts der Isar.



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Max Baust for available student projects within this research project.

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