Prof. Dr.-Ing. Achim Schweikard

Photo of Achim Schweikard


Ratzeburger Allee 160
23562 Lübeck
Gebäude 64, Raum 94

Email: achim.schweikard(at)uni-luebeck.de
Phone: +49 451 31015232

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

2008

Ralf Bruder, Matteo C. M. Bonsanto, T. Hackbarth, F. Hansen, and Achim Schweikard,
Zeitsparende Navigationslösung zum Platzieren von Pedikelschrauben, Ulm , 2008.
Lukas Ramrath, Ulrich G. Hofmann, Matteo C. M. Bonsanto, Volker Tronnier, S. Loeffler, Andreas Moser, and Achim Schweikard,
Robotic Framework for Small Animal Stereotaxy, Geneva , 2008.
Lukas Ramrath, Ulrich G. Hofmann, and Achim Schweikard,
A Robotic Assistant for Stereotactic Neurosurgery on Small Animals, International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery , vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 295-303, 2008.
DOI:10.1002/rcs.218
File: rcs.218
Christoph Bodensteiner, and Achim Schweikard,
Vascular Tree Reconstruction with Discrete Tomography - Parallel 3D-reconstruction Algorithms for Inconsistent Projection Data based on Linear Optimization, 2008.
Lukas Ramrath, G. Moreno, Heike Mueller, Tim Bonin, Gereon Hüttmann, and Achim Schweikard,
Towards Multi-Directional OCT for Speckle Noise Reduction, Metaxas, Dimitris and Axel, Leon and Fichtinger, Gabor and Székely, Gábor, Eds. New York, NY, USA , 2008. pp. 815-823.
DOI:10.1007/978-3-540-85988-8
File: 978-3-540-85988-8
Lukas Ramrath, Matthias Pohl, S. Loeffler, K. Mankodiya, Y. Xie, Ulrich G. Hofmann, and Achim Schweikard,
Single fibre Optical Coherence Tomography for Brain Imaging - A preliminary in vitro study, Bartz, Dirk and Bohn, S. and Hoffmann, J., Eds. Leipzig, Deutschland; Leipzig, Germany , 2008. pp. 179-180.
S. Loeffler, Lukas Ramrath, Ulrich G. Hofmann, Achim Schweikard, and Andreas Moser,
Robot Assisted Stereotaxic Targeting for STN-DBS in the Rat Brain., Magdeburg , 2008.
DOI:10.1055/s-2008-1072910
File: s-2008-1072910
Alexander Schlaefer, Jakub Gill, and Achim Schweikard,
A simulation and training environment for robotic radiosurgery, International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery , vol. 3, no. 3-4, pp. 267-274, 2008. Springer-Verlag.
DOI:10.1007/s11548-008-0159-z
File: s11548-008-0159-z
Floris Ernst, Alexander Schlaefer, Sonja Dieterich, and Achim Schweikard,
A Fast Lane Approach to LMS Prediction of Respiratory Motion Signals, Biomedical Signal Processing and Control , vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 291-299, 2008.
DOI:10.1016/j.bspc.2008.06.001
File: j.bspc.2008.06.001
Floris Ernst, and Achim Schweikard,
A family of linear algorithms for the prediction of respiratory motion in image-guided radiotherapy, Barcelona, Spain , 2008. pp. 31-32.
DOI:10.1007/s11548-008-0169-x
File: s11548-008-0169-x
Floris Ernst, and Achim Schweikard,
Predicting Respiratory Motion Signals for Image-Guided Radiotherapy using Multi-step Linear Methods (MULIN), International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery , vol. 3, no. 1--2, pp. 85-90, 2008.
DOI:10.1007/s11548-008-0211-z
File: s11548-008-0211-z
Floris Ernst, and Achim Schweikard,
Prediction of respiratory motion using a modified Recursive Least Squares algorithm, Bartz, Dirk and Bohn, S. and Hoffmann, J., Eds. Leipzig, Germany , 2008. pp. 157-160.

2007

Markus Finke, Ralf Bruder, Lars Matthäus, and Achim Schweikard,
Spulenpositionierung bei TMS-Behandlungen mit Hilfe von Kraftsensorik, 2007.
Philipp Hildebrand, Armin Beširević, Markus Kleemann, Stefan Schlichting, Volker Martens, Achim Schweikard, and Hans-Peter Bruch,
Design and development of adapters for electromagnetic trackers to perform navigated laparoscopic radiofrequency ablation, Annals of Surgical Innovation and Research , vol. 1, no. 7, 2007.
DOI:10.1186/1750-1164-1-7
File: 1750-1164-1-7
Philipp Hildebrand, Volker Martens, Achim Schweikard, Stefan Schlichting, Armin Beširević, Markus Kleemann, Uwe Roblick, Lutz Mirow, Conny Bürk, and Hans-Peter Bruch,
Evaluation of an online navigation system for laparoscopic interventions in a perfused ex vivo artificial tumor model of the liver, The Official Journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association , vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 190-194, 2007.
DOI:10.1080/13651820601089077
File: 13651820601089077
Arne Hennings, Volker Martens, and Achim Schweikard,
Videooptische 3D-Lagebestimmung zylinderförmiger Instrumente für die Laparoskopie, Karlsruhe , 2007.
Philipp Hildebrand, Stefan Schlichting, Volker Martens, Armin Beširević, Markus Kleemann, Uwe Roblick, M. Mirow, Conny Bürk, Achim Schweikard, and Hans-Peter Bruch,
Prototype of an intraoperative navigation and documentation system for laparoscopic radiofrequency ablation: First experiences, European Journal of Surgical Oncology , vol. 34, no. 4, pp. 418-421, 2007.
Markus Kleemann, Philipp Hildebrand, Lutz Mirow, Volker Martens, Stefan Schlichting, Armin Beširević, Conny Bürk, Uwe Roblick, Achim Schweikard, and Hans-Peter Bruch,
Navigationsunterstützte Leberchirurgie: Stand der klinischen und experimentellen Forschung, Schleswig-Holsteinisches Ärzteblatt , vol. 10, pp. 51-56, 2007.
Volker Martens, Armin Beširević, Stefan Schlichting, and Achim Schweikard,
Evaluation und relative Positionskorrektur eines magnetischen Trackingsystems für die minimal-invasive Chirurgie, Karlsruhe , 2007. pp. 271-274.
Lars Matthäus, Norbert Binder, Christoph Bodensteiner, and Achim Schweikard,
Closed-form inverse kinematic solution for fluoroscopic C-arms, Advanced Robotics , vol. 21, no. 8, pp. 869-886, 2007.
DOI:10.1163/156855307780851957
File: 156855307780851957
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.
Christoph Bodensteiner, Christina Darolti, H. Schumacher, Lars Matthäus, and Achim Schweikard,
Motion and Positional Error Correction for Cone Beam 3D-Reconstruction with Mobile C-Arms, Brisbane, Australia , 2007.
Christoph Bodensteiner, Christina Darolti, and Achim Schweikard,
3D-reconstruction of bone surfaces from sparse projection data with a robotized c-arm by deformable 2D/3D registration, Berlin, Germany , 2007.
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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
Christoph Bodensteiner, Christina Darolti, and Achim Schweikard,
Approximative Rekonstruktion von Knochenoberflächen mittels elastischer 2D-3D Registrierung eines generischen Modells mit Flouroskopieaufnahmen, Karlsruhe , 2007.