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Module Image-Guided Therapy
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Introduction
Image-Guided Therapy refers to the concept of guiding medical procedures and interventions through perceiving and viewing of medical image data, possibly extended by using stereotactic tracking systems. Medical imaging typically relates to a great variety of modalities ranging from 2D fluoroscopy and ultrasound to 3D computed tomography and magnet resonance imaging, possibly extended to complex 4D time series and enhanced with functional information (PET, SPECT). Guidance is realized by various means of determination of spatial instrument-to-patient relationship and by suitable visualizations. Image Guidance is very often accompanied by other surgical technologies such as surgical robotics, sensor enhanced instrument systems as well as information and communication technology.
Educational Goal
Students of the IGT module will be introduced to the fundamentals of the above mentioned clinical and technical aspects of image-guided therapy. They will receive an overview of currently applied clinical standards as well as an overview of latest advancements in research. Successful students will be able to develop novel clinic-technological applications for complex medical procedures as well as improve existing approaches to IGT. This will enable further careers both in the industrial and academic sector.
Module Content
Mandatory courses of this module are concerned with the fundamentals of Signal and Image Processing and Medical Image Analysis. Furthermore, fundamental aspects of stereotactic image guidance, tracking, patient-to-image registration and basic clinical applications are taught in the course Computer-Assisted Surgery. Recent trends and fundamental aspects in surgical robot technology, minimally-invasive procedures and its applications within IGT are introduced in the course Medical Robotics.
Additional elective courses extend students competencies in related areas such as computer graphics, pattern recognition, machine learning, and regulatory affairs.
Prerequisites
The language of instruction is English.
Exams
All mandatory courses must be passed.
Recommendations Image-Guided Therapy
The following study plan is highly recommended by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Weber. It is advisable to follow his suggestions as the study coordination organizes an optimal schedule accordingly. If you deviate from the recommendations you might encounter organizational problems such as overlapping courses etc.
List of Mandatory Courses
- Computer Assisted Surgery
- Introduction to Signal and Image Processing
- Medical Image Analysis
- Medical Robotics
List of Recommended Elective Courses
- Computer Graphics
- Computer Vision
- Finite Element Analysis I
- Finite Element Analysis II
- Image-Guided Therapy: Clinical Applications
- Image-Guided Therapy Lab
- Machine Learning
- Management
- Medical Image Analysis Lab
- Modeling and Simulation
- Ophthalmic Technologies
- Regulatory Affairs and Patents
- Tissue Biomechanics
- Tissue Biomechanics Lab
