Dr. Thomas Wendler


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Dr. rer. nat. Thomas Wendler Vidal

Institute of Informatics

Postal address

Postal:
Boltzmannstr. 3
85748 Garching b. München

Research Interests

  • Medical Robotics
  • Artificial Intelligence Applications in Medicine
  • Molecular Imaging (in particular Nuclear Medicine, Fluorescence Imaging)
  • Nuclear Medicine Therapy (in particular Dosimetry)
  • Computer Aided Interventions (in particular Image Guided Interventions)
  • Clinical Applications

Publications

2024

  • Azampour, Mohammad Farid; Mach, Kristina; Fatemizadeh, Emad; Demiray, Beatrice; Westenfelder, Kay; Steiger, Katja; Eiber, Matthias; Wendler, Thomas; Kainz, Bernhard; Navab, Nassir: Multitask Weakly Supervised Generative Network for MR-US Registration. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 2024, 1-1 more…
  • Gafencu, Miruna-Alexandra; Velikova, Yordanka; Saleh, Mahdi; Ungi, Tamas; Navab, Nassir; Wendler, Thomas; Azampour, Mohammad Farid: Shape completion in the dark: completing vertebrae morphology from 3D ultrasound. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery 19 (7), 2024, 1339-1347 more…

2023

  • Zhou, Mingchuan; Hennerkes, Felix; Liu, Jingsong; Jiang, Zhongliang; Wendler, Thomas; Nasseri, M. Ali; Iordachita, Iulian; Navab, Nassir: Theoretical error analysis of spotlight-based instrument localization for retinal surgery. Robotica 41 (5), 2023, 1536-1549 more…
  • Zhou, Mingchuan; Hennerkes, Felix; Liu, Jingsong; Jiang, Zhongliang; Wendler, Thomas; Nasseri, M. Ali; Iordachita, Iulian; Navab, Nassir: Theoretical error analysis of spotlight-based instrument localization for retinal surgery. Robotica 41 (5), 2023, 1536-1549 more…

2022

  • Bi, Yuan; Jiang, Zhongliang; Gao, Yuan; Wendler, Thomas; Karlas, Angelos; Navab, Nassir: VesNet-RL: Simulation-Based Reinforcement Learning for Real-World US Probe Navigation. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 7 (3), 2022, 6638-6645 more…
  • De Benetti, Francesca; Brosch-Lenz, Julia; Hasa, Ergela; Eiber, Matthias; Navab, Nassir; Wendler, Thomas: Evaluating mosaicking strategies for patch-based Monte Carlo simulations for internal dosimetry. International Conference on Monte Carlo Techniques for Medical Applications, 2022 more…
  • De Benetti, Francesca; Bentele, Verena; Burian, Egon; Makowski, Marcus; Navab, Nassir; Braren, Rickmer; Wendler, Thomas: Longitudinal Analysis of Disease Progression Using Image and Laboratory Data for Covid-19 Patients. Bildverarbeitung für die Medizin 2022, Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, 2022 more…
  • Engstler, Paul; De Benetti, Francesca; Hasa, Ergela; Eiber, Matthias; Shi, Kuangyu; Navab, Nassir; Wendler, Thomas: Towards fast personalized Deep Neural Network-based Dose Distribution Calculations for Theranostics - Evaluation of Network Architectures in the example of Lu-177-PSMA prostate cancer treatment. Journal of Nuclear Medicine 63 (supplement 2), 2022, 3247--3247 more…
  • Jian, Bailiang; Azampour, Mohammad Farid; De Benetti, Francesca; Oberreuter, Johannes; Bukas, Christina; Gersing, Alexandra S.; Foreman, Sarah C.; Dietrich, Anna-Sophia; Rischewski, Jon; Kirschke, Jan S.; Navab, Nassir; Wendler, Thomas: Weakly-Supervised Biomechanically-Constrained CT/MRI Registration of the Spine. Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention -- MICCAI 2022, Springer Nature Switzerland, 2022 more…
  • Jiang, Zhongliang; Danis, Nehil; Bi, Yuan; Zhou, Mingchuan; Kroenke, Markus; Wendler, Thomas; Navab, Nassir: Precise Repositioning of Robotic Ultrasound: Improving Registration-Based Motion Compensation Using Ultrasound Confidence Optimization. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement 71, 2022, 1-11 more…
  • Jiang, Zhongliang; Li, Zhenyu; Grimm, Matthias; Zhou, Mingchuan; Esposito, Marco; Wein, Wolfgang; Stechele, Walter; Wendler, Thomas; Navab, Nassir: Autonomous Robotic Screening of Tubular Structures Based Only on Real-Time Ultrasound Imaging Feedback. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 69 (7), 2022, 7064-7075 more…
  • Ramadani, Ardit; Bui, Mai; Wendler, Thomas; Schunkert, Heribert; Ewert, Peter; Navab, Nassir: A survey of catheter tracking concepts and methodologies. Medical Image Analysis 82, 2022, 102584 more…
  • Zielke, John; Eilers, Christine; Busam, Benjamin; Weber, Wolfgang; Navab, Nassir; Wendler, Thomas: RSV: Robotic Sonography for Thyroid Volumetry. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 7 (2), 2022, 3342-3348 more…

2021

  • Bukas, Christina; Jian, Bailiang; Rodríguez Venegas, Luis Francisco; De Benetti, Francesca; Rühling, Sebastian; Sekuboyina, Anjany; Gempt, Jens; Kirschke, Jan Stefan; Piraud, Marie; Oberreuter, Johannes; Navab, Nassir; Wendler, Thomas: Patient-Specific Virtual Spine Straightening and Vertebra Inpainting: An Automatic Framework for Osteoplasty Planning. Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention -- MICCAI 2021, Springer International Publishing, 2021 more…
  • Jiang, Zhongliang; Zhou, Yue; Bi, Yuan; Zhou, Mingchuan; Wendler, Thomas; Navab, Nassir: Deformation-Aware Robotic 3D Ultrasound. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 6 (4), 2021, 7675-7682 more…
  • Segato, Alice; Vece, Chiara Di; Zucchelli, Sara; Marzo, Marco Di; Wendler, Thomas; Azampour, Mohammad Farid; Galvan, Stefano; Secoli, Riccardo; De Momi, Elena: Position-Based Dynamics Simulator of Brain Deformations for Path Planning and Intra-Operative Control in Keyhole Neurosurgery. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 6 (3), 2021, 6061-6067 more…

Past Projects

Intra-operative Beta Probe Surface Imaging and Navigation for Optimal Tumor Resection

In medical collaboration with:
PD Dr. med. Alexander Drzezga, Nuclear Medicine Dept., Klinikum rechts der Isar, TUM, Munich, Germany

Scientific Director: Nassir NavabSibylle Ziegler

Contact Person(s): Dzhoshkun Ismail Shakir

In industrial collaboration with:
Dr. Farhad Daghighian, President, IntraMedical Imaging LLC, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Thomas Wendler, CTO, SurgicEye GmbH, Munich, Germany

Freehand SPECT for Sentinel Lymph Node Localization

In medical collaboration with:
Prof. Dr. Markus Schwaiger, Chefarzt, Nuklearmedicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, TUM, Munich, Germany
PD Dr. Andreas Buck, Oberarzt, Nuklearmedicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, TUM, Munich, Germany
Dr. Ken Herrmann, Assistenzarzt, Nuklearmedicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, TUM, Munich, Germany
Prof. Dr. Marion Kiechle, Chefarzt, Gynaecology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, TUM, Munich, Germany
Dr. Stefan Paepke, Leitender Oberarzt, Gynaecology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, TUM, Munich, Germany
Dr. Andreas Schnelzer, Oberarzt, Gynaecology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, TUM, Munich, Germany
Dr. Alexandra Ehlerding, Assistenzarzt, Gynaecology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, TUM, Munich, Germany
Prof. Dr. Helmuth Friess, Chefarzt, Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, TUM, Munich, Germany
Dr. Marc Martignoni, Oberarzt, Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, TUM, Munich, Germany
Dr. Jakob Saeckl, Assistenzarzt, Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, TUM, Munich, Germany
Prof. Dr. Stefano Fanti, Chefarzt, Nuklearmedicine, Asienda Ospidaliera S.Orsola-Malpighi, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Dr. Ivan Santi, Assistenzarzt, Nuklearmedicine, Asienda Ospidaliera S.Orsola-Malpighi, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Dr. Lorenzo Fantini, Assistenzarzt, Nuklearmedicine, Asienda Ospidaliera S.Orsola-Malpighi, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Scientific Director: Nassir NavabSibylle Ziegler

Contact Person(s): TobiasLasserAsli OkurPhilipp Matthies

In industrial collaboration with:
Dr. Joerg Traub, CEO, SurgicEye GmbH, Munich, Germany
Dr. Thomas Wendler, CTO, SurgicEye GmbH, Munich, Germany

Real-time fusion of ultrasound and gamma probe for navigated localization of malignancy

In medical collaboration with:
PD Dr. Andreas Buck, Oberarzt, Nuklearmedicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, TUM, Munich, Germany

Scientific Director: Nassir Navab

Contact Person(s): Nassir Navab

In industrial collaboration with:
Dr. Farhad Daghighian, President, IntraMedical Imaging LLC, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Thomas Wendler, CTO, SurgicEye GmbH, Munich, Germany

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