Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Floris Ernst

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Ratzeburger Allee 160
23562 Lübeck
Gebäude 64, Raum 97

Email: floris.ernst(at)uni-luebeck.de
Phone: +49 451 31015208
Fax: 0451 31015204

Short Biography

Floris Ernst received the Dipl.-Math. degree (equivalent to M.Sc. in Mathematics) from Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen/Nuremberg (Germany) in 2006 and a postgraduate diploma in sciences from the University of Otago (Dunedin/New Zealand) in 2004. In 2006, he joined the Institute of Robotics and Cognitive Systems at the University of Lübeck, where he completed his PhD focussing on motion prediction and correlation algorithms for robotic radiosurgery. From 2011 to 2012, he worked as a software engineer at an engineering consultancy, specialising on applications in medicine and life sciences. In 2013, he returned to the Institute of Robotics and Cognitive Systems at the University of Lübeck as a senior research associate where he was appointed Professor for Medical Robotics in 2017.

Research Interests

  • Signal processing and analysis for medical purposes
  • Sensors for robotics
  • Motion tracking in clinical applications
  • Augmented reality for surgical tasks

Memberships and Roles

  • IEEE Senior Member
  • IEEE EMB and RAS Societies
  • VDE, DGBMT, DEGUM and CURAC
  • Steering Committee of the Graduate School "Computing in Medicine and Life Sciences" of the University of Lübeck
  • Associate Editor for Medical Robotics (IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters)
  • Associate Editor for Biomedical Robotics (Frontiers in Robotics and AI)

2021

Judit Boda-Heggemann, Oliver Blanck, Felix Mehrhof, Floris Ernst, Daniel Buergy, Jens Fleckenstein, Erol Tülümen, David Krug, Frank-Andre Siebert, Adrian Zaman, Anne K. Kluge, Abdul Shokor Parwani, Nicolaus Andratschke, Michael C. Mayinger, Stefanie Ehrbar, Ardan M. Saguner, Eren Celik, Wolfgang W. Baus, Annina Stauber, Lena Vogel, Achim Schweikard, Volker Budach, Jürgen Dunst, Leif‐Hendrik Boldt, Hendrik Bonnemeier, and Boris Rudic,
Interdisciplinary clinical target volume generation for cardiac radioablation: Multi-center benchmarking for the RAdiosurgery for VENtricular TAchycardia (RAVENTA) trial, International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics , vol. 110, no. 3, pp. 745-756, 2021.
DOI:10.1016/j.ijrobp.2021.01.028
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Paul Dimitri, Valeria Pignataro, Mariangela Lupo, Donato Bonifazi, Maria Henke, Umberto M. Musazzi, Floris Ernst, Paola Minghetti, Davide F. Redaelli, Sophia G. Antimisiaris, Giovanni Migliaccio, Fedele Bonifazi, Luca Marciani, Aaron J. Courtenay, Nunzio Denora, and Angela Lopedota,
Medical Device Development for Children and Young People: Reviewing the Challenges and Opportunities, Pharmaceutics , vol. 13, no. 12, pp. 2178, 2021.
DOI:10.3390/pharmaceutics13122178
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Svenja Ipsen, Floris Ernst, and Alexander Schlaefer,
Modern Applications of 3D/4D Ultrasound Imaging in Radiotherapy, Harris, Emma and Fontanarosa, Davide, Eds. IOP Publishing, 2021, pp. 9.1-9.27.
DOI:10.1088/978-0-7503-2552-3ch9
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Felix Haxthausen, Yenjung Chen, and Floris Ernst,
Superimposing holograms on real world objects using HoloLens 2 and its depth camera, Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering , vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 111-115, 2021. De Gruyter.
DOI:10.1515/cdbme-2021-1024
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Svenja Ipsen, Daniel Wulff, Ivo Kuhlemann, Achim Schweikard, and Floris Ernst,
Towards automated ultrasound imaging -- robotic image acquisition in liver and prostate for long-term motion monitoring, Physics in Medicine Biology , vol. 66, no. 9, pp. 094002, 2021.
DOI:10.1088/1361-6560/abf277
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Niclas Bockelmann, Denise Kesslau, M. Bonsanto, Steffen Buschschlüter, and Floris Ernst,
Towards machine learning-based tissue differentiation using an ultrasonic aspirator: computer assisted radiology and surgery proceedings of the 35th international Congress and exhibition Munich, Germany, June 21--25, 2021, 2021. pp. 107-108.
DOI:10.1007/s11548-021-02375-4
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Maria-Lisa Wilhelm, Mark K. H. Chan, Benedikt Abel, Florian Cremers, Frank-Andre Siebert, Stefan Wurster, David Krug, Robert Wolff, Jürgen Dunst, Guido Hildebrandt, Achim Schweikard, Dirk Rades, Floris Ernst, and Oliver Blanck,
Tumor-dose-rate variations during robotic radiosurgery of oligo and multiple brain metastases, Springer , vol. 197, pp. 581-591, 2021.
DOI:10.1007/s00066-020-01652-6
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2020

Sonja Jäckle, Verónica García-Vázquez, Felix Haxthausen, Tim Eixmann, Malte Maria Sieren, Hinnerk Schulz-Hildebrandt, Gereon Hüttmann, Floris Ernst, Markus Kleemann, and Torben Pätz,
3D catheter guidance including shape sensing for endovascular navigation: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling, 2020. pp. 1131504.
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Felix Haxthausen, Svenja Ipsen, Holger Schwegmann, Ralf Bruder, Floris Ernst, and Verónica García-Vázquez,
A 3D Slicer module for calibration of spatially tracked 3D ultrasound probes, Munich , 2020. pp. S14-S16.
Sonja Jäckle, Verónica García-Vázquez, Felix Haxthausen, Tim Eixmann, Malte Maria Sieren, Hinnerk Schulz-Hildebrandt, Gereon Hüttmann, Floris Ernst, Markus Kleemann, and Torben Pätz,
Abstract: 3D catheter guidance including shape sensing for endovascular navigation, 2020.
DOI:10.1007/978-3-658-29267-6_58
File: 978-3-658-29267-6_58
Verónica García-Vázquez, Florian Matysiak, Sonja Jäckle, Tim Eixmann, Malte Maria Sieren, Felix Haxthausen, and Floris Ernst,
Catheter pose-dependent virtual angioscopy images for endovascular aortic repair: validation with a video graphics array (VGA) camera, De Gruyter, 2020. pp. 20200010.
Jannis Hagenah, Mohamad Mehdi, and Floris Ernst,
Fully Data-Driven Pseudohealthy Synthesis for Planning Valve-Sparing Aortic Root Reconstruction using Conditional Variational Autoencoders, Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering , vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 284-287, 2020.
Daniel Wulff, Jannis Hagenah, Svenja Ipsen, and Floris Ernst,
Learning Local Feature Descriptions in 3D Ultrasound, 2020. pp. 323-330.
DOI:10.1109/BIBE50027.2020.00059
File: BIBE50027.2020.00059
Yenjung Chen, Nilay Yatinkumar Shah, Subhra Sundar Goswami, Annkristin Lange, Felix Haxthausen, Malte Maria Sieren, Jannis Hagenah, Floris Ernst, and Verónica García-Vázquez,
Localization of endovascular tools in X-ray images using a motorized C-arm: visualization on HoloLens, De Gruyter, 2020. pp. 20200029.
Felix Haxthausen, Jannis Hagenah, Mark Kaschwich, Markus Kleemann, Verónica García-Vázquez, and Floris Ernst,
Robotized ultrasound imaging of the peripheral arteries -- a phantom study, De Gruyter, 2020. pp. 20200033.
Svenja Ipsen, Sven Böttger, Holger Schwegmann, and Floris Ernst,
Target tracking accuracy and latency with different 4D ultrasound systems -- a robotic phantom study, Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering , vol. 6, no. 1, 2020.
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Sonja Jäckle, Verónica García-Vázquez, Tim Eixmann, Florian Matysiak, Felix Haxthausen, Malte Maria Sieren, Hinnerk Schulz-Hildebrandt, Gereon Hüttmann, Floris Ernst, Markus Kleemann, and Torben Pätz,
Three-dimensional guidance including shape sensing of a stentgraft system for endovascular aneurysm repair, International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery , vol. 15, pp. 1033-1042, 2020.
Svenja Ipsen, Sven Böttger, Holger Schwegmann, and Floris Ernst,
Tracking Performance of 4D Ultrasound Systems with Real-Time Streaming Interfaces - A Robotic Phantom Study, 2020.
Felix Haxthausen, Till Aust, Holger Schwegmann, Sven Böttger, Floris Ernst, Verónica García-Vázquez, Markus Kleemann, and Mark Kaschwich,
Visual servoing for semi-automated 2D ultrasound scanning of peripheral arteries, Infinite Science Publishing GmbH, 2020.

2019

Felix Haxthausen, Floris Ernst, Ralf Bruder, Mark Kaschwich, and Verónica García-Vázquez,
Abstract: HoloLens Streaming of 3D Data from Ultrasound Systems to Augmented Reality Glasses, 2019. pp. 231.
File: 978-3-658-25326-4_51
Svenja Ipsen, Ralf Bruder, Verónica García-Vázquez, Achim Schweikard, and Floris Ernst,
Assessment of 4D Ultrasound Systems for Image-guided Radiation Therapy -- Image Quality, Framerates and CT Artifacts, 2019.
Mark Kaschwich, Florian Matysiak, Juljan Bouchagiar, Marco Horn, Verónica García-Vázquez, Felix Haxthausen, Sonja Jäckle, Tim Eixmann, Jan Peter Goltz, Floris Ernst, and Markus Kleemann,
Augmented Reality navigierte endovaskuläre Chirurgie -- das NavEVAR-Projekt, 2019.
Felix Haxthausen, Sonja Jäckle, Tim Eixmann, Jan Strehlow, Christian Schumann, Juljan Bouchagiar, Florian Matysiak, Hinnerk Schulz-Hildebrandt, Gereon Hüttmann, Mark Kaschwich, Markus Kleemann, Floris Ernst, Torben Pätz, and Verónica García-Vázquez,
Catheter navigation and augmented reality visualisation for endovascular aneurysm repair procedures, 2019.
Felix Haxthausen, Sonja Jäckle, Jan Strehlow, Floris Ernst, and Verónica García-Vázquez,
Catheter pose-dependent virtual angioscopy images visualized on augmented reality glasses, Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering , vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 289-292, 2019.
Jannis Hagenah, Kenneth Kühl, Michael Scharfschwerdt, and Floris Ernst,
Cluster Analysis in Latent Space: Identifying Personalized Aortic Valve Prosthesis Shapes using Deep Representations, Proceedings of Machine Learning Research , vol. 102, pp. 236-249, 2019.