Medical Visualisation

Medical visualisation is the art of turning large and complex medical datasets into effective visual representations.

In the TU Delft Visualisation group, medical visualisation research focuses on developing new techniques for pre-operative planning and intra-operative guidance (for example Shoulder Replacement), clinical diagnosis (for example Polyp Detection) and medical research (for example DTI).

If you are an MSc. (BME students are also welcome) or BSc. student and you're interested in doing a project in medical visualisation, please take a look at the available MSc. or Bsc. projects listed below. You could also think of working with us on any of the running research projects on this page. If you have a special project in mind, novel ideas on graphics, or just a simple question please don't hesitate to contact Charl Botha (medical visualisation guy) or Frits Post (leader of the Visualisation Group and guru of all things visualisation).

For a multi-media taste of what we do, see this YouTube video.

Publications

The publications list of the visualisation group can be browsed by clicking here.

People

• Current researchers: Jorik Blaas, Peter Kok, Peter Krekel, François Malan, Stef Busking, Charl Botha, Frits Post

• Previous researchers: Lingxiao Zhao, Xi Zhang

• Current students: Lorena Cornejo, Menno vd Bijl, Peter Schaafsma,
• Previous students: Jeroen Verschuur (2009), Emiel van IJsseldijk (2009), Kenji Sihan (2009), Erik Pols (2008), Ronald van den Berg (2008), Damir Pavlovic (2007), Peter Kok (2006, now PhD), Jorik Blaas (2004, now PhD), Peter Krekel (2005, now PhD), Joris van Zwieten (2005)

Available Master Projects

• Fully-Automated Coronary Vessel Contour Detection for IntraCoronary Ultrasound (EMC)

• Visual analysis of 1000 FPS video with synchronised neuronal signals (EMC)

• 3-D stent graft dynamics from stereo fluoroscopy (LUMC)

• Rib suppression in low-dose digital chest radiography (LUMC)

• High-level fusion of multi-modal brain-imaging data (LUMC)

• A Three-dimensional Intravascular Ultrasound Simulator

• 3D image reconstruction for a fast-rotating transesophageal echo transducer

• 3D Analysis of the Face and Skull

• 4D interpolation of sparse, irregularly sampled ultrasound image data

• Longitudinal Visualisation of brain MRIs of multiple sclerosis

• Model-based Roentgen Stereometry using linked models

BME/Imaging M.Sc. students should also check the projects list of the Quantitative Imaging Group (see "Medical Imaging Processing" at the bottom of the page).

Available Bachelor Projects

• Integration of Optotrak optical 3D motion tracking system in our FoBVis software system

• Visualisation and Data Mining at Treparel Information Solutions (available for B.Sc.)

• The Visible Orbit Software Project (VOSP)

Research projects

• Bioluminescence Imaging

• Cartilage3D - Knee cartilage visualisation for longitudinal studies

• DeVIDE - DElft Visualisation and Image processing Development Environment

• DTI - diffusion tensor imaging

  • FastSelection - Fast and reproducible selection of fiber bundles in DTI (completed)

• Minimally invasive hip prosthesis refixation

• Multi-Field Medical Visualisation (MFMV)

• Medieval micro-fabrication vs. ultra high resolution synchrotron CT

• Shoulder Replacement - Visualisation for Shoulder Replacement

• Virtual Colonoscopy

• Visible Orbit

  • Remote 3D visualisation of the visible orbit data

  • Three-dimensional reconstruction from digitised microscopic sections (completed)

  • The Visible Orbit Software Project (VOSP) (available for B.Sc.)