Intelligent Medical Systems

  • Imaging and Radiooncology
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Prof. Dr. Lena Maier-Hein

Head of Division, Managing Director "Data Science and Digital Oncology"

Artificial intelligence (AI) is set to revolutionize various areas of everyday life. In healthcare, however, its integration into routine procedures and impact on patients are still limited. The mission of the Division of Intelligent Medical Systems is to tackle the unique challenges of medical imaging AI to generate lasting patient benefit. A particular focus of our research lies in the surgical application domain.

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Our Research

Currently, patient outcome is heavily influenced by the surgical team's experience, with many potential complications being avoidable. To address such major socioeconomic problems and consistently elevate patient outcome beyond current standards, our multidisciplinary team works on intelligent medical systems in close collaboration with clinicians. Specific goals lie in the development of novel AI-enabled imaging techniques and trustworthy surgical AI systems that are ready for real-world clinical application. Key methodological challenges are related to the generalization of AI methods across devices, patient populations and hospitals, high data variability in an inherently sparse data regime, multimodal data integration, incorporation of prior knowledge into models, and the meaningful validation of AI systems under real-world clinical conditions.

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Our Team Philosophy

Our division strongly believes in teamwork – not as an abstract ideal, but as a lived reality every day. Members of our division are involved in projects beside their own, making our group a strong network where everyone benefits from skills and talents that complement each other.

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Our Team

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    Prof. Dr. Lena Maier-Hein

    Head of Division, Managing Director "Data Science and Digital Oncology"

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    Dr. Alexander Seitel

    Deputy Head of Division

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    Dr. Annika Reinke

    Deputy Head of Division

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    Dr. Patrick Godau

    Group lead

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    Carlos Aumente Maestro

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    Alexander Baumann

    Ph.D Student

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    Christoph Julien Bender

    Ph.D Student

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    Ann-Sophie Bienen

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    Leonie Boland

    Ph.D Student

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    Dr. Evangelia Christodoulou

    PostDoc

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    Laura de Riese

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    Mohamed Eldesouky

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    Max Finke

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    Prof. Dr. Alfred Franz

    Scientist

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    Dr. Patrick Godau

    Group lead

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    Pascal Hansen

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    Dr. Doreen Heckmann-Nötzel

    Scientific Manager

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    Jakob Hennighausen

    Scientist

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    Niklas Holzwarth

    Ph.D Student

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    Marco Hübner

    Ph.D Student

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    Dorina Ismaili

    Master Student

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    Piotr Kalinowski

    Ph.D Student

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    Anna-Lena Kammerer

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    Dr. Ali Emre Kavur

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    Marcel Knopp

    Ph.D Student

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    Nina Kraft

    Administration and Technical Support

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    Lennart Laqua

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    Lucas Luttner

    Ph.D Student

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    Ines Machado

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    Prof. Dr. Lena Maier-Hein

    Head of Division, Managing Director "Data Science and Digital Oncology"

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    Leon Mayer

    Ph.D Student

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    Dominik Michael

    Ph.D Student

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    Sejal Mutakekar

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    Klavdiia Naumova

    Ph.D Student

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    Jan-Hinrich Nölke

    Ph.D Student

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    Piermarco Pascale

    Computer Scientist for System Integration

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    Berit Pauls

    Ph.D Student

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    Xin Peng

    Master Student

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    Sai Leela Poduru

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    Ahmad Qasim

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    Paul-Philipp Rechlin

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    Maike Rees

    Ph.D Student

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    Dr. Annika Reinke

    Deputy Head of Division

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    Elea Reischl

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    Tom Rix

    Ph.D Student

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    Tim Rädsch

    Ph.D Student

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    Saliq Neyaz Saliq Neyaz

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    Felix Schneider Segura

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    Silvia Seidlitz

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    Dr. Alexander Seitel

    Deputy Head of Division

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    Dr. Jan Sellner

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    Vaishnavi Pramod Shirbhate

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    Dr. Minu Dietlinde Tizabi

    PostDoc

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    Thuy Nuong Tran

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    Viet Tran Ba

    Ph.D Student

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    Franz Wetzel

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    Sophie Widmann

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    Derin Özarslan

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Interested in joining IMSY?

Are you interested in our research and would like to carry out a student research project, bachelor, master, or diploma thesis? Or would you like to write your PhD thesis in our division?

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Awards

We are proud of the significant recognition we have achieved through various awards. These awards demonstrate the impact of our work on the scientific community and beyond.

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Media

Our engagement with the scientific community and the public is reflected in a diverse range of activities, including seminars, invited talks, conference presentations, and broad media coverage.

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Teaching

The Division of Intelligent Medical Systems hosts the following seminars:

The Division of Intelligent Medical Systems offers the following university lectures:

Selected Publications

2025 - Medical Image Analysis 102: 103504
2024 - Nature Methods 21: p. 195–212
2022 - Medical Image Analysis 76: p. 102306
2019 - International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR)

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Prof. Dr. Lena Maier-Hein

Head of Division, Managing Director "Data Science and Digital Oncology"
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