Inverse Problems and Applications (IPA)
The “Inverse Problems and Applications” (IPA) research group addresses the challenge of inverse problems, essential for reconstructing signals from observations and controlling systems to achieve desired outcomes. The group’s research focuses on advancing clinical imaging through innovative approaches to inverse problems.
Key research areas include:
Tomographic Reconstruction: Developing techniques for various imaging modalities such as cone-beam CT, photon counting CT, robotic CT, PET, SPECT, and OCT, even under suboptimal conditions, to enhance diagnostic accuracy and reliability.
Image Quality: Enhancing the clarity and detail of medical images, promoting better diagnostic and treatment planning capabilities.
Blood Flow Analysis: Predicting and analyzing vascular dynamics to aid in the understanding and treatment of circulatory conditions.
Motion Estimation and Correction: Implementing solutions for both rigid and non-rigid motion, ensuring precise imaging despite patient movement.
Projects
Ait4Surgery: Automatic Intraoperative Tracking for Workflow and Dose Monitoring in X-Ray-based Minimally Invasive Surgeries
The goal of this project is the investigation of multimodal methods for the evaluation of interventional workflows in the operation room. This topic will be researched in an international project context with partners in Germany and in Brazil (UNISINOS in Porto Alegre). Methods will be developed to analyze the processes in an OR based on signals from body-worn sensors, cameras and other modalities like X-ray images recorded during the surgeries. For data analysis, techniques from the field of…
SmartCT: SmartCT - Erforschung und Entwicklung von Methoden der Künstlichen Intelligenz für ein autonomes Roboter-CT System zur 3D-Digitalisierung beliebiger Objekte
In Vorhaben SmartCT sollen KI-Methoden entwickelt und angewendet werden, die Roboter-CT Systemen ermöglicht, selbstständig, also autonom, die äußeren und inneren Strukturen beliebiger Objekte zu digitalisieren. Diese so erzeugten Daten stellen die Basis von neuartigen, innovativen und datengetriebenen Geschäftsmodellen in vielen Bereichen wie Produktentwicklung, Produktion, Handel, Instandhaltung, Sicherheit und Recycling dar.
Roboter-CT Systeme können beliebige Objekte (Fahrzeugkomponenten, Flugz…
KI4D4E: An AI-based framework for visualizing and analyzing massive amounts of 4D tomography data for beamline end users
Synchrotron tomography, using brilliant X-rays, allows for high-resolution, artifact-free imaging. Unlike traditional lab CT, this technique can also conduct rapid 4D tomography experiments, leading to vast amounts of data. The KI4D4E project aims to develop AI methods to process these large data sets. The focus is on artifact reduction, segmentation, and visualization of large 4D data sets. The methods are intended to be applicable to data from both photon and neutron sources.
RTG 1773: Heterogeneous Image Systems, Project C1
IMQSDL: Improving multi-modal quantitative SPECT with Deep Learning approaches to optimize image reconstruction and extraction of medical information
Participating Scientists
Alexander Jung, M. Sc.
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-27775
- Email: alexander.jung@fau.de
- Website: https://lme.tf.fau.de/person/jung/
Chengze Ye, M. Sc.
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-25246
- Email: chengze.ye@fau.de
- Website: https://lme.tf.fau.de/person/chye
Daniel Mosig, M. Sc.
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-25247
- Email: daniel.mosig@fau.de
- Website: https://lme.tf.fau.de/person/damosig/
Farid Tasharofi, M. Sc.
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-27872
- Email: farid.tasharofi@fau.de
- Website: https://lme.tf.fau.de/person/fatasharofi
Manuela Goldmann, M. Sc.
- Phone number: +4991318527891
- Email: manuela.goldmann@fau.de
- Website: https://lme.tf.fau.de/person/magoldmann/
Merlin Nau, M. Sc.
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-28982
- Email: merlin.nau@fau.de
- Website: https://lme.tf.fau.de/person/nau/
Noah Maul, M. Sc.
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-25246
- Email: noah.maul@fau.de
- Website: https://lme.tf.fau.de/person/maul/
Dr.-Ing. Siming Bayer, Dr. -Ing
- Mobile phone: +4917622520695
- Email: siming.bayer@fau.de
- Website: https://lme.tf.fau.de/person/sbayer/
Siyuan Mei, M. Sc.
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-27873
- Email: siyuan.mei@fau.de
- Website: https://lme.tf.fau.de/person/simei/
Stefan Ploner, M. Sc.
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-28982
- Email: stefan.ploner@fau.de
- Website: https://lme.tf.fau.de/person/ploner/
Timo Klemm, M. Sc.
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-27874
- Email: timo.klemm@fau.de
- Website: https://lme.tf.fau.de/person/klemm/
Yipeng Sun, M. Sc.
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-20281
- Email: yipeng.sun@fau.de
- Website: https://lme.tf.fau.de/person/sun/
Next Events:
Universal Image Artifact Reduction via Heterogeneous Mixture of Experts — MT Final Talk by Hanqing Liu
Contact
Manuela Goldmann, M. Sc.
Martensstr. 3
91058 Erlangen
- Phone number: +4991318527891
- Email: manuela.goldmann@fau.de
- Website: https://lme.tf.fau.de/person/magoldmann/
Relations to other fields of research