ClaudioAlcerreca

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

Me
Claudio Alcérreca Alcocer


Image Analysis and Visualization Lab.
CCADET, UNAM,
Cd. Universitaria, México, D.F., 04510
Mexico

Research Interests

  • Visualization
  • Navigated Surgery
  • 3D Modeling
  • Finite Element

CAMP research

NeedlePlacement, AR view Navigated RF Ablation

Currently, RF ablation needles are used to treat tumors in every part of the body. In order to place the tip of the needle in the center of the lesion, US imaging is commonly used for guidance. In this case, the surgeon tries to visualize the tumor and the needle in the same US image. The needle however is not visible in the US image before insertion, making it difficult to imagine the tumor location relative to the needle tip and orientation. Additionally, the surgeon needs to precisely handle the US transducer and the needle at the same time.
The navigation system developed for this purpose as part of the CAMPAR framework helps to simplify the RF needle placement by dividing it into two simple consecutive tasks: lesion finding and needle placement. This way, the surgeon does not have to simultaneously hold the US probe and RF needle. Additionally, the needle can always be visualized relatively to the US plane.

Publications

2009
A. Keil, J. Vogel, G. Lauritsch, N. Navab
Dynamic Cone Beam Reconstruction Using a New Level Set Formulation
Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), London, UK, September 20-24, 2009. (bib)
A. Keil, J. Vogel, G. Lauritsch, N. Navab
Dynamic Cone-Beam Reconstruction Using a Variational Level Set Formulation
Proc. Int'l Meeting on Fully Three-Dimensional Image Reconstruction in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (Fully3D), Beijing, P.R. China, September 5-10, 2009. (bib)
M. Feuerstein, T. Reichl, J. Vogel, J. Traub, N. Navab
Magneto-Optical Tracking of Flexible Laparoscopic Ultrasound: Model-Based Online Detection and Correction of Magnetic Tracking Errors
IEEE Trans. Med. Imag., vol. 28, no. 6, pp. 951-967, June 2009 (bib)
2008
M. Feuerstein, T. Reichl, J. Vogel, J. Traub, N. Navab
New Approaches to Online Estimation of Electromagnetic Tracking Errors for Laparoscopic Ultrasonography
Computer Aided Surgery, vol. 13, no. 5, pp. 311-323, September 2008 (bib)
T. Wendler, J. Traub, T. Lasser, M. Feuerstein, J. Vogel, S. I. Ziegler, N. Navab
Combined ultrasound and gamma probe imaging for examination of thyroid nodules
Proceedings of Annual Meeting of Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM 2008), New Orleans, USA, June 2008 (bib)
R. Lasowski, S. Benhimane, J. Vogel, T. F. Jakobs, C. J. Zech, C. Trumm, M. Brokate, N. Navab
Adaptive visualization using the annealing M-estimator
Workshop Bildverarbeitung für die Medizin, Berlin, Germany, April 6-8, 2008 (bib)
R. Lasowski, S. Benhimane, J. Vogel, T. F. Jakobs, C. J. Zech, C. Trumm, Ch. Clason, N. Navab
Adaptive visualization for needle guidance in RF Liver Ablation: taking organ deformation into account
SPIE Medical Imaging, San Diego, California, USA, February 16-21, 2008 (bib)
2007
T. Wendler, M. Feuerstein, J. Traub, T. Lasser, J. Vogel, F. Daghighian, S. I. Ziegler, N. Navab
Real-time fusion of ultrasound and gamma probe for navigated localization of liver metastases
Proceedings of Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2007), Brisbane, Australia, October 29 - November 2007, LNCS 4792 (2), pp. 909-917 (bib)
M. Feuerstein, T. Reichl, J. Vogel, A. Schneider, H. Feußner, N. Navab
Magneto-optic Tracking of a Flexible Laparoscopic Ultrasound Transducer for Laparoscope Augmentation
Proceedings of Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2007), Brisbane, Australia, October/November 2007.
The original publication is available online at www.springerlink.com
(bib)
C. Alcérreca, J. Vogel, M. Feuerstein, N. Navab
A New Approach to Ultrasound Guided Radio-Frequency Needle Placement
Bildverarbeitung für die Medizin 2007, Munich, Germany, March 2007 (bib)
C. Alcérreca, F. Arámbula, E. Hazan
Navigation system for computer assisted tumor ablation using radio frequency
IEEE - EMBC, NY, Sep 2006
C. Alcérreca, F. Arámbula, E. Hazan
Building and Registry of 3D Models for Computer Assisted Tumor Treatment
IX Mexican Symposium on Medical Physics, Mar. 2006
R. Forsbach P, R. Forsbach V, C. Alcérreca
A new Algorithm to Obtain Vibration Modes using Ritz Vectos for Large Structures
XV National Congress of Seismic Engineering, Mexico City, Oct. 2005

Teaching

Summer Term 2005

    Design and Construction of a Graphical System using C#, at FC, UNAM, Mexico.

Masters Thesis

  • Construction and Registration of 3D Models for Computer Assisted Tumor Treatment

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