AUTOMED: Program


On Tuesday, the welcome reception will take place in the Cafeteria.

17:30 - 21:00

17:30 - 21:00
Registration and Technical Help Desk

17:30 - 21:00

17:30 - 21:00
Welcome Reception of the AUTOMED+MedRob Symposium
Thomas Seel


On Wednesday, the symposium (full program) will take place at the Skywalk – NIFE.

08:30 - 18:00

08:30 - 18:00
Registration and Technical Help Desk

09:00 - 10:00

09:00 - 10:00
Welcome Who-is-who

General Info

Leon Budde, Daniel Weber, Thomas Seel | Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institute of Mechatronic Systems

TC AUTOMED

Philipp Rostalski | Fraunhofer IMTE and Universität zu Lübeck, Institute for Electrical Engineering in Medicine

TC MedRob

Jannis Hagenah | Universitätsmedzin Göttingen, Center for Digital Surgery
Maria Henke | TH Mittelhessen, Department of Interactive Mechatronics in Biomedical Engineering
Massimo Kubon | HS Furtwangen, Faculty for Engineering and Technology

Marie Curie Doctoral Network Aerialist

Hans Hallez | KU Leuven, Distributed and Secure Software (DistriNet)

10:00 - 10:30

10:00 - 10:30
Who-is-who Spotlight Talks 1/2

MHH, Clinical Department of Cardiothoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery

Arjang Ruhparwar

Stanford, KTH

Carina Veil

RWTH Aachen, Chair of Medical Information Technology

Marian Walter

MHH, Clinical Department of Cardiothoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery

Bettina Wiegmann

TU Dresden, Institute of Biomedical Engineering

Susanne Kromnik

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)

Juan Moreno

Johnson & Johnson MedTech / ABiomed

Katrin Lunze

10:30 - 11:00

10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:00

11:00 - 12:00
Who-is-who Spotlight Talks 2/2

MHH, Clinical Department of Trauma Surgery

Jennifer Ernst

KU Leuven, Waves: Core Research and Engineering (WaveCore)

Dries Vanoost

RWTH Aachen, Institute of Automatic Control

Heike Vallery

MHH, Institute of AudioNeuroTechnology (VIANNA)

Thomas Rau

FAU Erlangen, Surgical Planning and Robotic Cognition Lab

Franziska Mathis-Ullrich

ETH Zürich, Department of Health Sciences and Technology

Robert Riener

Politechnico Milano, Department of Electronics Information and Bioengineering

Simona Ferrante

Ottobock SE & KGaA

Jose González

12:00 - 13:30

12:00 - 13:30
Lunch with parallel Lab Tours

13:30 - 15:00

13:30 - 15:00
Technical Session 1 Automation in Medicine
Chairs: Maike Stemmler, Olaf Simanski

2475

Multi-scale particle image velocimetry for respiratory flows and comparison with numerical simulations

Seyedmohsen Baghaei Oskouei, Veronica Viola, Christian Jordan, Theresia Baumgartner, Alexander Aloy, Robert Kölbl, Michael Harasek, Margit Gföhler

2500

Measuring respiratory surface EMG with ECG electrode leads

Andra Oltmann, Jan Graßhoff, Nils Lange, Tobias Knopp, Philipp Rostalski

2507

A Multimodal Platform for Adaptive Functional Electrical Stimulation Cycling

Matteo Antonino Caruso, Giovanni Corvini, Yoel Alonso Cadierno, Juan Camillo Moreno

2519

Estimating internal pituitary-thyroid hormone concentrations from irregular measurements

Seth Siriya, Tobias M. Wolff, Isabelle Krauss, Victor G. Lopez, Matthias A. Müller

2525

Evaluation of a two-compartment CO2 gas exchange model for neonates in preterm lamb data

Lorenz Michael, Valerie Pfannschmidt, Marian Walter, Steffen Leonhardt, Mark Schoberer, André Stollenwerk

2543

SWIR based vital parameter detection using pulsed illumination

Olaf Simanski, Niklas Huhs

15:00 - 15:30

15:00 - 15:30
Coffee Break

15:30 - 17:00

15:30 - 17:00
Technical Session 2 Medical Robotics
Chairs: Maria Henke, Georg Rauter

2481

Vibroacoustic sensing for collision detection in robot-assisted laparoscopy

Nazila Esmaeili, Sukumar Reddy Kattameedi, Axel Boese, Christian Hansen, Jannis Hagenah, Alfredo Illanes

2482

Modeling surgeon-specific instrument usage profiles to improve instrument anticipation

Lars Wagner, Lukas Bernhard, Alexander Geiger, Dennis Schneider, Alois Knoll, Dirk Wilhelm

2512

Virtual Technician: A multi-modal interface facilitating therapists’ adoption of rehab robots

Max-Ole Bastian von Waldow, Robert Riener, Michael Sommerhalder, Peter Wolf

2520

A Twin Robotic CT System Simulation using MuJoCo and gVXR for Medical Applications

Lukas Freiling, Moritz Schaar, Maik Stille, Dennis Kundrat

2529

Transparent Control and ROS2 Hardware-Software Integration of a Commercial Knee Orthosis

Fabian Just, Domenico Caliandro, Yuhong Zhou, Sanjeet Malawade, Emmanuel Dean-Leon

2532

Phase-oriented feedback design for robotic scrub nurse handovers with contactless haptics

Ada-Lotta Bachmann, Flakë Bajraktari, Peter Schmid, Peter P. Pott, Max B. Schäfer

17:00 - 19:00

17:00 - 19:00
Get-together & Networking Event with Snacks & Drinks


On Thursday, the symposium (full program) will take place at the Main Lecture Hall - 8130.

08:30 - 17:30

08:30 - 17:30
Registration and Technical Help Desk

09:00 - 09:30

09:00 - 09:30
Technical Session 3 Automation & Control
Chairs: Thomas Schauer, Christina Salchow-Hömmen

2467

Towards data-driven predictive temperature control for retinal laser treatments

Andra-Karina Poetschki, Marietta Sophie Huch, Henrik Volkens, Hossam S. Abbas, Ralf Brinkmann

2536

Object-oriented Modeling of Renal Autoregulation for a Cardiovascular System

Markus Lueken, Steffen Leonhardt, Marian Walter

09:30 - 10:15

09:30 - 10:15
Poster Pitch Session
Chairs: Thomas Schauer, Christina Salchow-Hömmen

2471

Comparative Analysis of Feature Selection Methods in the use-case of ARDS Classification in Clinical Time-Series Data

Simon Fonck, Sina Wedding, Sebastian Fritsch, André Stollenwerk

2472

Hands-Free mechatronic Movements

Verena Schmidt, Rolf Schmidt, Stefan Doleschal, Marco Masannek

2474

Usability and acceptance of an upper-limb exosuit in the home environment

Adrian Esser, Celine Ly, Peter Wolf, Robert Riener

2476

Simulative analysis of interlocking polygonal concentric tube robots during rotation

Juliane Mayer, Jana Rittelmann, Peter P. Pott

2477

Clinically Informed Adaptive Control for Rehabilitation Robots: A Framework for Improved Patient Interaction

Zahra Shahrbaf, Leon Budde , Thomas Seel, Andrea Turolla, Iris Jakob

2480

Mathematical modelling of intraoperative gas exchange in extracorporeal oxygenation

Dominik Thomas Schulte, Anna Scampicchio, Marianne Schmid Daners, Melanie N. Zeilinger

2483

Contactless ultrasound imaging for pediatric forearm fracture detection

Rucha Golwalkar, Ludger Tüshaus, Floris Ernst

2485

Towards quantitative ergonomic assessment in robotic surgery using depth imaging

Georg Wolf, Zino Ruchay, Johannes Peter Ackermann, Julian Maria Pape, Anne Katrin Brust, Alexandra Eberenz, Philipp Rostalski, Nicolai Maass, Ibrahim Alkatout, Dennis Kundrat

2489

On the search of CNN network parameters

Max Bindemann, Thomas Schanze

2490

Freeze-3D-printing of form-stable sodium alginate: a material platform toward local drug-delivery implants

Martina Knabel, Verena Scheper, Julia Körner

2492

Simulation-aided workflow toward dynamic fluid phantoms for impedance plethysmography

Johannes Hoffmann, Larissa Fueller, Roman Kusche, Sebastian Zaunseder

2493

Inertial joint angle estimation – How accurate is accurate enough?

Timo Kuhlgatz, Thomas Seel, Leon Budde

2494

Safety assurance of a head-foot steered wheelchair via structured STPA decomposition

Mohammed Tloul, Laure Buysse, Dries Vanoost, Davy Pissoort

2497

Health Monitoring and Analysis using in-cabin sensors in automobiles: A feasibility study

Tuhinangshu Gangopadhyay, Rasmus Adler, Peter Liggesmeyer

2503

Digitization of a manually adjustable hexapod to enhance surgical safety and accuracy

Thomas Stephan Rau, Anais Millán Cerezo, Patrik Haas, Jakob Cramer, Rolf Salcher, Georg Böttcher-Rebmann

2509

Kinematic Analysis of Manual, Collaborative and Robotic Surgical Retractor Holding

Mathies Zehny, Jonas Meyer, Nazila Esmaeili, Jannis Hagenah

2515

Single-filament spatial calibration for robotic ultrasound

Jonas Osburg, Ralf Bruder, Floris Ernst, Almut Kalz

2517

Fast and portable phantom-based calibration for freehand 3D ultrasound

Larissa Ahrend, Jonathan Götz, Sami Beirami, Nazila Esmaeili, Jannis Hagenah

2521

Real-Time Haptic Testbed for Path-Following Control in Rehabilitation: System and Performance Characterization

Sri Sai Sathvik Kadimisetty, Sébastien Muheim, Lauren Chee, Nicolas Gerig, Georg Rauter

2523

AI-enhanced EEG analysis for clinical decision support in neurology – a mini-review

Christina Salchow-Hömmen, Matthias Anwander

2524

Estimating respiratory effort: a systematic model analysis

Charlotte Globig, Tjorben Lerg, Philipp Rostalski, Jan Graßhoff

2526

Modeling dynamic blowers in Simscape® for mechanical ventilation

Felix Röhren, Alina Junior, Steffen Leonhardt, Marian Walter

2531

A concept for acquiring clinical expert motion data for digital twins and humanoid robots

Thomas Wittenberg, Norman Pfeiffer, Matthias Kalenberg, Jonas Walter, Miriam Peters, Heiko Gassner

2533

A novel validation method for high-precision IMU-based handwriting trace reconstruction

Chiara Gentile, Linda Greta Dui, Simone Toffoli, Stefania Fontolan, Cristiano Termine, Simona Ferrante

2717

Perspectives on Biomedical Piezoelectric Nanogenerators: A Roadmap and Benchmark

Max Bartholdt, Larissa Seegemann, Sara Knigge, Javad Foroughi, Tobias Jeising, Arjang Ruhparwar

10:15 - 11:00

10:15 - 11:00
Coffee break with Poster Exhibition

11:00 - 12:30

11:00 - 12:30
Technical Session 4 Signal Analysis & Machine Learning
Chairs: Daniel Wulff, Jan Graßhoff

2470

Training autoencoders on their own outputs causes collapse

Thomas Schanze

2496

RunDAE for Enhanced Denoising of PPG Signals

Fars Samann, Thomas Schanze

2511

Local Explanations for Classification of Ventilation Data by Neural Networks

Tim Bogumil, Ulrike Engeln, Sibylle Schupp

2528

Predicting atrial fibrillation recurrence after pulmonary vein isolation from ECG data

Lukas Boudnik, Jan Graßhoff, Sorin Stefan Popescu, Marcella Ghaus, Roland Tilz, Philipp Rostalski

2544

Neuromorphic respiration rate detection using convolutional neural networks

Olaf Simanski, Niklas Huhs

2545

Cross-Dataset Evaluation of Sit-to-Stand Movement Classifiers for Post-Stroke Rehabilitation

Lucia Palumbi, Timo Kuhlgatz, Matteo Caruso, Thomas Seel, Leon Budde

12:30 - 13:30

12:30 - 13:30
Lunch with Poster Exhibition

12:30 - 13:30

12:30 - 13:30
TC Meeting Automed

14:00 - 15:30

14:00 - 15:30
Technical Session 5 Surgery & Interventions
Chairs: Nazila Esmaeili, Max Schäfer

2495

A cubic model for vessel lumen reconstruction from segmental balloon strain data

Behrouz Agahi, Ashish Bhave, Knut Möller

2502

Gentle insertion, secure fixation: Evaluating the electrode holder of the Cochlea Hydrodrive

Jakob Cramer, Rolf Salcher, Max Fröhlich, Georg Böttcher-Rebmann, Thomas Lenarz, Thomas Rau

2508

Implementation of Intraoperative Hyperspectral Imaging in Kidney Transplant Surgery

Jonas Meyer, Mathies Zehny, Haowen Jiang, Nazila Esmaeili, Claire Chalopin, Björn Wellge, Jannis Hagenah

2514

When perspective matters: why we need to consider perspective in image-based surgical tool classification

Anais Antonieta Millán Cerezo, Jorge Adrián Badilla-Solórzano, Thomas Seel, Thomas Stephan Rau, Leon Budde

2510

Ex vivo tissue differentiation using proximal vibroacoustic sensing in laparoscopy

Alfredo Illanes, Nazila Esmaeili, Robin Urrutia, Jannis Hagenah, Christian Hansen, Axel Boese

2522

Automated keypoint definition for surgical instruments

Leon Wiese, Lennart Hinz, Philippe Korn, Michael Neuhaus

15:30 - 16:00

15:30 - 16:00
Coffee break with Poster Exibition

16:00 - 17:30

16:00 - 17:30
Technical Session 6 Ventilation & Modeling
Chairs: Andra Oltmann, André Stollenwerk

2478

Detecting excessive and insufficient breathing effort with respiratory surface EMG

Tjorben Lerg, Niklas M Carbon, Jan Graßhoff, Steffen Weber-Carstens, Philipp Rostalski

2479

Reducing power consumption of blowers in emergency ventilation by field weakening

Leona Schild, Christian Neuhaus, Julian Golembiewski, Timm Faulwasser

2501

Recent engineering developments in treating diaphragm dysfunction: An overview

Souri V S Sreeramagiri, Johannes Greven, Jan Wilhelm Spillner, Jens Spiesshoefer, Maike Stemmler, Heike Vallery

2534

Estimating the arterial CO2 partial pressure by sensor fusion of end-tidal and transcutaneous CO2 measurements

Valerie Pfannschmidt, Sara Hillmann, Mark Schoberer, André Stollenwerk

2535

In vitro VV-ECMO mock circuit to quantify oxygen transfer across ARDS and ECMO weaning stages

Andreas Döcke, Luisa Neubauer, Susanne Kromnik, Hagen Malberg

2505

In Silico Trial for Preclinical Evaluation of an Automated Weaning Protocol

Carlotta Hennigs, Franziska Bilda, Georg Männel, Philipp Rostalski

18:30 - 22:00

18:30 - 22:00
AUTOMED + MedRob Conference Dinner Burg Königworth


On Friday, the symposium (full program) will take place at the Main Lecture Hall - 8130.

09:00 - 10:30

09:00 - 10:30
Technical Session 7 Prosthetics & Rehabilitation
Chairs: Carina Veil, Fabian Just

2491

Compensatory Posture Modeling in Lower Limb Amputees

Thomas Krauskopf, Clemence Ott, Georg Herget, Johanna Kubosch, Christoph Maurer, Thomas Stieglitz, Cristian Pasluosta

2498

Quadrature current disturbance compensation for improved exoskeleton torque control

Raphael Hoffmann, Jan Dominik Franz, Steffen Leonhardt, Marian Walter

2506

Fall Detection and Prevention in a Lower Limb Exoskeleton Using MuJoCo Simulation

Forouzan Salehi Fergeni, Tianyu Wang, Steffen Leonhardt, Marian Walter

2516

Fizzy: The underactuated robotic ball for interactive and engaging rehabilitation

Nada Ali Ahmed, Bart Horstman, Eda Karaosmanoglu, Marco Rozendaal, Robin Taborsky, Maike Stemmler, Manon Kok, Heike Vallery

2518

RISE: A transdisciplinary, iterative project-based learning framework for student-driven exoskeleton development

Lukas Julius Schneidewind, Marc Kraft

2538

Safety Challenges and Gaps for Bionic Knee Prostheses: An Introductory Survey

Riccardo Rocco, Thomas Seel, Michael Friedrich Russold, Leon Budde

10:30 - 11:00

10:30 - 11:00
Coffee break with Poster Exhibition

11:00 - 12:15

11:00 - 12:15
Technical Session 8 Digital Twins & Personalization
Chairs: Jannis Hagenah, Georg Männel

2459

Data-driven patient-specific fluid resuscitation

Mohammad Alsalti, Matthias Müller

2527

From Manual to Fully Autonomous MRI: A Structured Framework for Automation Levels

Julian Wohlers, Gerrit Wigger, Miriam Keil, Markus Braun

2486

Anatomical plane multi-view learning for detecting spinal deformities with surface topography

Thurid Jochim, Andreas Heinke, Arkadiusz Zurawski, Hagen Malberg

2499

Correlation between torsobarography and surface topography for spinal analysis

Nico Stecher, Andreas Heinke, Arkadiusz Lukasz Zurawski, Hagen Malberg

2504

Clinically Relevant In Vitro Model for Chronic Electrical Stimulation and Long-Term Evaluation of Cochlear Implant Electrode Functionalization

Verena Scheper, Georg Böttcher-Rebmann, Thomas Lenarz, Thomas Rau, Jana Schwieger

12:15 - 13:00

12:15 - 13:00
Awards & Farewell

13:00 - 14:00

13:00 - 14:00
Closing Lunch to go/ to stay