Thomas Wendler

Dr. Thomas Wendler Vice-Director Senior research scientist and lecturer Chair for Computer Aided Medical Procedures & Augmented Reality Fakultät für Informatik Technische Universität München Boltzmannstr. 3 85748 Garching bei München room: MI 03.13.060 phone: +49 89 289 19437 mail: wendler|[at]|tum.de Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München Interdisziplinäres Forschungslabor (IFL) Ismaninger Str. 22 81675 München Room: UG Bau 501 Raum 1.01.2 Phone: +49 (89) 4140 6457 Fax: +49 (89) 4140 6458

Research Interests

• Medical Robotics
• Artificial Intelligence Applications in Medicine
• Molecular Imaging (in particular Nuclear Medicine, Fluorescence Imaging)
• Nuclear Medicine Therapy (in particular Dosimetry)
• Computer Aided Interventions (in particular Image Guided Interventions)
• Clinical Applications

Publications

(Please contact me if you do not have access to any of the publications. I would be glad to send a digital copy to you if the copyright permits.)

2021
	Z. Jiang, H. Wang, Z. Li, M. Grimm, M. Zhou, U. Eck, S. V. Brecht, T. C. Lueth, T. Wendler, N. Navab Motion-Aware Robotic 3D Ultrasound 2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (The video is available on youtube) The first two authors contribute equally to this paper. (bib)
2020
	A. K. Kogler, A. M. Polemi, S. Nair, S. Majewski, L. T. Dengel, C. L. Slingluff, B. Kross, S. J. Lee, J. E. McKisson?, J. McKisson?, A. G. Weisenberger, B. L. Welch, T. Wendler, P. Matthies, J. Traub, M. Witt, M. B. Williams Evaluation of camera-based freehand SPECT in preoperative sentinel lymph node mapping for melanoma patients EJNMMI Research 10. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13550-020-00729-8. (bib)
	C. Cipriani, M. Desantis, G. Dahlhoff, S. D. Brown III, T. Wendler, M. Olmeda, G. Pietsch, B. Eberlein Personalized irradiation therapy for NMSC by rhenium-188 skin cancer therapy: a long-term retrospective study J Dermatolog Treat. https://doi.org/10.1080/09546634.2020.1793890 (bib)
	L. Maier-Hein, I. Gockel, S. Speidel, T. Wendler, D. Teber, K. Maerz, M. Tizabi, F. Nickel, N. Navab, B. Mueller-Stich Intraoperative Imaging and Visualization Der Onkologe, volume 26, pages 31 to 43. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00761-019-00695-4 (bib)
2019
	M. N. van Oosterom, P. Meershoek, , F. Pinto, P. Matthies, H. Simon, T. Wendler, N. Navab, C. J. H. van de Velde, H.G. van der Poel, F.W.B. van Leeuwen Extending the hybrid surgical guidance concept with freehand fluorescence tomography IEEE Trans Med Imaging;39(1):226-235. https://doi.org/10.1109/tmi.2019.2924254 (bib)
2016
	T. Wendler, S. Paepke Axillary sentinel node aspiration biopsy: towards minimally invasive lymphatic staging in breast cancer Clinical and Translational Imaging volume 4, pages377–384. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40336-016-0205-8 (bib)
	A. Markus, A. K. Ray, D. Bolla, J. Müller, P.-A. Diener, T. Wendler, R. Hornung Sentinel lymph node biopsy in endometrial and cervical cancers using freehand SPECT—first experience Gynecological Surgery volume 13, pages499–506. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10397-016-0969-x (bib)
	M. N. van Oosterom, T. Engelen, N. S. van den Berg, G. H. KleinJan?, H.G. van der Poel, T. Wendler, C. J. H. van de Velde, N. Navab, F.W.B. van Leeuwen Navigation of a robot-integrated fluorescence laparoscope in preoperative SPECT/CT and intraoperative freehand SPECT imaging data: a phantom study J Biomed Opt 21(8):86008. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.jbo.21.8.086008 (bib)
	G. H. KleinJan?, N. S. van den Berg, M. N. van Oosterom, T. Wendler, M. Miwa, A. Bex, K. Hendricksen, S. Horenblas, F.W.B. van Leeuwen Toward (Hybrid) Navigation of a Fluorescence Camera in an Open Surgery Setting J Nucl Med 57(10):1650-1653. https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.115.171645 (bib)
2015
	B. Fuerst, J. Sprung, F. Pinto, B. Frisch, T. Wendler, H. Simon, L. Mengus, N. S. van den Berg, H.G. van der Poel, F.W.B. van Leeuwen, N. Navab First Robotic SPECT for Minimally Invasive Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 2015. (bib)
2014
	O. R. Brouwer, N. S. van den Berg, H. M. Mathéron, T. Wendler, H.G. van der Poel, S. Horenblas, R. A. Valdés-Olmos, F.W.B. van Leeuwen Feasibility of intraoperative navigation to the sentinel node in the groin using preoperatively acquired single photon emission computerized tomography data: transferring functional imaging to the operating room J Urol 192(6):1810-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.juro.2014.03.127 (bib)
	A. Cserkaszky, M. Zvolsky, B. Frisch, T. Wendler Simulation Framework for Novel Medical Applications IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Seattle, USA, November 2014 (bib)
	A. Okur, C. Hennersperger, J.B. Runyan, J. Gardiazabal, M. Keicher, S. Paepke, T. Wendler, N. Navab fhSPECT-US Guided Needle Biopsy of Sentinel Lymph Nodes in the Axilla: Is it Feasible? Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2014, Lecture Notes in Computer Science Volume 8673, 2014, pp 577-584 (bib)
	A. Okur, C. Gerngross, A. Schnelzer, A. Ehlerding, M. Keicher, S. Wiesner, S. Paepke, K. Scheidhauer, T. Wendler First experience with fused ultrasound / freehand SPECT system for hybrid lymphatic mapping in breast cancer patients 52. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft fuer Nuklearmedizin, Hannover, Germany, Mar. 26 - 29, 2014. (bib)
2013
	P. Matthies, A. Okur, T. Wendler, N. Navab, M. Friebe Combination of intra-operative freehand SPECT imaging with MR images for guidance and navigation IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology (EMBC), Osaka, Japan, July 2013. (bib)
	N. Aubry, E. Auffray, F. B. Mimoun, N. Brillouet, R. Bugalho, , O. Charles, D. Cortinovis, P. Courday, A. Cserkaszky, C. Damon, K. Doroud, J.-M. Fischer, G. Fornaro, J.-M. Fourmigue, B. Frisch, B. Fuerst, J. Gardiazabal, K. Gadow, E. Garutti, C. Gaston, A. Gil-Ortiz, E. Guedj, T. Harion, P. Jarron, J. Kabadanian, T. Lasser, R. Laugier, P. Lecoq, D. Lombardo, S. Mandai, E. Mas, T. Meyer, O. Mundler, N. Navab, C. Ortigão, M. Paganoni, D. Perrodin, M. Pizzichemi, J. O. Prior, T. Reichl, M. Reinecke, M. Rolo, H.-C. Schultz-Coulon, M. Schwaiger, W. Shen, A. Silenzi, J. C. Silva, , I. Somlai-Schweiger, R. Stamen, J. Traub, J. Varela, V. Veckalns, V. Vidal, J. Vishwas, T. Wendler, C. Xu, S. I. Ziegler, M. Zvolsky EndoTOFPET-US: a novel multimodal tool for endoscopy and positron emission tomography JINST 8 C04002. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/8/04/C04002 (bib)
2012
	A. Rieger, J. Saeckl, R. Hein, A. Okur, T. Wendler, K. Scheidhauer, T. Schuster, H. Friess, M. E. Martignoni Transferring Innovative Freehand SPECT to the Operating Room - First Experiences with Sentinel Lymphonodectomy in Malignant Melanoma 32nd Congress of the European Society of Surgical Oncology, Valencia, Spain, September 2012 (bib)
	N. Navab, T. Blum, L. Wang, A. Okur, T. Wendler First Deployments of Augmented Reality in Operating Rooms IEEE Computer, Volume 45, Issue 7, pp. 48-55 (bib)
	M. Friebe, T. Wendler, J. Traub, B. Tombach, N. Navab 3D handheld SPECT combined with serially acquired MRI reference images - feasibility study for intraoperative applications Proceedings of the 9th Interventional MRI Symposium Boston, September 2012 (bib)
2011
	C. Vetter, T. Lasser, T. Wendler, N. Navab 1D-3D Registration for Functional Nuclear Imaging Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), Toronto, Canada, September 20-24 2011. (bib)
	A. Okur, A. Ahmadi, A. Bigdelou, T. Wendler, N. Navab MR in OR: First analysis of AR/VR visualization in 100 intra-operative Freehand SPECT acquisitions The 10th IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), Basel, Switzerland, Oct. 26 - 29, 2011. (bib)
	A. Bigdelou, T. Sterner, S. Wiesner, T. Wendler, F. Matthes, N. Navab OR Specific Domain Model for Usability Evaluations of Intra-Operative Systems Information Processing in Computer Assisted Interventions (IPCAI), Berlin (DE), June 22, 2011 (bib)
	A. Rieger, J. Saeckl, B. Belloni, R. Hein, A. Okur, K. Scheidhauer, T. Wendler, J. Traub, H. Friess, M. E. Martignoni First Experiences with Navigated Radio-Guided Surgery Using Freehand SPECT Case Reports in Oncology, August 2011 (bib)
	C. Lapa, J. Saeckl, A. Rieger, C. Bluemel, A. Okur, T. Wendler, M. E. Martignoni, K. Scheidhauer Investigating added value of freehand SPECT in sentinel node biopsy of melanomas Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM), San Antonio, Texas, USA, June 2011 (bib)
	C. Bluemel, A. Ehlerding, C. Lapa, A. Okur, T. Wendler, A. Schnelzer, K. Scheidhauer Improvements in sentinel node biopsy of breast cancer using freehand SPECT Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM), San Antonio, Texas, USA, June 2011 (bib)
2010
	T. Wendler, T. Lasser, S. I. Ziegler, K. Scheidhauer Freehand SPECT/US: new approach for intraoperative hybrid imaging of sentinel nodes Proceedings of the International Sentinel Node Society Meeting, Yokohama, Japan, 2010 (bib)
	T. Wendler, D. Zaeuner, S. Wiesner, K. Scheidhauer Fused SPECT/CT and real-time video visualization for intraoperative guidance in SLNB of head and neck malignancies Proceedings of the International Sentinel Node Society Meeting, Yokohama, Japan, 2010 (bib)
	K. Scheidhauer, A. Ehlerding, J. Saeckl, A. Rieger, K. Herrmann, A. Schnelzer, M. E. Martignoni, T. Wendler Feasibility evaluation of freehand SPECT for intraoperative 3D lymphatic mapping Proceedings of the International Sentinel Node Society Meeting, Yokohama, Japan, 2010 (bib)
	I. Santi, L. Fantini, K. Herrmann, Ch. Fuccio, T. Wendler, P. Caroli, P. Castelucci, S. Nicolini, A. K. Buck, M. Schwaiger, S. Fanti Freehand SPECT 3D-imaging for sentinel lymph node mapping in breast cancer: preliminary preoperative study for future intraoperative use in the operating room Proceedings of the International Sentinel Node Society Meeting, Yokohama, Japan, 2010 (bib)
	M. C. Kreissl, T. Wendler, K. Herrmann, K. Scheidhauer Freehand SPECT: First experiences with a new method of 3D-SLN mapping in melanoma Proceedings of the International Sentinel Node Society Meeting, Yokohama, Japan, 2010 (bib)
	I. Santi, L. Fantini, K. Herrmann, Ch. Fuccio, T. Wendler, P. Caroli, P. Castelucci, A. K. Buck, M. Schwaiger, S. Fanti Freehand SPECT for sentinel lymph node biopsy: first clinical experience Proceedings of EANM 2010, Vienna, Austria, October 2010 (bib)
	A. K. Buck, A. Ehlerding, J. Saeckl, K. Herrmann, T. Wendler, M. E. Martignoni, A. Schnelzer, M. Schwaiger Evaluation of feasibility of freehand SPECT in the operating room Proceedings of EANM 2010, Vienna, Austria, October 2010 (bib)
	A. Schnelzer, A. Ehlerding, T. Chen, T. Wendler, K. Scheidhauer, S. Paepke, M. Kiechle Sentinel lymph node detection with intraoperative freehand SPECT in breast cancer patients Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the German Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics (DGGG) 2010, Munich, Germany, October 2010 (bib)
	A. Ehlerding, A. Schnelzer, T. Wendler, K. Herrmann, T. Lasser, K. Scheidhauer, O. Kutter, T. Schuster, M. Schwaiger, A. K. Buck, S. I. Ziegler, N. Navab, S. Paepke, M. Kiechle Vorstellung der Pilotstudie zur 3D-Darstellung des Wächterlymphknotens bei Brustkrebspatientinnen mittels Freehand-SPECT Proceedings of Annual Meeting of the German Society of Senology (DGS), Hamburg, Germany, Jul. 2010 (bib)
	T. Wendler, K. Herrmann, A. Schnelzer, M. E. Martignoni, T. Lasser, J. Traub, A. Ehlerding, J. Saeckl, N. Navab, M. Kiechle, H. Friess, M. Schwaiger, S. I. Ziegler, A. K. Buck Visione 3-D SPECT intraoperatoria: una nuova metodica per chirurgia radioguiata Proceedings of SICO 2010, Milan, Italy, June 2010 (bib)
	I. Santi, L. Fantini, K. Herrmann, Ch. Fuccio, T. Wendler, P. Caroli, P. Castelucci, A. K. Buck, M. Schwaiger, S. Fanti Freehand SPECT for sentinel lymph node biopsy: first clinical experience Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, June 2010 (bib)
	D. I. Shakir, J. Bieniarz, S. Pirsig, T. Wendler, N. Navab, S. I. Ziegler A first study on biological feasibility of intraoperative control of tumor resection borders with navigated beta-probe surface imaging Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM), Salt Lake City, UT, USA, June 2010 (bib)
	M. C. Kreissl, A. Okur, T. Chen, A. Bartel, T. Wendler, K. Scheidhauer Pilot study of freehand SPECT for lymphatic mapping in melanoma in upper body Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, June 2010 (bib)
	K. Herrmann, A. Schnelzer, M. E. Martignoni, T. Wendler, A. K. Buck Evaluation of feasibility of freehand SPECT in the operating room Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, June 2010 (bib)
	T. Wendler, K. Herrmann, A. Schnelzer, T. Lasser, J. Traub, O. Kutter, A. Ehlerding, K. Scheidhauer, T. Schuster, M. Kiechle, M. Schwaiger, N. Navab, S. I. Ziegler, A. K. Buck First Demonstration of 3D Lymphatic Mapping using freehand SPECT Proceedings of the International Conference on Sentinel Node Biopsy and Radioguided Head & Neck Surgery (SNB), Copenhagen, Denmark, May 2010 (bib)
	J. Saeckl, A. Ehlerding, K. Herrmann, T. Wendler, M. Schwaiger, M. Kiechle, H. Friess, A. K. Buck, A. Schnelzer, M. E. Martignoni Evaluation of feasibility of freehand SPECT in the operating room Proceedings of the International Conference on Sentinel Node Biopsy and Radioguided Head & Neck Surgery (SNB), Copenhagen, Denmark, May 2010 (bib)
	A. K. Buck, A. Schnelzer, T. Wendler, K. Herrmann, T. Lasser, J. Traub, O. Kutter, T. Schuster, A. Ehlerding, K. Scheidhauer, M. Kiechle, N. Navab, S. I. Ziegler, M. Schwaiger First demonstration of 3D lymphatic mapping in breast cancer using freehand SPECT Proceedings of DGN Nuklearmedizin 2010, Leipzig, Germany, April 2010 (bib)
	K. Herrmann, A. Schnelzer, T. Wendler, M. Hoyer, D. Weisgerber, T. Lasser, S. Paepke, M. E. Martignoni, M. Kiechle, N. Navab, S. I. Ziegler, M. Schwaiger Evaluation of feasibility of freehand SPECT in the operating room Proceedings of DGN Nuklearmedizin 2010, Leipzig, Germany, April 2010 (bib)
	T. Wendler, K. Herrmann, A. Schnelzer, T. Lasser, J. Traub, O. Kutter, A. Ehlerding, K. Scheidhauer, T. Schuster, M. Kiechle, M. Schwaiger, N. Navab, S. I. Ziegler, A. K. Buck First demonstration of 3-D lymphatic mapping in breast cancer using freehand SPECT European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Springer Berlin/Heidelberg, 2010 Aug;37(8):1452-61. Epub 2010 Mar 31. (bib)
	A. Duliu, T. Lasser, T. Wendler, A. Safi, S. I. Ziegler, N. Navab Navigated Tracking of Skin Lesion Progression with Optical Spectroscopy Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 7624, 76243P (2010) (bib)
2009
	J. Traub, K. Herrmann, T. Lasser, N. Navab, S. I. Ziegler, A. K. Buck, T. Wendler Freehand SPECT/Ultrasound Fusion for Hybrid Image-guided Resection Proceedings of RSNA 2009, Chicago, USA, December 2009 (bib)
	T. Wendler, K. Herrmann, A. Schnelzer, T. Lasser, J. Traub, O. Kutter, T. Schuster, M. Kiechle, M. Schwaiger, N. Navab, S. I. Ziegler, A. K. Buck Clinical introduction of freehand SPECT for image-guided sentinel lymph node biopsy Proceedings of Annual Congress of the European Association of of Nuclear Medicine (EANM 2009), Barcelona, Spain, October 2009 (bib)
	T. Wendler, X. Feng, K. Herrmann, T. Lasser, J. Traub, S. I. Ziegler, N. Navab, A. K. Buck 2D/3D registration of freehand SPECT and planar scintigraphy for clinical evaluation of 3D thyroid scintigraphy Proceedings of Annual Congress of the European Association of of Nuclear Medicine (EANM 2009), Barcelona, Spain, October 2009 (bib)
	T. Wendler, K. Herrmann, T. Lasser, J. Traub, M. Schwaiger, N. Navab, S. I. Ziegler, A. K. Buck First experience with freehand SPECT for lymphatic mapping in melanoma in upper body Proceedings of Annual Congress of the European Association of of Nuclear Medicine (EANM 2009), Barcelona, Spain, October 2009 (bib)
	T. Wendler, T. Lasser, J. Traub, S. I. Ziegler, N. Navab Freehand SPECT / ultrasound fusion for hybrid image-guided resection Proceedings of Annual Congress of the European Association of of Nuclear Medicine (EANM 2009), Barcelona, Spain, October 2009 (bib)
	T. Lasser, A. Duliu, T. Wendler, S. I. Ziegler, N. Navab Interactive Reconstruction for Freehand SPECT: An Approach to Acquisition Guidance? Proceedings of Annual Congress of the European Association of of Nuclear Medicine (EANM 2009), Barcelona, Spain, October 2009 (bib)
	C. Özgür, J. Bieniarz, T. Lasser, S. I. Ziegler, N. Navab, T. Wendler Phenomenological Models for intraoperative Positron Emission Surface Imaging using Handheld Probes Proceedings of World Congress in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering (WC 2009), Munich, Germany, September 2009 (bib)
	X. Feng, K. Szajkowska, T. Lasser, S. I. Ziegler, N. Navab, T. Wendler 2D/3D registration of freehand SPECT and planar scintigraphy for clinical evaluation of 3D thyroid scintigraphy Proceedings of World Congress in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering (WC 2009), Munich, Germany, September 2009 (bib)
	J. Traub, K. Herrmann, T. Wendler, T. Lasser, M. Schwaiger, N. Navab, S. I. Ziegler, A. K. Buck First clinical results of freehand SPECT for lymphatic mapping in breast cancer Proceedings of the Molekulare Bildgebung (MOBI), Berlin, Germany, Jun. 2009 (bib)
	T. Wendler, K. Herrmann, T. Lasser, J. Traub, M. Schwaiger, S. I. Ziegler, N. Navab, A. K. Buck Freehand SPECT: first in-vivo evaluation and comparison to conventional lymphatic mapping Proceedings of Annual Meeting of Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM 2009), Toronto, Canada, June 2009 (bib)
	T. Wendler, X. Feng, T. Lasser, K. Herrmann, J. Traub, K. Scheidhauer, S. I. Ziegler, D. Lenhart, J. Grahneis, M. Schwaiger, N. Navab, A. K. Buck Freehand SPECT for 3D thyroid scintigraphy: first patient report Proceedings of DGN Nuklearmedizin 2009, Leipzig, Germany, April 2009 (bib)
	K. Herrmann, T. Wendler, T. Chen, A. Bartel, T. Lasser, K. Scheidhauer, J. Traub, T. Schuster, S. I. Ziegler, M. Schwaiger, A. K. Buck, N. Navab Freehand SPECT: first in-vivo use for lymphatic mapping and comparison to conventional imaging Proceedings of DGN Nuklearmedizin 2009, Leipzig, Germany, April 2009 (bib)
2008
	T. Wendler, T. Lasser, A. K. Buck, C. Özgür, M. Schwaiger, S. I. Ziegler, N. Navab First in Vivo Use of a Fused Gamma Ultrasound System Proceedings of RSNA 2008, Chicago, USA, December 2008 (bib)
	T. Wendler, T. Lasser, S. I. Ziegler, N. Navab Towards Confident 3D Tomographic Reconstruction for Asymmetric, Sparse Detector Geometries Proceedings of IEEE Medical Imaging Conference (IEEE MIC 2008), Dresden, Germany, October 2008 (bib)
	T. Lasser, T. Wendler, S. I. Ziegler, N. Navab Towards Reproducibility of Freehand 3D Tomographic Nuclear Imaging Proceedings of IEEE Medical Imaging Conference (IEEE MIC 2008), Dresden, Germany, October 2008 (bib)
	T. Lasser, T. Wendler, J. Traub, S. I. Ziegler, N. Navab Definition of optimal collimator geometries for 3D tomographic thyroid scintigraphy using navigated gamma probes Proceedings of Annual Congress of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM 2008), Munich, Germany, October 2008 (bib)
	T. Wendler, T. Lasser, A. K. Buck, J. Traub, M. Schwaiger, S. I. Ziegler, N. Navab First case report of 3D tomographic thyroid scintigraphy with tracked gamma probes Proceedings of Annual Congress of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM 2008), Munich, Germany, October 2008, Eur J Nuc Med Mol Imaging, vol. 35 (Suppl. 2), S129 (bib)
	T. Wendler, A. Hartl, T. Lasser, J. Traub, S. I. Ziegler, N. Navab Tracking-based statistical correction for radio-guided cancer surgery Proceedings of World Molecular Imaging Congress (WMIC 2008), Nice, France, September 2008 (bib)
	T. Lasser, A. Duliu, T. Wendler, J. Becker, S. I. Ziegler, N. Navab Computer-assisted spectral quantification of disease progression in CTCL Proceedings of World Molecular Imaging Congress (WMIC 2008), Nice, France, 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)
	T. Wendler, A. Hartl, T. Lasser, J. Traub, S. I. Ziegler, N. Navab 3D Intra-operative nuclear imaging for SLNB in neck Proceedings of Annual Meeting of Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM 2008), New Orleans, USA, June 2008 (bib)
	T. Lasser, A. Duliu, T. Wendler, S. I. Ziegler, N. Navab Navigated tracking of skin lesion progression with optical spectroscopy Proceedings of Annual Meeting of Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM 2008), New Orleans, USA, June 2008 (bib)
	A. Hartl, T. Wendler, J. Traub, T. Lasser, S. I. Ziegler, N. Navab Confident radioactivity surface reconstruction for control of resection borders Proceedings of Annual Meeting of Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM 2008), New Orleans, USA, June 2008 (bib)
	N. Navab, J. Traub, A. K. Buck, S. I. Ziegler, T. Wendler Navigated nuclear probes for intra-operative functional imaging Proceedings of 5th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI 2008), Paris, France, May 14 - 17 2008, pp. 1395-1398 (bib)
	T. Wendler, I. Faure de Pebeyre, T. Lasser, N. Navab Integrated Surface Acquisition for Hand-Held Probes Proceedings of OSA Biomedical Optics (BIOMED 2008), St. Petersburg, USA, March 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)
	T. Wendler, A. Hartl, T. Lasser, J. Traub, F. Daghighian, S. I. Ziegler, N. Navab Towards intra-operative 3D nuclear imaging: reconstruction of 3D radioactive distributions using tracked gamma probes Proceedings of Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2007), Brisbane, Australia, October 29 - November 2 2007, LCNS 4792 (2), pp. 252-260 (bib)
	A. Hartl, T. Wendler, T. Lasser, J. Traub, S. I. Ziegler, N. Navab Towards intra-operative 3D nuclear imaging: development and evaluation of ad hoc models Proceedings of Jahrestagung der deutschen Gesselschaft für Computer- und Roboterassistierte Chirurgie e.V. (CURAC 2007), Karlsruhe, Germany, October 2007 (bib)
	T. Wendler, J. Traub, A. Hartl, T. Lasser, M. Burian, A. K. Buck, F. Daghighian, M. Schwaiger, S. I. Ziegler, N. Navab Adding navigation to radio-guided surgery: new possibilities, new problems, new solutions Proceedings of Russian Bavarian Conference on Biomedical Engineering (RBC Biomed 2007), Erlangen, Germany, July 2-3, 2007, pp. 96-100 (bib)
	T. Wendler, A. Hartl, J. Traub, S. I. Ziegler, N. Navab Intraoperative nuclear imaging using navigated gamma-probes for tumor localization Proceedings of Annual Meeting of Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM 2007), Washington D.C., USA, June 2007 (bib)
	T. Wendler, J. Traub, S. I. Ziegler, N. Navab Validation of navigated beta-probe imaging with PET/CT-generated activity surfaces. New approach in radio-guided resection for FDG-positive tumors Proceedings of Annual Meeting of Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM 2007), Washington D.C., USA, June 2007; Meeting Abstracts 48: 46P-b. (bib)
	O. Kishenkov, T. Wendler, J. Traub, S. I. Ziegler, N. Navab Method for projecting functional 3D information onto anatomic surfaces: Accuracy improvement for navigated 3D beta-probes Proceedings of Bildverarbeitung fuer die Medizin (BVM 2007), Munich, Germany, March 2007, pp.66-70 (bib)
2006
	T. Wendler, J. Traub, S. I. Ziegler, N. Navab Navigated three dimensional beta probe for optimal cancer resection Proceedings of Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2006), Copenhagen, Denmark, October 1-6 2006, LNCS 4190 (1), pp. 565-569 (bib)

Non-medical publications

Past Research

Intra-operative Beta Probe Surface Imaging and Navigation for Optimal Tumor Resection In medical collaboration with: PD Dr. med. Alexander Drzezga, Nuclear Medicine Dept., Klinikum rechts der Isar, TUM, Munich, Germany Scientific Director: Nassir Navab, Sibylle Ziegler Contact Person(s): Dzhoshkun Ismail Shakir In industrial collaboration with: Dr. Farhad Daghighian, President, IntraMedical Imaging LLC, Los Angeles, CA, USA Thomas Wendler, CTO, SurgicEye GmbH, Munich, Germany

Freehand SPECT for Sentinel Lymph Node Localization In medical collaboration with: Prof. Dr. Markus Schwaiger, Chefarzt, Nuklearmedicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, TUM, Munich, Germany PD Dr. Andreas Buck, Oberarzt, Nuklearmedicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, TUM, Munich, Germany Dr. Ken Herrmann, Assistenzarzt, Nuklearmedicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, TUM, Munich, Germany Prof. Dr. Marion Kiechle, Chefarzt, Gynaecology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, TUM, Munich, Germany Dr. Stefan Paepke, Leitender Oberarzt, Gynaecology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, TUM, Munich, Germany Dr. Andreas Schnelzer, Oberarzt, Gynaecology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, TUM, Munich, Germany Dr. Alexandra Ehlerding, Assistenzarzt, Gynaecology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, TUM, Munich, Germany Prof. Dr. Helmuth Friess, Chefarzt, Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, TUM, Munich, Germany Dr. Marc Martignoni, Oberarzt, Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, TUM, Munich, Germany Dr. Jakob Saeckl, Assistenzarzt, Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, TUM, Munich, Germany Prof. Dr. Stefano Fanti, Chefarzt, Nuklearmedicine, Asienda Ospidaliera S.Orsola-Malpighi, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy Dr. Ivan Santi, Assistenzarzt, Nuklearmedicine, Asienda Ospidaliera S.Orsola-Malpighi, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy Dr. Lorenzo Fantini, Assistenzarzt, Nuklearmedicine, Asienda Ospidaliera S.Orsola-Malpighi, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy Scientific Director: Nassir Navab, Sibylle Ziegler Contact Person(s): TobiasLasser, Asli Okur; Philipp Matthies In industrial collaboration with: Dr. Joerg Traub, CEO, SurgicEye GmbH, Munich, Germany Dr. Thomas Wendler, CTO, SurgicEye GmbH, Munich, Germany

Real-time fusion of ultrasound and gamma probe for navigated localization of malignancy In medical collaboration with: PD Dr. Andreas Buck, Oberarzt, Nuklearmedicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, TUM, Munich, Germany Scientific Director: Nassir Navab Contact Person(s): Nassir Navab In industrial collaboration with: Dr. Farhad Daghighian, President, IntraMedical Imaging LLC, Los Angeles, CA, USA Thomas Wendler, CTO, SurgicEye GmbH, Munich, Germany

Teaching

Theses, SEPs, and IDPs under my (Co-)Supervision

Available:

Current:

Finished:

• Laparoscopic Freehand SPECT by Ayah Haidar (Master Thesis)
• Development of a Disposable Tracking Target for Medical Application by Berkin Ergün (Master Thesis)
• 3D Surface Reconstruction for freehand SPECT by Gel Han, Christopher Resch & Christian Wiesner (IDP/Klinisches Anwendungsprojekt)
• Optimized Workflow for Integration of Pre-operative Images into a Intra-operative Imaging Application by Dominik Zaeuner (Diploma Thesis)
• Automated Segmentation of Sentinel Lymph Nodes from Freehand SPECT Images of Breast Cancer Patients by Asli Okur (Diploma Thesis)
• Clinical evaluation of freehand SPECT for 3D thyroid scintigraphy by Xinxing Feng (IDP)
• Clinical evaluation of freehand SPECT for sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast carcinoma by Mei-Chuan Chen (IDP)
• Design and Implementation of a Graphical User Interface for Acquisition and Evaluation of Freehand SPECT for Lymphatic Mapping in Breast and Skin Cancer by David Weisgerber (IDP/Klinisches Anwendungsprojekt)
• Navigated Biopsy of scintigraphic cold nodules for patients suspected of having thyroid cancer by Katarzyna Szajkowska (Master Thesis)
• Optical Screening Methods for Quantitative Evaluation of Progression in Skin Displasia by Rebekka Mayr (Master Thesis)
• Feasibility study of beta probes for intraoperative detection of malignancy by Jakub Bieniarz (Master Thesis)
• Robust Surface Reconstruction using IR-Laser-Pointer by Asli Okur (SEP)
• An Iterative Reconstruction Framework for Surface PET: Positron Activity Surface Imaging using Tracked Beta Probes for Intraoperative Control of Resection Borders in Cancer Surgery by Coskun Özgür (Master Thesis)
• Workflow and statistical analysis and workflow optimized design of graphical user interfaces for thyroid examinations by David Weisgerber (IDP/Klinisches Anwendungsprojekt)
• Confidence visualization and robust inference based on tracking for beta probe surface reconstruction by Alexander Hartl (Diploma Thesis)
• Workflow analysis for tumor resection procedures and evaluation of potential applications for radio-guided surgery by Xin Xu (Master Thesis)
• Gamma Probe Modelling and Calibration for SPECT Reconstruction by Alexander Hartl (IDP)
• Design and optimization of collimators for handheld gamma cameras by Volodymyr Cherniy (Master Thesis)

Further links

• Google Scholar profile
• LinkedIn profile
• SurgicEye GmbH
• OncoBeta GmbH
• ScintHealth GmbH
• Press Release, first GSISH PhD