Felix Denzinger

Dr.-Ing. Felix Denzinger

Researcher

Department of Computer Science
Chair of Computer Science 5 (Pattern Recognition)

Room 09.153
Martensstr. 3
91058 Erlangen

Phone number: +49 9131 85-25246
Fax number: +49 9131 85-27270
Email: felix.denzinger@fau.de
Website: https://lme.tf.fau.de/person/denzinger/

Experience

Since 2019
Doctoral Researcher
SHS CT R&D CTC IA | Pattern Recognition Lab
2018
Master’s Thesis Student
SHS CT R&D CTC IA
2018 – 2021
Teaching Assistant, Exercise Instructor of the Deep Learning Course
2016 – 2017
Working Student
SHS AT R&D HW RACE

Publications

2023

Journal Articles

Thies M., Wagner F., Maul N., Folle L., Meier M., Rohleder M., Schneider LS., Pfaff L., Gu M., Utz J., Denzinger F., Manhart M., Maier A.:
Gradient-based geometry learning for fan-beam CT reconstruction
In: Physics in Medicine and Biology 68 (2023), Article No.: 205004
ISSN: 0031-9155
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/acf90e
URL: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6560/acf90e
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Doerrich S., Kordon FJ., Denzinger F., El Barbari JS., Privalov M., Vetter SY., Maier A., Kunze H.:
Fast 3D YOLOv3 based standard plane regression of vertebral bodies in intra-operative CBCT volumes
In: Journal of Medical Imaging 10 (2023)
ISSN: 2329-4310
DOI: 10.1117/1.JMI.10.3.034503
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Denzinger F., Wels M., Breininger K., Taubmann O., Mühlberg A., Allmendinger T., Gülsün MA., Schöbinger M., André F., Buss SJ., Görich J., Sühling M., Maier A.:
How scan parameter choice affects deep learning-based coronary artery disease assessment from computed tomography
In: Scientific Reports 13 (2023), p. 2563-
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-29347-9
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Mühlberg A., Ritter P., Langer S., Goossens C., Nübler S., Schneidereit D., Taubmann O., Denzinger F., Nörenberg D., Haug M., Schürmann S., Horstmeyer R., Maier A., Goldmann W., Friedrich O., Kreiß L.:
SEMPAI: a Self-Enhancing Multi-Photon Artificial Intelligence for Prior-Informed Assessment of Muscle Function and Pathology
In: Advanced Science (2023)
ISSN: 2198-3844
DOI: 10.1002/advs.202206319
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Conference Contributions

Denzinger F., Wels M., Taubmann O., Kordon FJ., Wagner F., Mehltretter S., Gülsün MA., Schöbinger M., André F., Buss SJ., Görich J., Sühling M., Maier A., Breininger K.:
Handling Label Uncertainty on the Example of Automatic Detection of Shepherd’s Crook RCA in Coronary CT Angiography
2023 IEEE 20th International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI) (Cartagena, April 18, 2023 - April 21, 2023)
In: Proceedings - International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging 2023
DOI: 10.1109/ISBI53787.2023.10230565
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Packhäuser K., Gündel S., Thamm F., Denzinger F., Maier A.:
Deep Learning-Based Anonymization of Chest Radiographs: A Utility-Preserving Measure for Patient Privacy
International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention – MICCAI 2023 (Vancouver, October 8, 2023 - October 12, 2023)
In: Greenspan H, Madabhushi A, Mousavi P, Salcudean S, Duncan J, Syeda-Mahmood T, Taylor R (ed.): Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention – MICCAI 2023, Cham: 2023
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-43898-1_26
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Rohleder M., Pradel C., Wagner F., Thies M., Maul N., Denzinger F., Maier A., Kreher B.:
Enabling Geometry Aware Learning Through Differentiable Epipolar View Translation
26th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2023 (Vancouver, BC, CAN, October 8, 2023 - October 12, 2023)
In: Hayit Greenspan, Hayit Greenspan, Anant Madabhushi, Parvin Mousavi, Septimiu Salcudean, James Duncan, Tanveer Syeda-Mahmood, Russell Taylor (ed.): Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) 2023
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-43898-1_6
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Wagner F., Thies M., Pfaff L., Aust O., Pechmann S., Weidner D., Maul N., Rohleder M., Gu M., Utz J., Denzinger F., Maier A.:
On the Benefit of Dual-Domain Denoising in a Self-Supervised Low-Dose CT Setting
20th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, ISBI 2023 (Cartagena, April 18, 2023 - April 21, 2023)
In: Proceedings - International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging 2023
DOI: 10.1109/ISBI53787.2023.10230511
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Pfaff L., Wagner F., Hoßbach J., Preuhs E., Maul N., Thies M., Denzinger F., Nickel MD., Wuerfl T., Maier A.:
Robust multi-contrast MRI denoising using trainable bilateral filters without noise-free targets
International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI)
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Rist L., Taubmann O., Muhlberg A., Denzinger F., Thamm F., Sühling M., Norenberg D., Holch JW., Maurus S., Gebauer L., Huber T., Maier A.:
Spatial Lesion Graphs: Analyzing Liver Metastases with Geometric Deep Learning for Cancer Survival Regression
20th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, ISBI 2023 (Cartagena, April 18, 2023 - April 21, 2023)
In: Proceedings - International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging 2023
DOI: 10.1109/ISBI53787.2023.10230367
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Liu C., Denzinger F., Folle L., Qiu J., Klein L., Maier J., Kachelrieb M., Lell M., Maier A.:
Whole-Body Multi-Organ Segmentation Using Anatomical Attention
20th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, ISBI 2023 (Cartagena, COL, April 18, 2023 - April 21, 2023)
In: Proceedings - International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging 2023
DOI: 10.1109/ISBI53787.2023.10230529
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2022

Journal Articles

Wagner F., Thies M., Denzinger F., Gu M., Patwari M., Ploner S., Maul N., Pfaff L., Huang Y., Maier A.:
Trainable joint bilateral filters for enhanced prediction stability in low-dose CT
In: Scientific Reports 12 (2022), Article No.: 17540
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-22530-4
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Martín Vicario C., Kordon FJ., Denzinger F., El Barbari JS., Privalov M., Franke J., Thomas S., Kausch L., Maier A., Kunze H.:
Automatic plane adjustment of orthopedic intraoperative flat panel detector CT-volumes
In: Journal of Medical Imaging 9 (2022), p. 1-19
ISSN: 2329-4310
DOI: 10.1117/1.JMI.9.3.034001
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Conference Contributions

Denzinger F., Wels M., Taubmann O., Gülsün MA., Schöbinger M., Andre F., Buss SJ., Goerich J., Sühling M., Maier A., Breininger K.:
CAD-RADS Scoring using Deep Learning and Task-Specific Centerline Labeling
International Conference on Medical Imaging with Deep Learning (Zürich, July 6, 2022 - July 8, 2022)
In: PMLR (ed.): PMLR 2022
URL: https://proceedings.mlr.press/v172/denzinger22a.html
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Kunzmann S., Marzahl C., Denzinger F., Bertram C., Klopfleisch R., Breininger K., Christlein V., Maier A.:
First Steps on Gamification of Lung Fluid Cells Annotations in the Flower Domain
German Workshop on Medical Image Computing, 2022 (Heidelberg, DEU, June 26, 2022 - June 28, 2022)
In: Klaus Maier-Hein, Thomas M. Deserno, Heinz Handels, Andreas Maier, Christoph Palm, Thomas Tolxdorff (ed.): Informatik aktuell 2022
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-36932-3_48
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Martín Vicario C., Kordon FJ., Denzinger F., El Barbari JS., Privalov M., Franke J., Maier A., Kunze H.:
Normalization techniques for CNN based analysis of surgical cone beam CT volumes
SPIE Medical Imaging 2022 (San Diego, California, February 20, 2022 - March 28, 2022)
In: Išgum I, Colliot O (ed.): Medial Imaging 2022, Image Processing 2022
DOI: 10.1117/12.2606973
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Thamm F., Taubmann O., Jürgens M., Thamm A., Denzinger F., Rist L., Ditt H., Maier A.:
Building Brains: Subvolume Recombination for Data Augmentation in Large Vessel Occlusion Detection
Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention - MICCAI 2022 (Singapore, September 18, 2022 - September 22, 2022)
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-16437-8_61
URL: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-16437-8_61
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Denzinger F., Wels M., Taubmann O., Gülsün MA., Schöbinger M., Andre F., Buss SJ., Goerich J., Sühling M., Maier A., Breininger K.:
CAD-RADS Scoring using Deep Learning and Task-Specific Centerline Labeling
Medical Imaging with Deep Learning (Zürich, July 6, 2022 - July 8, 2022)
Open Access: https://openreview.net/pdf?id=vVPMifME8b
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2021

Conference Contributions

Thamm F., Taubmann O., Denzinger F., Jürgens M., Ditt H., Maier A.:
SyNCCT: Synthetic Non-Contrast Images of the Brain from Single-Energy Computed Tomography Angiography
Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention – MICCAI 2021 (Strasbourg, September 27, 2021 - October 1, 2021)
In: Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention – MICCAI 2021, Cham: 2021
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-87234-2_64
URL: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-87234-2_64
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Denzinger F., Wels M., Breininger K., Gülsün MA., Schöbinger M., André F., Buß S., Görich J., Sühling M., Maier A.:
Abstract: Automatic CAD-RADS Scoring using Deep Learning
German Workshop on Medical Image Computing, 2021 (Regensburg, DEU, March 7, 2021 - March 9, 2021)
In: Christoph Palm, Heinz Handels, Klaus Maier-Hein, Thomas M. Deserno, Andreas Maier, Thomas Tolxdorff (ed.): Informatik aktuell 2021
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-33198-6_24
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Martín Vicario C., Kordon FJ., Denzinger F., Weiten M., Thomas S., Kausch L., Franke J., Keil H., Maier A., Kunze H.:
Automatic Plane Adjustment in Surgical Cone Beam CT-volumes
German Workshop on Medical Image Computing, 2021 (Regensburg, March 7, 2021 - March 9, 2021)
In: Christoph Palm, Heinz Handels, Klaus Maier-Hein, Thomas M. Deserno, Andreas Maier, Thomas Tolxdorff (ed.): Informatik aktuell 2021
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-33198-6_40
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Denzinger F., Wels M., Hopfgartner C., Lu J., Schöbinger M., Maier A., Sühling M.:
Coronary Plaque Analysis for CT Angiography Clinical Research
German Workshop on Medical Image Computing, 2021 (Regensburg, DEU, March 7, 2021 - March 9, 2021)
In: Christoph Palm, Heinz Handels, Klaus Maier-Hein, Thomas M. Deserno, Andreas Maier, Thomas Tolxdorff (ed.): Informatik aktuell 2021
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-33198-6_53
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Miscellaneous

Thamm F., Denzinger F., Rist L., Martín Vicario C., Kordon FJ., Maier A.:
Segmentation of the Carotid Lumen and Vessel Wall using Deep Learning and Location Priors
(2021)
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(Conference report)

2020

Conference Contributions

Denzinger F., Wels M., Breininger K., Gülsün MA., Schöbinger M., Andre F., Buss SJ., Goerich J., Sühling M., Maier A.:
Automatic CAD-RADS Scoring using Deep Learning
23rd International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (Lima, Peru, October 4, 2020 - October 8, 2020)
In: Martel AL, Abolmaesumi P, Stoyanov D, Mateus D, Zuluaga MA, Zhou SK, Racoceanu D, Joskowicz L (ed.): Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention – MICCAI 2020, Cham: 2020
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-59725-2
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Taubmann O., Li J., Denzinger F., Eibenberger E., Müller F., Brejnebøl M., Maier A.:
Automatic Detection of Free Intra-Abdominal Air in Computed Tomography
23rd International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (Lima, October 4, 2020 - October 8, 2020)
In: Martel AL, Abolmaesumi P, Stoyanov D, Mateus D, Zuluaga MA, Zhou SK, Racoceanu D, Joskowicz L (ed.): Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention – MICCAI 2020, Cham: 2020
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-59713-9
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Martín Vicario C., Kordon FJ., Denzinger F., Weiten M., Thomas S., Kausch L., Franke J., Keil H., Maier A., Kunze H.:
Automatic Plane Adjustment of Orthopedic Intraoperative Flat Panel Detector CT-Volumes
International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI) (Lima, October 4, 2020 - October 8, 2020)
In: Martel AL, Abolmaesumi P, Stoyanov D, Mateus D, Zuluaga MA, Zhou SK, Racoceanu D, Joskowicz L (ed.): Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention – MICCAI 2020, Cham: 2020
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-59713-9_47
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Denzinger F., Wels M., Breininger K., Reidelshöfer A., Eckert J., Sühling M., Schmermund A., Maier A.:
Abstract: Coronary Artery Plaque Characterization from CCTA Scans Using DL and Radiomics
BVM Workshop 2020 (Berlin, March 15, 2020 - March 17, 2020)
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-29267-6_44
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Denzinger F., Wels M., Breininger K., Reidelshöfer A., Eckert J., Sühling M., Schmermund A., Maier A.:
Deep Learning Algorithms for Coronary Artery Plaque Characterisation from CCTA Scans
BVM Workshop 2020 (Berlin, March 15, 2020 - December 17, 2019)
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-29267-6_42
URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1912.06417
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2019

Conference Contributions

Denzinger F., Wels M., Ravikumar N., Breininger K., Reidelshöfer A., Eckert J., Sühling M., Schmermund A., Maier A.:
Coronary Artery Plaque Characterization from CCTA Scans Using Deep Learning and Radiomics
MICCAI (Shenzhen, October 13, 2019 - October 17, 2019)
In: Shen, D., Liu, T., Peters, T.M., Staib, L.H., Essert, C., Zhou, S., Yap, P.-T., Khan, A. (ed.): MICCAI 2019: Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention – MICCAI 2019 2019
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-32251-9_65
URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/1912.06075
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Theses

Student	Title	Type	Status
Ibrahim Maniaa	Fully Automated Segmentation of Subcutaneous Fat in CT Images	MA thesis	finished
Klaus Fischer	Cardiac Functional Analysis – Automated Strain Analysis of the left Ventricle using Computed Tomography	MA thesis	running
Stephanie Mehltretter	Fully Automated Classification of Anatomical Variants of the Coronary Arteries from Cardiac Computed Tomography Angiography	MA thesis	finished
Simon Langer	DeepTechnome – Mitigating Bias Related to Image Formation in Deep Learning Based Assessment of CT Images	BA thesis	finished
Sebastian Dörrich	Localization and Standard Plane Regression of Vertebral Bodies in Intra-Operative CBCT Volumes	MA thesis	finished
Celia Martín Vicario	Automatic detection of standard planes in surgical FD-CT volumes	MA thesis	finished
Dmitrij Vinokour	Detection of Hand Drawn Electrical Circuit Diagrams and their Components using Deep Learning Methods and Conversion into LTspice Format	MA thesis	finished
Stephanie Mehltretter	Augmentation of CT Images by Variation of Non-Rigid Deformation Vector Field Amplitudes	Project	running
Leonhard Rist	Geometric Deep Learning for Multifocal Diseases	MA thesis	finished
Jiayue Zhao	Optimization of the Input Resolution for Dermoscopy Image Classification Tasks	MA thesis	finished
Mahnoor Tanveer	Rigid Registration of Bones for Freely Deforming Follow-Up CT Scans	MA thesis	finished

Dr.-Ing. Felix Denzinger

Experience Experience

Publications Publications

2023 2023

Journal Articles

Conference Contributions

2022 2022

Journal Articles

Conference Contributions

2021 2021

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Miscellaneous

2020 2020

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2019 2019

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