Project Overview
In minimal invasive surgery, it is crucial that the surgeon can interpret the images from the endoscope correctly. A major unresolved issue in modern endoscopy is the precise differentiation of tissue type and state during the intervention in real-time.
The approach taken in this project uses the different mechanical properties of different tissue types for distinguishing between malign and benign parts of the tissue. The image data from the distal camera and spectroscopic data is merged with multimodal data from other mechanical sensors. This makes it possible to estimate the viscoelastic and elastoplastic tissue parameters based on a constitutive model. The segmentation of the tissue can be performed using the identified parameters.
Partners
- University Department of Urology, Tübingen
- University Department of Gynecology, Tübingen
- Institute for Applied Physics , University of Tübingen
- Institute of Applied Optics, University of Stuttgart
- Institute for Materials Testing, Materials Science and Strength of Materials, University of Stuttgart
- Aesculap AG
Publications
- D. Claus, P. M. Schumacher, T. Labitzke, M. Mlikota, U. Weber, S. Schmauder, N. Schierbaum, T. E. Schäffer, P. Wittmuess, T. Teutsch, C. Tarín, S. Hoffmann, F. A. Taran, S. Brucker, J. Mischinger, A. Stenzel & W. Osten, “Intraoperative model based identification of tissue properties using a multimodal and multiscale elastographic measurement approach”, Proceedings of SPIE, 2015, pp. 95400M-1-95400M-6, doi:10.1117/12.2183876
- D. Claus, P. M. Schumacher, M. Wilke, M. Mlikota, U. Weber, S. Schmauder, N. Schierbaum, T. E. Schäffer, P. Wittmuess, T. Teutsch, C. Tarín, S. Hoffmann, S. Brucker, J. Mischinger, C. Schwentner, A. Stenzl & W. Osten, “Intraoperative model based identification of tissue properties based on multimodal and multiscale measurements”, Proceedings of SPIE, 2015, pp. 932805-1-932805-5, doi:10.1117/12.2076831
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F. Schlagenhauf, P. Wittmuess, C. Tarin, T. Teutsch & O. Sawodny, “Stiffness gradient detection for tissue discrimination based on identification of mass-spring-damper models”, IEEE Conference on Control Applications (CCA), Sydney, NSW, Australia, 2015, pp. 1057-1062, doi:10.1109/CCA.2015.7320752
- H. Vöhringer, "Modellbasierte Parameteridentifikation inhomogen verteilter Steifigkeiten mittels Volumensteifigkeitsmodell", Studienarbeit, 2015
- F. Schlagenhauf, "Viskoelastische Modellierung und systemdynamische Analyse von Weichgewebe mittels Feder-Masse-Dämpfer-Systemen", Bachelorarbeit, 2014
Funding
The project is part of the „Industry on Campus“-program of the IZST (Inter-University Center for Medical Technologies Stuttgart-Tuebingen). It is funded by the participating universities, the industrial partner Aesculap AG as well as the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg.
Contact
Cristina Tarín
Prof. Dr.-Ing.Deputy Head of Institute