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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    Herr Carlos Aumente Maestro

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    Herr Alexander Baumann

    Ph.D Student

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    Herr Christoph Julien Bender

    Ph.D Student

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    Frau Ann-Sophie Bienen

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    Frau Leonie Boland

    Ph.D Student

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    Dr. Evangelia Christodoulou

    PostDoc

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    Herr Justus Erpenbeck

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    Herr Max Finke

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    Prof. Dr. Alfred Franz

    Scientist

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    Dr. Patrick Godau

    Group lead

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    Herr Maximilian Gutzmann

    Research assistant (Hiwi)

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    Herr Pascal Hansen

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    Dr. Doreen Heckmann-Nötzel

    Scientific Manager

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    Herr Jakob Hennighausen

    Scientist

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    Herr Niklas Holzwarth

    Ph.D Student

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    Frau Katharina Härle

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    Herr Marco Hübner

    Ph.D Student

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    Frau Dorina Ismaili

    Master Student

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    Herr Piotr Kalinowski

    Ph.D Student

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    Dr. Ali Emre Kavur

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    Administration and Technical Support

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    Herr Jeremias Kunz

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    Herr Lennart Laqua

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    Herr Lucas Luttner

    Ph.D Student

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    Prof. Dr. Lena Maier-Hein

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

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    Herr Leon Mayer

    Ph.D Student

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    Herr Dominik Michael

    Ph.D Student

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    Frau Sejal Mutakekar

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    Frau Klavdiia Naumova

    Ph.D Student

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    Herr Jan-Hinrich Nölke

    Ph.D Student

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    Herr Piermarco Pascale

    Computer Scientist for System Integration

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    Frau Berit Pauls

    Ph.D Student

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    Herr Xin Peng

    Master Student

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    Herr Paul-Philipp Rechlin

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    Frau Maike Rees

    Ph.D Student

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    Dr. Annika Reinke

    Deputy Head of Division

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    Herr Tom Rix

    Ph.D Student

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    Herr Tim Rädsch

    Ph.D Student

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    Herr Saliq Neyaz Saliq Neyaz

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    Herr Yusuke Satani

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    Yusuke Satani

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    Herr Tarek Sayme

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    Herr Max Schmitt-Eisleben

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    Herr Felix Schneider Segura

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    Frau Silvia Seidlitz

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    Dr. Alexander Seitel

    Deputy Head of Division

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    Dr. Jan Sellner

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    Frau Vaishnavi Pramod Shirbhate

    Resear assistant (Hiwi)

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    Herr Andrejs Sizovs

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    Dr. Minu Dietlinde Tizabi

    PostDoc

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    Herr Viet Tran Ba

    Ph.D Student

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    Herr Jeremias Traub

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    Frau Lisa Wasmeier

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    Herr Franz Wetzel

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    Herr Derin Özarslan

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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

2026 - International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR), accepted

Baumann A, et al.

2026 - Nature Biomedical Engineering

Sellner J, et al.

2025 - Science Advances 11(29)

Seidlitz S, et al.

2025 - Medical Image Analysis 102: 103504

Godau P, Kalinowski P, et al.

2024 - Nature Methods 21(2)

Maier-Hein L,  et al.

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Prof. Dr. Lena Maier-Hein

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