SlicerHeart: An open-source computing platform for cardiac image analysis and modeling

A Lasso, C Herz, H Nam, A Cianciulli… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Cardiovascular disease is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the developed
world. 3D imaging of the heart's structure is critical to the understanding and treatment of …

Flexible and comprehensive patient-specific mitral valve silicone models with chordae tendineae made from 3D-printable molds

S Engelhardt, S Sauerzapf, B Preim, M Karck… - International journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Purpose Given the multitude of challenges surgeons face during mitral valve repair surgery,
they should have a high confidence in handling of instruments and in the application of …

Replicated mitral valve models from real patients offer training opportunities for minimally invasive mitral valve repair

S Engelhardt, S Sauerzapf, A Brčić… - … and thoracic surgery, 2019 - academic.oup.com
OBJECTIVES Minimally invasive mitral valve repair is considered a challenging procedure.
Mastering the necessary skills takes years of training and clinical experience. To date …

Temporal views of flattened mitral valve geometries

P Eulzer, S Engelhardt, N Lichtenberg… - IEEE transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The mitral valve, one of the four valves in the human heart, controls the bloodflow between
the left atrium and ventricle and may suffer from various pathologies. Malfunctioning valves …

Intraoperative quantitative mitral valve analysis using optical tracking technology

S Engelhardt, I Wolf, S Al-Maisary, H Schmidt… - The Annals of Thoracic …, 2016 - Elsevier
Purpose Analysis of mitral valve morphology during reconstruction is routinely based on
visual assessment and subjective, poorly reproducible measurements. We prove the …

Surgical Rehearsal for Mitral Valve Repair: Personalizing Surgical Simulation by 3D Printing

S Fischer, G Romano, L Sharan, G Warnecke… - The Annals of Thoracic …, 2023 - Elsevier
Purpose The goal of this study was to show possible effects of performing the actual
procedure of mitral valve repair (MVR) on personalized silicone models 1 day before …

Mitral valve flattening and parameter mapping for patient-specific valve diagnosis

N Lichtenberg, P Eulzer, G Romano, A Brčić… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose Intensive planning and analysis from echocardiography are a crucial step before
reconstructive surgeries are applied to malfunctioning mitral valves. Volume visualizations of …

Elastic mitral valve silicone replica made from 3D-printable molds offer advanced surgical training

S Engelhardt, S Sauerzapf, S Al-Maisary… - … 11. bis 13. März 2018 in …, 2018 - Springer
Reconstructive mitral valve surgeries are demanding cardiac surgeries that are conducted in
the mid-age of a surgical career at the earliest. Receiving years of training in patients is …

Comprehensive patient-specific information preprocessing for cardiac surgery simulations

N Schoch, F Kißler, M Stoll, S Engelhardt… - International journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Purpose Patient-specific biomechanical simulations of the behavior of soft tissue gain
importance in current surgery assistance systems as they can provide surgeons with …

Cognitive tools pipeline for assistance of mitral valve surgery

N Schoch, P Philipp, T Weller… - Medical Imaging …, 2016 - spiedigitallibrary.org
For cardiac surgeons, mitral valve reconstruction (MVR) surgery is a highly demanding
procedure, where an artificial annuloplasty ring is implanted onto the mitral valve annulus to …