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

2007

Lukas Ramrath, Achim Schweikard, and Ulrich G. Hofmann,
Spherical Assistant for Stereotactic Surgery, San Diego, CA, USA , 2007.
Markus Finke, Ralf Bruder, Lars Matthäus, and Achim Schweikard,
Spulenpositionierung bei TMS-Behandlungen mit Hilfe von Kraftsensorik, 2007.
Alexander Muacevic, Christian Drexler, A. Wowra, Achim Schweikard, Alexander Schlaefer, R. T. Hoffmann, R. Wilkowski, and H. Winter,
Technical Description, Phantom Accuracy, and Clinical Feasibility for Single-session Lung Radiosurgery Using Robotic Image-guided Real-time Respiratory Tumor Tracking, Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment , vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 321-328, 2007.
Lukas Ramrath, Ulrich G. Hofmann, Gereon Hüttmann, Andreas Moser, and Achim Schweikard,
Towards Automated OCT-based Identification of White Brain Matter, 2007.
DOI:10.1007/978-3-540-71091-2
File: 978-3-540-71091-2
Arne Hennings, Volker Martens, and Achim Schweikard,
Videooptische 3D-Lagebestimmung zylinderförmiger Instrumente für die Laparoskopie, Karlsruhe , 2007.

2006

Lukas Ramrath, H. Fuellgraf, C. Winter, Ulrich G. Hofmann, Gereon Hüttmann, Andreas Moser, and Achim Schweikard,
3D Visualization and Identification of Rat Brain Structures using Optical Coherence Tomography, Hannover , 2006.
Oliver Blanck, Alexander Schlaefer, and Achim Schweikard,
3D visualization of radiosurgical treatment plans - experience with Java3D and VTK, Taylor & Francis Group, 2006. pp. 101-106.
ISBN:978-0415-43349-5
Pantaleo Romanelli, Achim Schweikard, Alexander Schlaefer, and John R. Adler Jr.,
Computer aided robotic radiosurgery, Computer Aided Surgery , vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 161-174, 2006.
DOI:10.1080/10929080600886393
File: 10929080600886393
Markus Kleemann, Volker Martens, Philipp Hildebrand, Armin Beširević, Stefan Schlichting, Achim Schweikard, and Hans-Peter Bruch,
"Die Erfassung des Raumes - Grundlagen der Trackingtechnologie" 2006.
Volker Martens, Philipp Hildebrand, Stefan Schlichting, Armin Beširević, Achim Schweikard, Hans-Peter Bruch, and Markus Kleemann,
"Entwicklung einer Navigationsumgebung (LapAssistent) für die ultraschallnavigierte laparoskopische Leberchirurgie" 2006.
Markus Kleemann, Philipp Hildebrand, Volker Martens, Armin Beširević, Stefan Schlichting, Achim Schweikard, and Hans-Peter Bruch,
Entwicklung eines sonografischen Navigationssystems für die Laparoskopie, 2006.
Volker Martens, Markus Kleemann, Lars Matthäus, Hans-Peter Bruch, and Achim Schweikard,
Evaluation of EM tracking systems for laparoscopic liver surgery, Osaka, Japan , 2006.
Stefan Schlichting, Volker Martens, Norman Rzezovski, Achim Schweikard, and Hans-Peter Bruch,
First results of accuracy of virtual liver cut classification for automatic landmark extraction, 2006.
Kajetan Berlinger, Michael Roth, Otto Sauer, Lucia Vences, and Achim Schweikard,
Fully automatic detection of corresponding anatomical landmarks in volume scans of different respiratory state., Medical Physics , vol. 33, no. 6, pp. 1569-1572, 2006.
Norbert Binder, Christoph Bodensteiner, Lars Matthäus, Rainer Burgkart, and Achim Schweikard,
Image Guided Positioning For an Interactive C-arm Fluoroscope, Osaka, Japan , 2006.
Alexander Schlaefer, Sonja Dieterich, and Achim Schweikard,
Incorporating interfractional motion in the treatment planning for motion compensated radiosurgery, GMS CURAC , vol. 1, 2006.
File: curac000016.shtml
Heiko Gottschling, Michael Roth, Achim Schweikard, and Rainer Burgkart,
Intraoperative, Fluoroscopy-Based Planning for Complex Osteotomies of the Proximal Femur, International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery , vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 67-73, 2006.
DOI:10.1002/rcs.29
File: rcs.29
Norbert Binder, Christoph Bodensteiner, Lars Matthäus, Rainer Burgkart, and Achim Schweikard,
Mobile Robots - Towards New Applications, Lazinica, Aleksandar, Eds. Pro Literatur Verlag, Germany / Advanced Robotic Systems, Austria, 2006, pp. 403-418.
ISBN:3-86611-198-3
Norbert Binder, Christoph Bodensteiner, Lars Matthäus, Rainer Burgkart, and Achim Schweikard,
Mobile Robots: towards new applications, Lazinica, Aleksandar, Eds. Germany,Austria: Pro Literatur Verlag, 2006, pp. 403-418.
DOI:10.5772/4701
ISBN:3-86611-198-3
File: 4701
Markus Kleemann, Philipp Hildebrand, Stefan Schlichting, Armin Beširević, Volker Martens, Lutz Mirow, Uwe Roblick, Conny Bürk, Achim Schweikard, and Hans-Peter Bruch,
"Navigationsunterstützte Leberchirurgie: Stand der klinische und experimentellen Forschung" 2006.
Achim Schweikard, and John R. Adler Jr.,
New Technologies in Radiation Oncology, Schlegel, Wolfgang C. and Bortfeld, Thomas and Grosu, A.-L., Eds. Springer, 2006, pp. 337-343.
DOI:10.1007/3-540-29999-8_26
File: 3-540-29999-8_26
Lars Matthäus, Alf Giese, Daniel Wertheimer, and Achim Schweikard,
Planning and analyzing robotized TMS using virtual reality., Studies in Health Technology and Informatics , vol. 119, pp. 373-378, 2006.
Alexander Schlaefer, Oliver Blanck, Hiroya Shiomi, and Achim Schweikard,
Radiosurgery: identification of efficient treatment beams guided by autostereoscopic visualization, GMS CURAC , vol. 1, 2006.
File: curac000014.shtml
Achim Schweikard, Alexander Schlaefer, and John R. Adler Jr.,
Resampling: An optimization method for inverse planning in robotic radiosurgery, Medical Physics , vol. 33, no. 11, pp. 4005-4011, 2006.
DOI:10.1118/1.2357020
File: 1.2357020
Achim Schweikard,
Robotic Radiosurgery: The Kindest Cut of All, 2006. The Institution of Engineering and Technology Seminar on (Ref. No. 2006/11372), 2006. pp. 73-92.