Dr. rer. nat. Dipl.-Inf. Univ. Patrick Wucherer

Research Interests

• Computer Aided Surgery / Image Guided Surgery
  
• Nuclear Imaging
  
• Surgical Workflow
  
• Procedure Pre-Op Planning Applications
  
• Deformable Image Registration
  
• Segmentation
  
• Intraoperative Usability
  
• Simulation of Medical Imaging
  
• Surgical Simulators
  
• Medical Education
  
• Medical Team Training
  

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

Available:

Please contact me if you would like to come up with your own topic related to any of my research interests. Looking forward to getting to know you!

• Cement diffusion real-time simulation^?, DA/MA/BA

Current:

Finished:

• Estimation of radiation exposure, Master Thesis
• Augmented Reality Bone Puzzle, IDP
• Vascular Simulator, Project
• Development of Pain Therapy Simulator (Facet joint infiltration), DA/MA/BA
• Development of modules for NeuroTable, IDP
• Balloon catheter real-time simulation (BaCaRTS), DA/MA/BA
• Cement diffusion real-time simulation, DA/MA/BA

Education

• 4/2014 - 5/2014:
  Johns Hopkins University - Baltimore, USA
  Ph.D. student at the Chair for Computer Aided Medical Procedures.
  

• 10/2010 - present:
  Technische Universität München - Munich, Germany
  Ph.D. student at the Chair for Computer Aided Medical Procedures & Augmented Reality.
  

• 10/2007 - 09/2008: Stay abroad
  University of Arizona - Tucson, AZ, USA
  Studies in Computer Science
  

• 10/2005 - 04/2010:
  Technische Universität München - Munich, Germany
  Studies in Computer Science (minor Medicine)
  Graduated as Diplom-Informatiker Univ. (equivalent to a M.Sc. in Computer Science).
  

• 10/2003 - 09/2005:
  Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg - Freiburg, Germany
  Studies in Computer Science (minor Medicine)
  

Education @ CAMP

• Interdisciplinary project (IDP) Semiautomatic segmentation of tumors in Positron Emission Tomography
  supervised by Ralph Bundschuh and Prof. Dr. Nassir Navab
  Ziel der Arbeit ist die semiautomatische Tumorsegmentierung in Positronen Emissions Tomographie (PET) Daten. Der Basis-Teil des Projektes besteht aus der Implementierung von bereits ausgesuchten Segmentierungsalgorithmen, dem Auffinden weiterer Algorithmen (Literatur- Recherche) für die spezifische Problemstellung, der Erweiterung zur Analyse von dynamischen (4D) PET Daten.

• System development project (SEP) Implementation of Direct Optimization Techniques for Deformable Image Registration
  supervised by Darko Zikic and Nassir Navab
  

• Diploma Thesis Multimodal Consultation System for Patient Education in Plastic Surgery
  supervised by Christoph Bichlmeier and Nassir Navab
  

Teaching

• Hauptseminar Virtual and Augmented Reality in the Medical Domain (Focus: Simulation Environments for Medical Education) (2016SoSe)
• Hauptseminar Medical AR, Visualization, and Simulation Environments (2014WiSe)
• Hauptseminar Simulation in Medical Education (2012WiSe)

Publications

2018
	P. Stefan, , P. Wucherer, S. Habert, J. Fuermetz, S. Weidert, E. Euler, U. Eck, M. Lazarovici, M. Weigl, N. Navab Team training and assessment in mixed reality-based simulated operating room Current state of research in the field of simulation in spine surgery exemplified by the ATMEOS project. The ATMEOS-Project is supported by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) grant NA 620/301. (bib)
2015
	N. Leucht, S. Habert, P. Wucherer, S. Weidert, N. Navab, P. Fallavollita Augmented Reality for Radiation Awareness International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), 2015 (bib)
	M. Weigl, P. Stefan, K. Abhari, P. Wucherer, P. Fallavollita, M. Lazarovici, S. Weidert, K. Catchpole Intra-operative disruptions, surgeon mental workload, and technical performance in a full-scale simulated procedure Surgical Endoscopy (bib)
	R. Eagleson, P. Wucherer, P. Stefan, Y. Duschko, S. deRibaupierre, C. Vollmar, P. Fallavollita, N. Navab Collaborative Table-Top VR Display for Neurosurgical Planning IEEE Virtual Reality (bib)
	P. Wucherer, P. Stefan, K. Abhari, P. Fallavollita, M. Weigl, M. Lazarovici, A. Winkler, S. Weidert, T. Peters, S. deRibaupierre, R. Eagleson, N. Navab Vertebroplasty Performance on Simulator for 19 Surgeons Using Hierarchical Task Analysis IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging (bib)
2014
	P. Fallavollita, A. Winkler, S. Habert, P. Wucherer, P. Stefan, Riad Mansour, R. Ghotbi, N. Navab 'Desired-View' controlled positioning of angiographic C-arms Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Interventions (MICCAI), Boston, September 2014 (bib)
	P. Wucherer, P. Stefan, S. Weidert, P. Fallavollita, N. Navab Task and Crisis Analysis during Surgical Training International Journal for Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (IJCARS) (bib)
	P. Stefan, P. Wucherer, Y. Oyamada, Ma Meng, A. Schoch, , , , , M. Weigl, , P. Fallavollita, H. Saito, N. Navab An AR Edutainment System Supporting Bone Anatomy Learning IEEE Virtual Reality (bib)
2013
	S. Weidert, P. Wucherer, P. Stefan, S.P. Baierl, M. Weigl, M. Lazarovici, P. Fallavollita, N. Navab A Vertebroplasty simulation environment for medical education. Bone Joint J, 2013 (bib)
	P. Wucherer, P. Stefan, S. Weidert, P. Fallavollita, N. Navab Development and procedural evaluation of immersive medical simulation environments The 4th International Conference on Information Processing in Computer-Assisted Interventions (IPCAI), Heidelberg, Germany, June 26, 2013 (bib)
	S. Weidert, P. Wucherer, P. Stefan, P. Fallavollita, E. Euler, N. Navab Vertebroplasty medical simulation learning environment International Society for Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery, Orlando, June 2013 (bib)
2010
	P. Wucherer, C. Bichlmeier, M. Eder, L. Kovacs, N. Navab Multimodal Medical Consultation for Improved Patient Education Proceedings of Bildverarbeitung fuer die Medizin (BVM 2010), Aachen, Germany, March 2010 (bib)

Research Projects

Research Group: Assessment and Training of Medical Expert with Objective Standards (ATMEOS) In highly dynamic and complex high-risk domains - such as surgery - systematic training in the relevant skills is the basis for safe and high-quality performance. Traditionally, assessment and training in surgery traditionally concentrated upon proficiency and acquisition of surgeons' technical skills. As the fundamental impact of non-technical skills - such as communication and coordination - is increasingly acknowledged for safe delivery of surgeries comprehensive training approaches are missing. The overall aim of the project is to investigate a novel learning environment for the assessment and training of both technical and non-technical skills of entire multidisciplinary operating room (OR) teams.

Augmented Reality Supported Patient Education and Consultation The project Augmented Reality Supported Patient Education and Consultation (Augmented Reality unterstützte Operationsaufklärung) aims at developing Augmented Reality (AR) supported communication tools for patient education. The development of the targeted systems involves disciplines reaching from image registration, human computer interaction and in-situ visualization to instructional design and perceptual psychology. As a primary clinical application, we determined breast reconstruction in plastic surgery.

MeTaTop A Multi Sensory Table Top System for Medical Procedures A tabletop system in medical environments can be used for interactive and collaborative analysis of patient data but also as a multimedia user interface within sterile space. For preoperative planning physicians in charge with a particular patient meet to discuss the medical case and plan further steps for therapy. For this reason, they could collaboratively view and browse through all kind of available medical imaging data with the tabletop system. Alternatively such a system could be a central interaction device for all kind of equippment within the OR requiring user input, however, can not be operated by the sterile surgeon. We believe that the projection of all kind of user and information interfaces on a sterile glass plane would facilitate the clinical workflow. This project is strongly related to the Tangible Interaction Surface for Collaboration between Humans project.

3D user interfaces for medical interventions This work group aims at practical user interfaces for 3D imaging data in surgery and medical interventions. The usual monitor based visualization and mouse based interaction with 3D data will not present acceptable solutions. Here we study the use of head mounted displays and advanced interaction techniques as alternative solutions. Different issues such as depth perception in augmented reality environment and optimal data representation for a smooth and efficient integration into the surgical workflow are the focus of our research activities. Furthermore appropriate ways of interaction within the surgical environment are investigated.