Prof. Dr.-Ing. Achim Schweikard

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Ratzeburger Allee 160
23562 Lübeck
Gebäude 64, Raum 97

Email: achim.schweikard(at)uni-luebeck.de
Phone: +49 451 31015200
Fax: +49 451 31015204

Short Biography

Achim Schweikard studied Mathematics at Hamburg University and University of Paris XI.
He obtained his PhD from Technical University of Berlin in 1989.
After that he worked as a research associate at the department of computer science at
Stanford university, within a joint appointment between Stanford's departments of
neurosurgery and computer science. In 1994 he joined Technical University of Munich
(TU Munich) as an Associate Professor. In 2002 he joined Luebeck University as a
Full Professor. He is the inventor of numerous technologies in medical robotics. His
invention of correlation-based tracking for cancer radiosurgery has started to become
the standard of care in cancer radiosurgery. A very large number of cancer patients
worldwide has now been treated with this new highly accurate method. His research areas
of interest include medical robotics and artificial intelligence methods.

Memberships

  • Programm Committee: Dt. Ges. Computer und Roboterassistierte Chirurgie - Jahrestagung 2011
  • Programm Committee: Dt. Ges. Computer und Roboterassistierte Chirurgie - Jahrestagung 2010
  • Programm Committee: Dt. Ges. Computer und Roboterassistierte Chirurgie - Jahrestagung 2009
  • Programm Committee: Dt. Ges. Computer und Roboterassistierte Chirurgie - Jahrestagung 2008
  • Programm Committee: AAPM Annual Meeting and Technical Exhibit in Houston, TX, July 27 - July 31, 2008
  • Program Committee: CARS 2012 Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery
  • Program Committee: CARS 2009 Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery
  • Program Committee: CARS 2008 Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery
  • Program Committee: CARS 2007 Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery
  • Program Committee: CARS 2006 Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery
  • Program Committee: MICCAI 2007 Medical Image Computation and Computer-Aided Intervention (2007)
  • Executive Committee: Computer-Aided Radiology (2005)
  • Chairman: Jahrestagung Computer und Roboter-unterstützte Chirurgie (2004)
  • President: Dt. Ges. Computer und Roboter-unterstützte Chirurgie (2003-04)
  • Past-President: Dt. Ges. Computer und Roboter-unterstützte Chirurgie (2004-2005)
  • Coordinator: Schwerpunktprogramm 1124 der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft
  • Program Committee: IEEE Workshop on Intelligent Robots and Systems (2006)
  • Program Committee: IEEE Workshop on Intelligent Robots and Systems (2005)
  • Program Committee: IEEE Workshop on Intelligent Robots and Systems (2004)
  • Program Committee: 2nd Workshop for Medical Robotics, Navigation und Visualisation (MRNV), March 2007
  • Program Committee: International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI) 2012
  • Program Committee: International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI) 2011
  • Member of Editorial Board: Computer Aided Surgery
  • Member of Editorial Board: Int. Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery
  • Member of Editorial Board: Int. Journal of Computer-Assisted Radiology and Surgery
  • Member of Editorial Board: International Scholarly Research Network (ISRN) Robotics
  • Member of Editorial Board: Journal of Computational Medicine
  • Member of Editorial Board: International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
  • Gradschool UNI Luebeck: Academic Director

2019

Sven Böttger, Felix Haxthausen, Markus Kleemann, Floris Ernst, and Achim Schweikard,
Robotics from the bench -- Research for ultrasound automation with augmented reality visualization, 2019.
File: MIC_2019_Program.pdf
Svenja Ipsen, Ivo Kuhlemann, Achim Schweikard, and Floris Ernst,
MO-K-303-3: Continuous long-term imaging with robotic 4D ultrasound for motion compensation in radiotherapy and beyond, 2019. pp. E287-E288.
Nils Rottmann, Ralf Bruder, Achim Schweikard, and Elmar Rueckert,
Loop Closure Detection in Closed Environments, 2019.
Jirapong Manit, Luise Preusse, Achim Schweikard, and Floris Ernst,
Human Forehead Recognition: A Novel Biometric Modality based on NIR Laser Backscattering Feature Image using Deep Transfer Learning, IET Biometrics , vol. online first, 2019. Institution of Engineering and Technology.
DOI:10.1049/iet-bmt.2019.0015
File: iet-bmt.2019.0015
Elmar Rueckert, Philipp Jauer, Alexander Derksen, and Achim Schweikard,
Dynamic Control Strategies for Cable-Driven Master Slave Robots, Keck, Tobias, Eds. Luebeck, Germany , 2019.
Nils Rottmann, Ralf Bruder, Achim Schweikard, and Elmar Rueckert,
Cataglyphis ant navigation strategies solve the global localization problem in robots with binary sensors, Prague, Czech Republic: Proceedings of International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing (BIOSIGNALS), 2019.
File: Biosignals2018Rottmann.pdf
Svenja Ipsen, Ralf Bruder, Verónica García-Vázquez, Achim Schweikard, and Floris Ernst,
Assessment of 4D Ultrasound Systems for Image-guided Radiation Therapy -- Image Quality, Framerates and CT Artifacts, 2019.

2018

Svenja Ipsen, Ralf Bruder, Ivo Kuhlemann, Philipp Jauer, Laura Motisi, Florian Cremers, Floris Ernst, and Achim Schweikard,
A visual probe positioning tool for 4D ultrasound-guided radiotherapy, 2018. pp. 883-886.
DOI:10.1109/EMBC.2018.8512390
File: EMBC.2018.8512390
Jannis Hagenah, Tizian Evers, Michael Scharfschwerdt, Achim Schweikard, and Floris Ernst,
An SVR-based Data-driven Leaflet Modeling Approach for Personalized Aortic Valve Prosthesis Development, Computing in Cardiology , vol. 45, 2018.
Philipp Jauer, Ivo Kuhlemann, Ralf Bruder, Achim Schweikard, and Floris Ernst,
Efficient Registration of High-Resolution Feature Enhanced Point Clouds, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence , vol. 41, no. 5, pp. 1102-1115, 2018.
DOI:10.1109/tpami.2018.2831670
File: tpami.2018.2831670
Jannis Hagenah, Maximilian Hillemanns, Gereon Hüttmann, Floris Ernst, and Achim Schweikard,
Image-based analysis of individual movement patterns of C. elegans, International Conference on Systems Biology 2018 , 2018.
Jirapong Manit, Floris Ernst, and Achim Schweikard,
Relationship between NIR laser power and the human forehead tissue backscattering image features: Photonic Solutions for Better Health Care VI, Popp, Jürgen and Tuchin, Valery V. and Pavone, Francesco S., Eds. Strasbourg (France): SPIE, 2018. pp. 136.
DOI:10.1117/12.2306827
ISBN:9781510618961
File: 12.2306827
Christos Moustakis, Mark K. H. Chan, Jinkoo Kim, Joakim Nilsson, Alanah Bergman, Tewfik J. Bichay, Isabel Palazon Cano, Savino Cilla, Francesco Deodato, Raffaela Doro, Jürgen Dunst, Hans Theodor Eich, Pierre Fau, Ming Fong, Uwe Haverkamp, Simon Heinze, Guido Hildebrandt, Detlef Imhoff, Erik Klerck, Janett Köhn, Ulrike Lambrecht, Britta Loutfi-Krauss, Fatemeh Ebrahimi, Laura Masi, Alan H. Mayville, Ante Mestrovic, Maaike Milder, Alessio G. Morganti, Dirk Rades, Ulla Ramm, Claus Rödel, Frank-Andre Siebert, Wilhelm Toom, Lei Wang, Stefan Wurster, Achim Schweikard, Scott G. Soltys, Samuel Ryu, and Oliver Blanck,
Treatment planning for spinal radiosurgery, Strahlentherapie und Onkologie , 2018.
DOI:10.1007/s00066-018-1314-2
File: s00066-018-1314-2
Svenja Ipsen, Ralf Bruder, Floris Ernst, and Achim Schweikard,
WE-HI-KDBRB1-02: Characterization of 4D ultrasound systems with streaming interfaces for real-time motion compensation in radiotherapy, in Medical Physics , 2018. pp. E644.

2017

Jirapong Manit, Christina Bremer, Achim Schweikard, and Floris Ernst,
Patient identification using a near-infrared laser scanner: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling, Orlando, FL: SPIE, 2017. pp. 101352L.
DOI:10.1117/12.2254963
File: 12.2254963
Ivo Kuhlemann, Markus Kleemann, Philipp Jauer, Achim Schweikard, and Floris Ernst,
Towards X-ray free endovascular interventions - using HoloLens for on-line holographic visualisation, Healthcare Technology Letters , vol. 4, no. 5, pp. 184-187, 2017. Institution of Engineering and Technology.
DOI:10.1049/htl.2017.0061
File: htl.2017.0061
Svenja Ipsen, Ralf Bruder, Esben Schjødt Worm, Rune Hansen, Per Rugaard Poulsen, Morten Høyer, and Achim Schweikard,
Simultaneous acquisition of 4D ultrasound and wireless electromagnetic tracking for in-vivo accuracy validation, Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering , vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 75-78, 2017.
DOI:10.1515/cdbme-2017-0016
File: cdbme-2017-0016
Jannis Hagenah, Achim Schweikard, and Christoph Metzner,
Simplified deformation models for personalization of valve-sparing aortic root reconstruction, 10. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft fuer Biomechanik , pp. 120, 2017.
Jannis Hagenah, Tizian Evers, Michael Scharfschwerdt, and Achim Schweikard,
Data-driven leaflet modeling for personalized aortic valve prostheses development, Biomedical Engineering / Biomedizinische Technik , vol. 62, pp. 403-411, 2017.
Svenja Ipsen, Ralf Bruder, Esben Schjødt Worm, Rune Hansen, Per Rugaard Poulsen, Morten Høyer, and Achim Schweikard,
MO-DE-708-6: In-vivo comparison of real-time 4D ultrasound tracking with electromagnetic transponders in the liver during free breathing, in Medical Physics , 2017. pp. 3069.
Sven Böttger, Svenja Ipsen, Mohammed Al-Badri, Floris Ernst, and Achim Schweikard,
Force sensitive robotics for automated ultrasonic diagnostics and therapy, Dresden: De Gruyter, 2017. pp. s103-s108.
Jirapong Manit, Achim Schweikard, and Floris Ernst,
Deep Convolutional Neural Network Approach for Forehead Tissue Thickness Estimation from NIR Laser Backscattering Images, Dresden, Germany; Dresden , 2017. pp. submitted.
File:
Jannis Hagenah, Michael Scharfschwerdt, Achim Schweikard, and Christoph Metzner,
Combining Deformation Modeling and Machine Learning for Personalized Prosthesis Size Prediction in Valve-Sparing Aortic Root Reconstruction, Lecture Notes in Computer Science , vol. 10263, pp. 461-470, 2017.
Jannis Hagenah, Tizian Evers, Michael Scharfschwerdt, and Achim Schweikard,
An experimental method for evaluation of aortic leaflet shape models for personalized aortic valve prostheses development, 10. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft fuer Biomechanik , pp. 114, 2017.

2016

Jeffrey Schlosser, Renhui Gong, Ralf Bruder, Achim Schweikard, Sungjune Jang, John Henrie, Aya Kamaya, Albert Koong, Daniel Chang, and Dimitre Hristov,
Robotic intra-fractional US guidance for liver SABR: system design, beam avoidance, and clinical imaging, Medical Physics , pp. 5951-5963, 2016.