Sonja Wichelmann

Research Interests

• Tracking based guidance and navigation support, for example 3D guidance of a stentgraft based on optical fibers and electromagnetic tracking
• Stochastic modeling for decision support, e.g. Quarantine decisions in the corona pandemic

Talks, Posters and Media

2023

68. GMDS-Jahrestagung, Heilbronn, Germany
Poster: mlguide - First concept of a machine learning guidance toolkit: poster (PDF)

KI-Med Connect, Lübeck, Germany
Talk: 3D stent graft guidance based on tracking systems for endovascular aneurysm repair

2022

67. GMDS-Jahrestagung / 13. TMF-Jahreskongress (virtual due to COVID-19)
Talk: EsteR – A Digital Toolkit for COVID-19 Decision Support in Local Health Authorities: slides (PDF)
-- was nominated for Best Paper Award --

Bildverarbeitung für die Medizin (BVM) Workshop 2022, Heidelberg, Germany.
Poster: 3D stent graft guidance based on tracking systems: poster (PDF)

Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft Statistik (DAGStat) Conference 2022, Hamburg, Germany.
Talk: Supporting COVID-19 quarantine decisions with a statistical risk assessment model: slides (PDF)

2021

20. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaftfür Computer- und Roboterassistierte Chirurgie (virtual due to COVID-19)
Talk: 3D stent graft guidance based on tracking systems for endovascular aneurysm repair: slides (PDF), video of stent graft guidance (MP4)

Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS) Conference (virtual due to COVID-19)
Talk: 3D guidance based on tracking systems and preoperative data for endovascular procedures: slides (PDF)

Bildverarbeitung für die Medizin (BVM) Workshop 2020 (virtual due to COVID-19)
Talk: 3D Guidance including Shape Sensing of a Stentgraft System: slides (PDF)

2020

Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS) Conference (virtual due to COVID-19)
Talk: 3D Guidance including Shape Sensing of a Stentgraft System for Endovascular Aneurysm Repair: slides (PDF)

Bildverarbeitung für die Medizin (BVM) Workshop 2020 (canceled due to COVID-19)
Poster: Fiber Optical Shape Sensing of Flexible Instruments: poster presentation (YouTube), poster (PDF)
Poster: 3D Catheter Guidance inlcuding Shape Sensing for Endovascular Navigation: poster presentation (YouTube), poster (PDF)
+++ Awarded with the BVM award for best conference poster +++

SPIE Medical Imaging 2020, Houston, Texas, United States.
Talk: 3D catheter guidance including shape sensing for endovascular navigation: slides (PDF)
+++ Awarded with the runner-up of the Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling Student Paper Award +++

2019

Bildverarbeitung für die Medizin (BVM) Workshop 2019, Lübeck, Germany.
Poster: Shape Sensing with Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors: A Realistic Model of Curvature Interpolation for Shape Reconstruction: poster (PDF)

2018

34. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Gefäßchirurgie und Gefäßmedizin (DGG) 2018, Bonn, Germany.
Talk: Visuelle Unterstützung bei endovaskulären Eingriffen durch Darstellung einer virtuellen Angioskopie auf der HoloLens: slides (PDF)

1st International Workshop on Thoracic Image Analysis (TIA) @ MICCAI 2018, Granada Spain.
Talk: Rigid Lens--Locally Rigid Approximations of Deformable Registration for Change Assessment in Thorax-Abdomen CT Follow-Up Scans: slides  (PDF)