Dipl.-Inf. Ralf Bruder

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Ratzeburger Allee 160
23562 Lübeck
Gebäude 64, Raum 92

Email: ralf.bruder(at)uni-luebeck.de
Phone: +49 451 31015205
Fax: +49 451 31015204

Short Biography

Ralf Bruder studied Mathematics and Computer Science at the Westfälische Wilhelmsuniversität Münster and Technische Universität Clausthal. In 2006, he joined the Institute for Robotics and Cognitive Systems, where he develops medical sensor systems for automated interventions.

Research Interests

  • Medical sensor technology
  • Motion compensation in clinical applications
  • Real-time control in medical robotics

2013

Tobias Wissel, Ralf Bruder, and Achim Schweikard,
Skin thickness estimation for high precision optical head tracking during cranial radiation therapy a simulation study, Atlanta, GA, USA , 2013. pp. S669.
DOI:10.1016/j.ijrobp.2013.06.1775
File: j.ijrobp.2013.06.1775
Benjamin Wagner, Patrick Stüber, Tobias Wissel, Ralf Bruder, Achim Schweikard, and Floris Ernst,
Time-multiplexed structured light for head tracking, Treuer, Harald, Eds. Cologne, Germany , 2013. pp. 199-202.
Patrick Stüber, Tobias Wissel, Philipp Jauer, Benjamin Wagner, Ralf Bruder, and Achim Schweikard,
Towards high-accuracy head-tracking for radiation therapy, Atlanta, GA, USA: Varian Research Partnership Symposium, 2013. pp. accepted.
Ralf Bruder, Gerd Bruder, and Achim Schweikard,
Verfahren zum Auffinden der Position eines Schallkopfes, 2013.

2012

Markus Finke, Sven Kantelhardt, Alexander Schlaefer, Ralf Bruder, E. Lankenau, Alf Giese, and Achim Schweikard,
Automatic scanning of large tissue areas in neurosurgery using optical coherence tomography, International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery , vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 327-336, 2012.
DOI:10.1002/rcs.1425
File: rcs.1425
Lars Richter, Ralf Bruder, and Achim Schweikard,
Calibration of Force/Torque and Acceleration for an Independent Safety Layer in Medical Robotic Systems, Cureus , vol. 4, no. 9, pp. e59, 2012.
DOI:10.7759/cureus.59
File: cureus.59
Floris Ernst, Ralf Bruder, Alexander Schlaefer, and Achim Schweikard,
Correlation between external and internal respiratory motion: a validation study, International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery , vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 483-492, 2012. Springer.
DOI:10.1007/s11548-011-0653-6
File: s11548-011-0653-6
Philipp Grüning, Patrick Stüber, Lars Richter, Oliver Blanck, Ralf Bruder, and Achim Schweikard,
Estimation of error sources for optical head tracking in cranial radiation therapy, Düusseldorf, Germany , 2012.
Lars Richter, Ralf Bruder, and Achim Schweikard,
Hand-assisted positioning and contact pressure control for motion compensated robotized transcranial magnetic stimulation, Pisa, Italy: Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, 2012. pp. 123-124.
DOI:10.1007/s11548-012-0708-3
File: s11548-012-0708-3
Floris Ernst, Lars Richter, Lars Matthäus, Volker Martens, Ralf Bruder, Alexander Schlaefer, and Achim Schweikard,
Non-orthogonal Tool/Flange and Robot/World Calibration for Realistic Tracking Scenarios, International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery , vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 407-420, 2012.
DOI:10.1002/rcs.1427
File: rcs.1427

2011

Ralf Bruder, Floris Ernst, Alexander Schlaefer, and Achim Schweikard,
A Framework for Real-Time Target Tracking in Radiosurgery using Three-dimensional Ultrasound, Berlin, Germany , 2011. pp. S306-S307.
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Alexander Schlaefer, Daniel Beckmann, Max Heinig, and Ralf Bruder,
A New Class for Robotic Sailing: The Robotic Racing Micro Magic, Schlaefer, Alexander and Blaurock, Ole, Eds. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011, pp. 71-84.
DOI:10.1007/978-3-642-22836-0_5
ISBN:978-3-642-22835-3
File: 978-3-642-22836-0_5
Floris Ernst, Ralf Bruder, Alexander Schlaefer, and Achim Schweikard,
Forecasting Pulsatory Motion for Non-invasive Cardiac Radiosurgery, International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery , vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 93-101, 2011.
DOI:10.1007/s11548-010-0424-9
File: s11548-010-0424-9
Ralf Bruder, Florian Griese, Floris Ernst, and Achim Schweikard,
High-accuracy ultrasound target localization for hand-eye calibration between optical tracking systems and three-dimensional ultrasound, Handels, Heinz and Ehrhardt, Jan and Deserno, Thomas M. and Meinzer, Hans-Peter and Tolxdorff, Thomas, Eds. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 2011. pp. 179-183.
DOI:10.1007/978-3-642-19335-4_38
ISBN:978-3-642-19335-4
File: 978-3-642-19335-4_38
Lars Richter, Ralf Bruder, Peter Trillenberg, and Achim Schweikard,
Navigated and Robotized Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation based on 3D Laser Scans, Lübeck, Germany: Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI), 2011. pp. 164-168.
Birgit Stender, Michael Scharfschwerdt, Floris Ernst, Ralf Bruder, Hamid Hadjar, and Alexander Schlaefer,
Optical Imaging of Cardiac Function: System setup and calibration, Berlin, Germany , 2011. pp. S42-S43.
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Floris Ernst, Ralf Bruder, Alexander Schlaefer, and Achim Schweikard,
Performance Measures and Pre-Processing for Respiratory Motion Prediction, Vancouver, BC, Canada , 2011. pp. 3857.
DOI:10.1118/1.3613523
File: 1.3613523
Ralf Bruder, Philipp Jauer, Floris Ernst, Lars Richter, and Achim Schweikard,
Real-time 4D ultrasound visualization with the Voreen framework, Vancouver, BC, Canada; New York, NY, USA: ACM, 2011. pp. 74:1.
DOI:10.1145/2037715.2037798
ISBN:978-1-4503-0971-4
File: 2037715.2037798
Lars Richter, Ralf Bruder, Alexander Schlaefer, and Achim Schweikard,
Realisierung einer schnellen und wiederholbaren Hot-Spot-Bestimmung für die robotergestützte Transkranielle Magnet-stimulation mittels Kraft-Momenten-Steuerung, CURAC, 2011. pp. 31-34.
Ralf Bruder, Floris Ernst, and Achim Schweikard,
SU‐D‐220‐02: Optimal transducer positions for 4D ultrasound guidance in cardiac IGRT, Vancouver, BC, Canada , 2011. pp. 3390.
DOI:10.1118/1.3611550
File: 1.3611550
Floris Ernst, Ralf Bruder, Alexander Schlaefer, and Achim Schweikard,
Validating an SVR-based Correlation Algorithm on Human Volumetric Ultrasound Data, Berlin, Germany , 2011. pp. S59-S60.
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2010

Max Heinig, Ralf Bruder, Alexander Schlaefer, and Achim Schweikard,
3D Localization of a Thin Steel Rod Using Magnetic Field Sensors: Feasibility and Preliminary Results, 2010. pp. 1-4.
DOI:10.1109/icbbe.2010.5515423
File: icbbe.2010.5515423
Markus Finke, Birgit Stender, Ralf Bruder, Alexander Schlaefer, and Achim Schweikard,
An experimental comparison of control devices for automatic movements of a surgical microscope, Geneva, Switzerland , 2010. pp. 311-312.
Floris Ernst, Ralf Bruder, Alexander Schlaefer, and Achim Schweikard,
Improving the Quality of Biomedical Signal Tracking using Prediction Algorithms, Coventry, United Kingdom; Coventry, UK , 2010. pp. 301-305.
DOI:10.1049/ic.2010.0298
ISBN:978-184600-0386
File: ic.2010.0298
Ralf Bruder, Birgit Stender, and Alexander Schlaefer,
Model Sailboats as a Testbed for Artificial Intelligence Methods, Kingston, ON , 2010.