Background Liver medical procedures are considered one of the most challenging because
of the liver's complex geometry, heterogeneity, mechanical properties, and movement due to …

This paper discusses current methods and trends for 3D bounding box detection in
volumetric medical image data. For this purpose, an overview of relevant papers from recent …

A two-step concept for 3D segmentation on 5 abdominal organs inside volumetric CT
images is presented. First each relevant organ's volume of interest is extracted as bounding …

The gynecological cancer mortality rate, including cervical, ovarian, vaginal and vulvar
cancers, is more than 20,000 annually in the US alone. In many countries, including the US …

Vascular structures are assessed, eg, in tumor surgery to understand the influence of a
planned resection on the vascular supply and venous drainage. The understanding of …

The process of learning a human's movement and motor control mechanisms by watching
and mimicking human motions was based on visuo-motor control in three dimensional …

Current virtual reality (VR) training simulators of liver punctures often rely on static 3D patient
data and use an unrealistic (sinusoidal) periodic animation of the respiratory movement …

Objective: Soft tissue deformation and ruptures complicate needle placement. However,
ruptures at tissue interfaces also contain information which helps physicians to navigate …

Virtual reality (VR) training simulators of liver needle insertion in the hepatic area of
breathing virtual patients often need 4D image data acquisitions as a prerequisite. Here, first …

Recently, the institutionalized transformation of frontal instruction classrooms into active
learning spaces to foster the concept of (inter-) active learning has gained increasing …