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December 2025
On December 8, the kick-off meeting of the research project KIRAL – AI-based resection planning and adaptation in liver surgery after neoadjuvant therapy took place at the Wissenschaftshafen in Magdeburg. All cooperation partners gathered for the first time: AI-based image analysis specialists from the University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH), visualisation and AR/VR experts from Otto-von-Guericke-University of Madgeburg (OVGU) and 3DQR GmbH, surgeons from UMM Mainz, as well as data analysts from GENIE. In a very pleasant and constructive atmosphere, the partners get to know each other with their scientific background and current projects, as well as discussing their KIRAL project contributions within the overall project’s strategy, objectives, and next steps.
The UKSH project contribution focuses on AI-driven image processing for individualized resection planning. For each patient, a personalized 3D model including all relevant anatomical structures is generated to predict the optimal resection plane. By incorporating various factors—such as patient-specific anatomy, precise assessments of liver function, and response to neoadjuvant therapies—the risk of PHLF can be minimized and patient outcomes improved. Intraoperatively, IOUS enables necessary adjustments to the preoperative plan, which can be implemented with AI support, while XAI methods ensure that the suggested modifications are transparent and comprehensible for the surgical team.
October 2025
Successful PhD thesis defence of Lena Iam Spitz titled “Computational support for morphology-driven analysis of neurovascular pathologies”. Iam was working within the DFG project SCALE and worked primarily in the area of medical image processing for neurovascular diseases, especially intracranial aneurysms. Joint research projects were realised with PD Naomi Larsen (UKSH) and Prof. Daniel Behme (University hospital Magdeburg). The thesis was reviewed by Prof. Sylvia Saalfeld (CAU Kiel / UKSH), Prof. Bernhard Preim (Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg) and Prof. Dorit Merhof (University of Regensburg).
October 2024
Our joint DFG proposal LIZARD (Liver resection zone prediction using image-based and geometric deep leearning) with Dr. med. Florentine Huettl of the University Medical Center Mainz got accepted! Goal of the project will be an AI-based prediction of the resection zone for liver tumor patients.
September 2024
Our project PEACOCC (Innovative and Patient-specific visualisation tEchniques for pre-operAtive optimization in onCOlogic surgery for perihilar CholangioCarcinoma) was accepted for funding by the German Cancer Aid (Deutsche Krebshilfe)!
In September 2024, an interdisciplinary research team from the Research Campus STIMULATE together with Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin and University Hospital Schleswig Holstein started joint research work in the AI4IA project (Automated Segmentation and DIscrimination for Intracranial Aneurysms). The main objective of the AI4IA project is to identify and reduce sources of uncertainty in the determination of morphological and hemodynamic parameters in order to enable translation into healthcare.
The project is designed as a first step towards the development of robust rupture risk prediction systems and is planned to last 36 months as part of the second DFG priority program phase (SPP2311). It is planned as a cooperation project between the research groups in Berlin and Magdeburg specializing in neurovascular issues, with each research group being supported by a clinical partner site.
The research groups have many years of experience in modelling brain aneurysms, while the clinical partner sites have corresponding clinical expertise and provide geometries of real cases in pseudonymized form. In this context, the cooperation partners focusing on medical flows (PD Philipp Berg), neuroradiological evaluation (Prof Daniel Behme) and AI-based image analysis (me) will work closely together.
Happy and full of anticipation after the successful founding symposium on June 10, 2024 in Kiel: The members of the founding team (from left to right) Prof. Cyron, Prof. Checa, Prof. Jansen, Prof. Saalfeld, Prof. Deuschl, Prof. Willumeit-Römer and Prof. Quandt. Other members (not pictured): Prof. Tomforde and Prof. Popp.
June 2024
Interdisciplinary Research Team IDIR - See also website of Prof. Regine Wilumeit-Römer for more details here: https://www.hereon.de/institutes/metallic_biomaterials/index.php.de
The CAU Kiel University, the Helmholtz Center Hereon and the University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH) are joining forces in the field of digital implant research. The aim of this interdisciplinary project is to take implant development to a new level by combining biomaterial research, data science, AI and medical research.
May 2024
Since Mai 2024 I am W3 professor for AI in medical applications at the University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, at Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel.
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