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Dirk Wilhelm
Imaging / Radiology
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Open AccessExtra-abdominal trocar and instrument detection for enhanced surgical workflow understanding
Video-based intra-abdominal instrument tracking for laparoscopic surgeries is a common research area. However, the tracking can only be done with instruments that are actually visible in the laparoscopic image...
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Open AccessTowards multimodal graph neural networks for surgical instrument anticipation
Decision support systems and context-aware assistance in the operating room have emerged as the key clinical applications supporting surgeons in their daily work and are generally based on single modalities. T...
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Open AccessModel-based individual life-spanning documentation in visceral surgery: a proof of concept
Surgical documentation has many implications. However, its primary function is to transfer information about surgical procedures to other medical professionals. Thereby, written reports describing procedures i...
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Open AccessAudio-based event detection in the operating room
Even though workflow analysis in the operating room has come a long way, current systems are still limited to research. In the quest for a robust, universal setup, hardly any attention has been given to the di...
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Open AccessThe sound of surgery-development of an acoustic trocar system enabling laparoscopic sound analysis
Acoustic information can contain viable information in medicine and specifically in surgery. While laparoscopy depends mainly on visual information, our goal is to develop the means to capture and process acou...
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Open AccessCorrection to: Versatile end effector for laparoscopic robotic scrub nurse
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Open AccessVersatile end effector for laparoscopic robotic scrub nurse
Integrating robotic scrub nurses in the operating room has the potential to help overcome staff shortages and limited use of available operating capacities in hospitals. Existing approaches of robotic scrub nu...
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Open AccessTowards the OR of the future: introducing an adaptive and technology-embracing OR wing layout
Overageing and climate change cause a need for making processes in the operating room wing (OR wing) more efficient. While many promising technologies are available today, traditional OR wings are not designed...
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Open AccessMobile service robots for the operating room wing: balancing cost and performance by optimizing robotic fleet size and composition
Integrating fleets of mobile service robots into the operating room wing (OR wing) has the potential to help overcome staff shortages and reduce the amount of dull or unhealthy tasks for humans. However, the O...
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Open AccessThe colonoscopic vacuum model–simulating biomechanical restrictions to provide a realistic colonoscopy training environment
Practicing endoscopic procedures is fundamental for the education of clinicians and the benefit of patients. Despite a diverse variety of model types, there is no system simulating anatomical restrictions and ...
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Open AccessElectromagnetic tool for the endoscopic creation of colon anastomoses—development and feasibility assessment of a novel anastomosis compression implant approach
Colorectal anastomoses are among the most commonly performed interventions in abdominal surgery, while associated patient trauma is still high. Most recent trends of endoscopic anastomosis devices integrate ma...
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The hospital of the future: rethinking architectural design to enable new patient-centered treatment concepts
Today’s hospitals are designed as collections of individual departments, with limited communication and collaboration between medical sub-specialties. Patients are constantly being moved between different plac...
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The clinical day at CARS: philosophy, strategy, and the future
For over three decades, the Computer-Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS) International Congress and Exhibition has provided a forum for the presentation of innovations in computer applications in radiology, ...
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Open AccessTelemedical percussion: objectifying a fundamental clinical examination technique for telemedicine
While demand for telemedicine is increasing, patients are currently restricted to tele-consultation for the most part. Fundamental diagnostics like the percussion still require the in person expertize of a phy...
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Open AccessRAY-POS: a LIDAR-based assistance system for intraoperative repositioning of mobile C-arms without external aids
In current clinical practice, intraoperative repositioning of mobile C-arms is challenging due to a lack of visual cues and efficient guiding tools. This can be detrimental to the surgical workflow and lead to...
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Open AccessEffective operating room (OR) utilization by performing low-complex surgical procedures during the 2020 corona pandemic
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has almost stopped all elective surgical treatment throughout the world. As operating room (OR) capacities are reduced everywhere to ensure availability of intensive care capacities, es...
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Open AccessDesign of a force-measuring setup for colorectal compression anastomosis and first ex-vivo results
The introduction of novel endoscopic instruments is essential to reduce trauma in visceral surgery. However, endoscopic device development is hampered by challenges in respecting the dimensional restrictions, ...
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Open AccessCOVID-19 and beyond: development of a comprehensive telemedical diagnostic framework
During the COVID-19 pandemic, a threatening bottleneck of medical staff arose due to a shortage of trained caregivers, who became infected while working with infectious patients. While telemedicine is rapidly ...
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CARS guidelines for Scholarly Video communication
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Open AccessEvaluation of long-term stability of monolithic 3D-printed robotic manipulator structures for minimally invasive surgery
In the era of patient-centered medicine, clinical procedures, tools and instruments should be individually adapted to the patient. In this context, the presented 3D-printed Single-Port Overtube Manipulator Sys...
