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Nov. 11 2009: Article in do it.online: Sicher operieren dank 3-D

17.11.2009

Vor hundert Jahren mussten Ärzte Verstorbene obduzieren, um etwas über das Körperinnere des Menschen zu erfahren. Heute unterstützen 3-D-Bilder mit detaillierten Informationen über die Organstruktur Chirurgen bei der Planung und Durchführung von Operationen...
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May 06, 2007: 3Sat TV magazine reports about the FMX Congress in Stuttgart, Germany

FMX Congress in Stuttgart, Germany

The "fmx/07 - 12th International Conference on Animation, Effects, Realtime and Content" is the most important meeting of the digital community from film, science and from the game industry sector. The ZDF/3Sat film team broadcasted parts of the presentation of Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Meinzer in the news magazin "neues" on May 5th, 2007.

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March 22, 2007: BVM Award for the best presentation 2007

On March 22nd 2007 Tobias Heimann and his co-authors from the Department Medical and Biological Informatics (Head Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Meinzer) received the 1st price for the best presentation at the symposium "Bildverarbeitung in der Medizin" (Image Processing in Medicine) in Munich, Germay, for the paper "Freiheit für Formmodelle!" (Freedom for form models!). The award is sponsored with 250 Euros.

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March 22, 2007: BVM Award for the best poster 2007

On March 22nd 2007 Lena Maier-Hein and her co-authors from the Department Medical and Biological Informatics (Head Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Meinzer) received the 1st price for the best poster at the symposium "Bildverarbeitung in der Medizin" (Image Processing in Medicine) in Munich, Germay, for the paper "Atembewebungssimulator für die in-vitro Evaluation von Weichteilgewebe-Navigationssystemen in der Leber." The award is sponsored with 250 Euros.

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22. Februar 2007: SPIE Medical Imaging Symposium 2007: Nomination for Best Student Paper Award

Lena Maier-Hein of the Department Medical and Biological Informatics (Head Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Meinzer) has been nominated for the Michael B Merickel Best Student Paper Award of the SPIE Symposium Medical Imaging in San Diego, USA, for her paper "In-vitro evaluation of a novel needle-based soft tissue navigation system with a respiratory liver motion simulator".

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November 30, 2006: Teleradiology Faces Ultimate Test on World's Largest Island

Chicago, USA, Nov. 30, 2006: The Daily Bulletin of RSNA reported about Dr. Uwe Engelmanns presentation at RSNA 2006 in Chicago. RSNA is the world's largest radiology conference and exhibition.

Dr. Uwe Engelmann, senior research scientist at the Department Medical and Biological Informatics (Head Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Meinzer) at the German Cancer Research Center and one of the three founders and owners of the CHILI GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany, presented a paper about a teleradiology projekt in Greenland in the session "Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise".

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August 28, 2006: Helmholtz Association is funding establishment two spin-offs of Department MBI

Berlin, August 28, 2006 - Two projects of the Department Medical and Biological Informatics (Head Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Meinzer) at the German Cancer Research Center are funded to establish spin-off companies: The project "Hearts to touch" of Sybille Mottl-Link and the project "Operation planning" of Max Schöbinger for computer support of abdominal surgeries.

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July 21, 2006: Award for an outstanding Diploma Thesis for Lena Maier-Hein

The Friends of the Research Center Informatics at the University Fridericana in Karlsruhe, Germany, award Mrs. Diplom-Informatikerin Lena Maier-Hein the Award of the Friends of the Research Center for an outstanding diploma thesis in informatics.

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June 1, 2006: Honorary Membership in the German Professional Association Medical Informatics BMVI e.V for Dr. Uwe Engelmann

Dr. Uwe Engelmann has been awarded the Honorary Membership in the German Professional Association Medical Informatics BMVI e.V.

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April 7, 2006: 1st Price for a Scientific Poster Presentation at Telemed Conference 2006, Berlin, Germany

The 1st Price for the Best Scientific Poster Presentation has been awarded to: Heiko Münch, Andre Schröter, H.P. Meinzer and Uwe Engelmann for their contribution: Webbasierter Ansatz für die Verteilung von medizinischen Bilddaten an externe Ärzte (Web-based approach for the distibution of medical images to referring providers). The award is sponsored with 1,000 Euro.

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March 21, 2006: 1st BVM Award 2006 for an excellent Poster

Members of our department recieved the 1st BVM Award 2006 for an excellent Poster at the Annual Workshop Bildverarbeitung für die Medizin in Hamburg, Germany.

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20. März 2006, 8:30: SWR2 Wissen - Bilder aus dem Körperinneren

How computer science revolutionizes the operation room.

By Maximilian Schönherr
A radio contribution of the German broadcaster SWR2 with reports on the scientific work of our department in the area of the operational planning (German language).

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3. März 2006: ZDF Heute Journal (German News Journal)

With computers against heart defects.

There are still humans with heart defects where surgeons do not dare to operate - "too complex". Computer scientists at the Division Medical and Biological Informatics at the German Cancer Research Center developed a program which could solve that problem...

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22 Feb. 2006: Ethicon Poster Award 2006

Members of our department recieved the Ethicon Poster Award 2006 at the 35rd Annual Meeting of the German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery in Hamburg, Germany.

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21. Januar 2006

DKFZ-Kunststoffherz steht erstmals Modell bei Herzoperation

Im Berliner Herzzentrum haben Chirurgen jetzt zum ersten Mal in der Therapieplanung und während einer Operation eines Patienten mit angeborenem Herzfehler das Kunststoffmodell seines Herzens eingesetzt. Die Technik zur Modellherstellung hat ein Team der Abteilung Medizinische und Biologische Informatik des Deutschen Krebsforschungszentrums (DKFZ) entwickelt. Die Wissenschaftler wollen dazu beitragen, dass sich die Zahl der Korrekturoperationen bei Herz-Patienten verringert und sich deren Lebensqualität verbessert.

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12 Dec. 2005 – 4:40 pm Deutschlandfunk: Imager against cancer

3D visualization of the interior of the body is changing medicine
By Maximilian Schönherr

The use of three-dimensional computer graphics in the visualization of the interior of the body is becoming an increasingly important aid for physicians. In the near future, radiation therapy will be applied to lung tumors from within, with a navigation system guiding a probe to the site. Mechanical waves provide brain surgeons with a tool for virtually “sounding out”, with the aid of a computer, suspicious tissue in the head so as to be able to assess tumors before operating.

© 2006 Deutschlandradio

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December 2005: Quality Management System Approved

From 30 Nov. 2005 to 2 Dec. 2005, the Quality Management System of the working group Clinical Applications of the Division of Medical and Biological Informatics has been audited successfully on the basis of DIN EN ISO 13485:2003 and MDD 93/42/EEC Ax. II.3 by the company TÜV Product Service, Munich, Germany.

The auditor confirmed that the QM system is effective according to the investigated examples and that the described procedures are applied. The issue of the certificates based on the mentioned standards has been recommended.

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July 26, 2005, 10:30 pm: Tagesthemen (German News Magazine)

Better treatment of pancreas cancer

Pancreas cancer is not only one of the most dangerous cancer diseases but the organ is also difficult to reach. Tumors could barely be removed up to now. However, surgeons in Heidelberg, Germany, could achieve a breakthrough: With new software that is able to display the organs in 3D it is not possible to cure the cancer but the surgical intervention becomes more precise. (Translation of a text © 2005 ARD).

See the contribution of the German broadcaster ARD concerning interviews with Prof. Büchler (Surgery, University Heidelberg, Germany) and Prof. Meinzer (DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany).

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Nature publication by the division

The simplicity of metazoan cell lineages

Azevedo BR, Lohaus R, Braun V, Gumbel M, Umamaheshwar M, Agapow PM, Houthoofd W, Platzer U, Borgonie G, Meinzer HP, Leroi AM. The simplicity of metazoan cell lineages. Nature 433, 152 - 156 (13 January 2005)

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