Prof. Dr.-Ing. Achim Schweikard

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Ratzeburger Allee 160
23562 Lübeck
Gebäude 64, Raum 94

Email: achim.schweikard(at)uni-luebeck.de
Phone: +49 451 31015200
Fax: +49 451 31015204

Short Biography

Achim Schweikard studied Mathematics at Hamburg University and University of Paris XI.
He obtained his PhD from Technical University of Berlin in 1989.
After that he worked as a research associate at the department of computer science at
Stanford university, within a joint appointment between Stanford's departments of
neurosurgery and computer science. In 1994 he joined Technical University of Munich
(TU Munich) as an Associate Professor. In 2002 he joined Luebeck University as a
Full Professor. He is the inventor of numerous technologies in medical robotics. His
invention of correlation-based tracking for cancer radiosurgery has started to become
the standard of care in cancer radiosurgery. A very large number of cancer patients
worldwide has now been treated with this new highly accurate method. His research areas
of interest include medical robotics and artificial intelligence methods.

Memberships

  • Programm Committee: Dt. Ges. Computer und Roboterassistierte Chirurgie - Jahrestagung 2011
  • Programm Committee: Dt. Ges. Computer und Roboterassistierte Chirurgie - Jahrestagung 2010
  • Programm Committee: Dt. Ges. Computer und Roboterassistierte Chirurgie - Jahrestagung 2009
  • Programm Committee: Dt. Ges. Computer und Roboterassistierte Chirurgie - Jahrestagung 2008
  • Programm Committee: AAPM Annual Meeting and Technical Exhibit in Houston, TX, July 27 - July 31, 2008
  • Program Committee: CARS 2012 Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery
  • Program Committee: CARS 2009 Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery
  • Program Committee: CARS 2008 Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery
  • Program Committee: CARS 2007 Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery
  • Program Committee: CARS 2006 Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery
  • Program Committee: MICCAI 2007 Medical Image Computation and Computer-Aided Intervention (2007)
  • Executive Committee: Computer-Aided Radiology (2005)
  • Chairman: Jahrestagung Computer und Roboter-unterstützte Chirurgie (2004)
  • President: Dt. Ges. Computer und Roboter-unterstützte Chirurgie (2003-04)
  • Past-President: Dt. Ges. Computer und Roboter-unterstützte Chirurgie (2004-2005)
  • Coordinator: Schwerpunktprogramm 1124 der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft
  • Program Committee: IEEE Workshop on Intelligent Robots and Systems (2006)
  • Program Committee: IEEE Workshop on Intelligent Robots and Systems (2005)
  • Program Committee: IEEE Workshop on Intelligent Robots and Systems (2004)
  • Program Committee: 2nd Workshop for Medical Robotics, Navigation und Visualisation (MRNV), March 2007
  • Program Committee: International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI) 2012
  • Program Committee: International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI) 2011
  • Member of Editorial Board: Computer Aided Surgery
  • Member of Editorial Board: Int. Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery
  • Member of Editorial Board: Int. Journal of Computer-Assisted Radiology and Surgery
  • Member of Editorial Board: International Scholarly Research Network (ISRN) Robotics
  • Member of Editorial Board: Journal of Computational Medicine
  • Member of Editorial Board: International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
  • Gradschool UNI Luebeck: Academic Director

2006

Lars Matthäus, Peter Trillenberg, Christoph Bodensteiner, Alf Giese, and Achim Schweikard,
Robotized TMS for motion compensated navigated brain stimulation, Osaka, Japan , 2006.
Lars Matthäus, Alf Giese, Daniel Wertheimer, and Achim Schweikard,
Solving the positioning problem in TMS, GMS CURAC , vol. 1, 2006.
Christoph Bodensteiner, Lars Matthäus, Norbert Binder, Rainer Burgkart, and Achim Schweikard,
Vascular tree reconstruction with discrete tomography - a practical approach, Hannover , 2006.
Achim Schweikard,
Verfahren zur Bestimmung der Abbildungseigenschaften einer Röntgendiagnostikeinrichtung mit einem C-Bogen, 2006.

2005

Alexander Schlaefer, Oliver Blanck, and Achim Schweikard,
3D dose visualization for evaluation of radiosurgical treatment plans, 2005.
Norbert Binder, Lars Matthäus, Rainer Burgkart, and Achim Schweikard,
A Robotic C-arm Fluoroscope, International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery , vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 108-116, 2005.
DOI:10.1002/rcs.34
File: rcs.34
Alexander Schlaefer, Oliver Blanck, and Achim Schweikard,
Autostereoscopic Display of the 3D Dose Distribution to Assess Beam Placement for Robotic Radiosurgery, Medical Physics , vol. 32, no. 6, pp. 2122-2122, 2005.
DOI:10.1118/1.1998500
File: 1.1998500
Lars Matthäus, Alf Giese, Daniel Wertheimer, and Achim Schweikard,
Brainmapping With TMS Using A Robot Based Protocol And Image Registration Techniques, Berlin: VDI-Verlag, 2005. pp. 23.
Kajetan Berlinger, Otto Sauer, Lucia Vences, Michael Roth, M. Dötter, and Achim Schweikard,
Computed 4D patient models for motion compensation in radiotherapy, Seattle, WA, USA , 2005. pp. 1922.
DOI:10.1118/1.1997558
File: 1.1997558
Alexander Muacevic, Berndt Wowra, and Achim Schweikard,
Cyberknife Radiochirurgie, Medizintechnik in Bayern , pp. 32-36, 2005.
Achim Schweikard, Hiroya Shiomi, M. Uchida, and John R. Adler Jr.,
Extracranial Stereotactic Radiotherapy and Radiosurgery, Slotman, Solberg, Wurm, Eds. New York: Taylor and Francis, 2005, pp. 71-87.
ISBN:0824726979
Alexander Schlaefer, J. Fisseler, Sonja Dieterich, Hiroya Shiomi, K. Cleary, and Achim Schweikard,
Feasibility of four-dimensional conformal planning for robotic radiosurgery., Medical Physics , vol. 32, no. 12, pp. 3786-3792, 2005.
DOI:10.1118/1.2122607
File: 1.2122607
Rainer Burgkart, Heiko Gottschling, Michael Roth, Reiner Gradinger, and Achim Schweikard,
Fluoroscopy-based 3D-navigation of complex correction osteotomies at the proximal femur, Der Orthop , vol. 34, no. 11, pp. 1137-1143, 2005.
DOI:10.1007/s00132-005-0859-9
File: s00132-005-0859-9
Kajetan Berlinger, Michael Roth, Otto Sauer, Lucia Vences, and Achim Schweikard,
Motion compensation in radiotherapy using advanced volumetric deformation models, Berlin , 2005.
Markus Kleemann, Philipp Hildebrand, Lars Matthäus, Achim Schweikard, M. Birth, and Hans-Peter Bruch,
Navigation in der Viszeralchirurgie, Berlin , 2005.
Lars Matthäus, Alf Giese, Daniel Wertheimer, and Achim Schweikard,
Planning and Analyzing Robotized TMS Using Virtual Reality: Accelerating Change in Healthcare: Next Medical Toolkit, IOS Press, 2005. pp. 373-8.
Achim Schweikard, and John R. Adler Jr.,
Predictive Compensation of Breathing Motion in Lung Cancer Radiosurgery, Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, 2005.
ISBN:3-540-00321-5
Alexander Schlaefer, Oliver Blanck, Hiroya Shiomi, and Achim Schweikard,
Radiochirurgie: Identifizierung effizienter Behandlungsstrahlen mittels autostereoskopischer Visualisierung, Berlin , 2005.
Achim Schweikard, Hiroya Shiomi, and John R. Adler Jr.,
Respiration tracking in radiosurgery without fiducials, International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery , vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 19-27, 2005.
DOI:10.1002/rcs.38
File: rcs.38

2004

Alexander Schlaefer, Peter Kneschaurek, and Achim Schweikard,
Beam placement for robotic radiosurgery, Chicago, USA: Elsevier, 2004.
H. Hoerauf, J. Wollnack, H. Laqua, and Achim Schweikard,
Entwicklung einer mikrochirurgischen Technik zur intraoperativen Lyse bei retinalen Gefäßverschlüssen, München: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Computer- und Roboterassistierte Chirurgie, 2004.
File: www.medicstream.de
Otto Sauer, Kajetan Berlinger, Michael Roth, Lucia Vences, and Achim Schweikard,
Erstellung von Testdaten für 4D Patienten Modelle, München: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Computer- und Roboterassistierte Chirurgie, 2004.
File: www.medicstream.de
Achim Schweikard, Hiroya Shiomi, J. Fisseler, M. Dötter, Kajetan Berlinger, H.-B. Gehl, and John R. Adler Jr.,
Fiducial-Less Respiration Tracking in Radiosurgery, Springer, 2004. pp. 992-9.
Heiko Gottschling, Michael Roth, Rainer Burgkart, and Achim Schweikard,
Intraoperative, fluoroskopiebasierte Planung komplexer Osteotomien des proximalen Femurs, München , 2004.
File: www.medicstream.de
Kajetan Berlinger, Michael Roth, M. Dötter, Otto Sauer, Lucia Vences, J. Fisseler, and Achim Schweikard,
Lageerkennung des Tumors mithilfe eines intensitätsbasierten 4D Registrierungsverfahrens, München: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Computer- und Roboterassistierte Chirurgie, 2004.
File: www.medicstream.de