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

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
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 |
File: | j.ijrobp.2021.01.028 |
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 |
File: | pharmaceutics13122178 |
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 |
File: | 978-0-7503-2552-3ch9 |
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 |
File: | cdbme-2021-1024 |
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 |
File: | abf277 |
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 |
File: | s11548-021-02375-4 |
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 |
File: | s00066-020-01652-6 |
2020
3D catheter guidance including shape sensing for endovascular navigation: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling, 2020. pp. 1131504.
File: | 12.2548094.full |
A 3D Slicer module for calibration of spatially tracked 3D ultrasound probes, Munich , 2020. pp. S14-S16.
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 |
Catheter pose-dependent virtual angioscopy images for endovascular aortic repair: validation with a video graphics array (VGA) camera, De Gruyter, 2020. pp. 20200010.
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.
Learning Local Feature Descriptions in 3D Ultrasound, 2020. pp. 323-330.
DOI: | 10.1109/BIBE50027.2020.00059 |
File: | BIBE50027.2020.00059 |
Localization of endovascular tools in X-ray images using a motorized C-arm: visualization on HoloLens, De Gruyter, 2020. pp. 20200029.
Robotized ultrasound imaging of the peripheral arteries -- a phantom study, De Gruyter, 2020. pp. 20200033.
Target tracking accuracy and latency with different 4D ultrasound systems -- a robotic phantom study, Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering , vol. 6, no. 1, 2020.
File: | article-20200038.xml |
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.
Tracking Performance of 4D Ultrasound Systems with Real-Time Streaming Interfaces - A Robotic Phantom Study, 2020.
Visual servoing for semi-automated 2D ultrasound scanning of peripheral arteries, Infinite Science Publishing GmbH, 2020.
2019
Abstract: HoloLens Streaming of 3D Data from Ultrasound Systems to Augmented Reality Glasses, 2019. pp. 231.
File: | 978-3-658-25326-4_51 |
Assessment of 4D Ultrasound Systems for Image-guided Radiation Therapy -- Image Quality, Framerates and CT Artifacts, 2019.
Augmented Reality navigierte endovaskuläre Chirurgie -- das NavEVAR-Projekt, 2019.
Catheter navigation and augmented reality visualisation for endovascular aneurysm repair procedures, 2019.
Catheter pose-dependent virtual angioscopy images visualized on augmented reality glasses, Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering , vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 289-292, 2019.
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.

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