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

2017

Svenja Ipsen, Ralf Bruder, Esben Schjødt Worm, Rune Hansen, Per Rugaard Poulsen, Morten Høyer, and Achim Schweikard,
Simultaneous acquisition of 4D ultrasound and wireless electromagnetic tracking for in-vivo accuracy validation, Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering , vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 75-78, 2017.
DOI:10.1515/cdbme-2017-0016
File: cdbme-2017-0016

2016

Jeffrey Schlosser, Renhui Gong, Ralf Bruder, Achim Schweikard, Sungjune Jang, John Henrie, Aya Kamaya, Albert Koong, Daniel Chang, and Dimitre Hristov,
Robotic intra-fractional US guidance for liver SABR: system design, beam avoidance, and clinical imaging, Medical Physics , pp. 5951-5963, 2016.
Oliver Blanck, Svenja Ipsen, Mark K. H. Chan, Matthias Kerl, P. Hunold, Volkmar Jacobi, Ralf Bruder, Achim Schweikard, Dirk Rades, Thomas J. Vogl, Peter Kleine, F. Bode, and Jürgen Dunst,
Treatment Planning Considerations for Robotic Guided Cardiac Radiosurgery for Atrial Fibrillation, Cureus , vol. 8, no. 7, pp. e705, 2016.
DOI:10.7759/cureus.705
File: cureus.705
Svenja Ipsen, Ralf Bruder, Ricky T. O'Brien, Paul J. Keall, Achim Schweikard, and Per Rugaard Poulsen,
TH-AB-202-05: BEST IN PHYSICS (JOINT IMAGING-THERAPY): First Online Ultrasound-Guided MLC Tracking for Real-Time Motion Compensation in Radiotherapy, in Medical Physics , 2016. pp. 3857-3857.
DOI:10.1118/1.4958069
File: 1.4958069
Stefan Gerlach, Ivo Kuhlemann, Philipp Jauer, Ralf Bruder, Floris Ernst, Christoph Fürweger, and Alexander Schlaefer,
Robotic ultrasound-guided SBRT of the prostate: feasibility with respect to plan quality, International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery , pp. 1-11, 2016.
DOI:10.1007/s11548-016-1455-7
File: s11548-016-1455-7
Tobias Wissel, Patrick Stüber, Benjamin Wagner, Ralf Bruder, Christian Erdmann, Christin-Sophie Deutz, Benjamin Sack, Jirapong Manit, Achim Schweikard, and Floris Ernst,
Enhanced Optical Head Tracking for Cranial Radiotherapy: Supporting Surface Registration by Cutaneous Structures, International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics , vol. 95, no. 2, pp. 810-817, 2016.
DOI:10.1016/j.ijrobp.2016.01.041
File: j.ijrobp.2016.01.041
Svenja Ipsen, Ralf Bruder, and Achim Schweikard,
P28: Towards 6dof tracking of deformable objects for 4D ultrasound-guided radiation therapy, Sydney, Australia: Springer Netherlands, 2016.
DOI:10.1007/s13246-016-0494-2
File: s13246-016-0494-2
Svenja Ipsen, Ralf Bruder, Rick O'Brian, Paul J. Keall, Achim Schweikard, and Per Rugaard Poulsen,
Online 4D ultrasound guidance for real-time motion compensation by MLC tracking, Medical Physics , pp. 5695-5704, 2016.
DOI:10.1118/1.4962932
File: 1.4962932
Stefan Gerlach, Ivo Kuhlemann, Philipp Jauer, Ralf Bruder, Floris Ernst, Christoph Fürweger, and Alexander Schlaefer,
Feasibility of robotic ultrasound guided SBRT of the prostate, Heidelberg , 2016.
Svenja Ipsen, Ralf Bruder, Philipp Jauer, Floris Ernst, Oliver Blanck, and Achim Schweikard,
An improved tracking framework for ultrasound probe localization in image-guided radiosurgery, Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering , vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 409-413, 2016.
DOI:10.1515/cdbme-2016-0091
File: cdbme-2016-0091

2015

Oliver Blanck, Thilo Sothmann, Kenneth Poels, Ralf Bruder, Frank-Andre Siebert, C. Grohmann, Dirk Verellen, and T. Gauer,
Tracking-Precision-Comparison of two High-End-Linear Accelerator means 4D-Motion Platform and high resolution Flat Panel Detector, 2015.
Benjamin Wagner, Patrick Stüber, Tobias Wissel, Ralf Bruder, Achim Schweikard, and Floris Ernst,
Ray Interpolation for Generic Triangulation Based on a Galvanometric Laser Scanning System, New York: IEEE, 2015. pp. 1419-1422.
DOI:10.1109/ISBI.2015.7164142
File: ISBI.2015.7164142
Floris Ernst, Tobias Wissel, Patrick Stüber, Benjamin Wagner, Ralf Bruder, and Achim Schweikard,
Optical localization of the human skull for cranial radiation therapy, Atlanta, GA, USA , 2015.
Christian Wilde, Ralf Bruder, Peter Trillenberg, Sonja Binder, Lisa Marshall, and Achim Schweikard,
Modeling Electric Fields for Focal Transcranial Electrical Stimulation, Duesseldorf, Germany , 2015.
Renhui Gong, Ralf Bruder, Achim Schweikard, and Dimitre Hristov,
Investigation of Treatment Interferences of a Novel Robotic Ultrasound Radiotherapy Guidance System with Clinical VMAT Plans for Liver SBRT Patients, Medical Physics , pp. 3561, 2015.
DOI:10.1118/1.4925372
File: 1.4925372
Tobias Wissel, Patrick Stüber, Benjamin Wagner, Ralf Bruder, Achim Schweikard, and Floris Ernst,
Enriching 3D optical surface scans with prior knowledge: tissue thickness computation by exploiting local neighborhoods, International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery , vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 569-579, 2015. Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
DOI:10.1007/s11548-015-1246-6
File: s11548-015-1246-6
Tobias Wissel, Patrick Stüber, Benjamin Wagner, Ralf Bruder, Achim Schweikard, and Floris Ernst,
Enhanced Tissue Thickness Computation by Exploiting Local Neighborhoods, Barcelona, Spain , 2015.
Christian Wilde, Ralf Bruder, Sonja Binder, Lisa Marshall, and Achim Schweikard,
Closed-loop transcranial alternating current stimulation of slow oscillations, Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering , vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 85-88, 2015.
DOI:10.1515/cdbme-2015-0022
File: cdbme-2015-0022
S. Lüdtke, Benjamin Wagner, Ralf Bruder, Patrick Stüber, Floris Ernst, Achim Schweikard, and Tobias Wissel,
Calibration of galvanometric laser scanners using statistical learning methods, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York; Lübeck, Germany: Springer, 2015. pp. 467-472.
DOI:10.1007/978-3-662-46224-9_80
File: 978-3-662-46224-9_80
Dimitre Hristov, Renhui Gong, Jeffrey Schlosser, Ralf Bruder, and Achim Schweikard,
Augmented reality system for robotic ultrasound guidance of external beam radiation therapy, Barcelona, Spain , 2015.
Floris Ernst, Achim Schweikard, Patrick Stüber, Ralf Bruder, Benjamin Wagner, and Tobias Wissel,
Analysis of feature stability for laser-based determination of tissue thickness, San Francisco, CA , 2015. pp. 93130Q.
DOI:10.1117/12.2078722
File: 12.2078722
Ralf Bruder, Christian Wilde, Peter Trillenberg, Sonja Binder, Lisa Marshall, and Achim Schweikard,
An Electronically Configurable Multi-Channel tACS Device, Duesseldorf, Germany , 2015.
Patrick Stüber, Benjamin Wagner, Tobias Wissel, Ralf Bruder, Achim Schweikard, and Floris Ernst,
An Approach to Improve Accuracy of Optical Tracking Systems in Cranial Radiation Therapy, Cureus , vol. 7, no. 1, pp. e239, 2015.
Ralf Bruder, Floris Ernst, Oliver Blanck, Jürgen Dunst, and Achim Schweikard,
4D Ultrasound Image Guidance for Cardiac Radiosurgery, Cookham, UK , 2015.

2014

Ivo Kuhlemann, Ralf Bruder, Floris Ernst, and Achim Schweikard,
WE-G-BRF-09: Force- and Image-Adaptive Strategies for Robotised Placement of 4D Ultrasound Probes, 2014. pp. 523.
DOI:10.1118/1.4889502
File: 1.4889502