Cyclops: Medical Image Interpretation and Knowledge Management

The Cyclops Project has been started as a long-term project by Prof. Dr. Aldo von Wangenheim and Prof. Dr. Michael M. Richter at the University of Kaiserslautern in 1992. It aims to develop and transfer into practice new methods, techniques and tools in the field of Medical Image Analysis using techniques from the fields of Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision. In this context, cooperations with german medical and industrial partners have been initiated in 1993.

The present project description concerns Phase II of the Cyclops Project, which focuses on a cooperation for the development of applications that could be transferred into practical clinical application within an international consortium. This consortium intends to make the successful achievement of the R&D goals of the project possible through a cooperation between Brazilian and German partners with specific complementary competencies in areas relevant to the project. This international R&D consortium consists of universities of both countries, industrial partners of the software area of both countries, medical partners of both countries and companies that produce radiological equipment. The activities performed between 2001 and 2003 and plans for future activities are summarized in the final report (German).

Research Team

Five members of the Wi2-group are working or have been working within Cyclops.

  • Prof. Dr. Ralph Bergmann
  • MSc. Mariana Bortoluzzi
  • MSc. Herculano De Biasi
  • Dr. Kerstin Maximini
  • Dr. Rainer Maximini

Cyclops consists of several academic, medical, industrial and institutional partners.

Publications

2005

  • Fabio Alexandrini, Mariana Kessler Bortoluzzi, and Aldo von Wangenheim. Improving Content Based Recovery on a Radiological Reports Database. In Klaus-Dieter Althoff, Andreas Dengel, Ralph Bergmann, Markus Nick, and Thomas Roth-Berghofer, editors, WM2005: Professional Knowledge Management - Experiences and Visions, pages 309-315, Kaiserslautern, Germany, April 2005, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence DFKI GmbH.

2003

  • Kerstin Maximini, and Martin Schaaf. The PROGEMM Approach for Managing Clinical Processes. In Gabriele Kotsis, and Sumitra Reddy, editors, 1st Workshop on Knowledge Management for Distributed Agile Processes: Models, Techniques, and Infrastructure (KMDAP'03) for the Twelfth IEEE International Workshops on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises (WETICE'03), pages 332-337, Linz, Austria, June 2003, IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, California.

  • Rafael Andrade, Aldo von Wangenheim, Mariana Kessler Bortoluzzi, and Herculano de Biasi. Using mobile wireless devices for Interactive Visualization and Analysis of DICOM Data. In Marina Krol, Sunanda Mitra, and D.J. Lee, editors, Proceedings of the 16th IEEE Symposium on Computer-based Medical Systems (CBMS'03), pages 97-101, New York, USA, June 2003, IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, California.

  • Fabio Alexandrini, Dirk Krechel, Kerstin Maximini, and Aldo von Wangenheim. Integrating CBR into the Health Care Organization. In Marina Krol, Sunanda Mitra, and D.J. Lee, editors, Proceedings of the 16th IEEE Symposium on Computer-based Medical Systems (CBMS'03), pages 130-135, New York, USA, June 2003, IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, California.

  • Mariana Kessler Bortoluzzi, Aldo von Wangenheim, and Kerstin Maximini. A Clinical Report Management System based upon the DICOM Structured Report Standard. In Marina Krol, Sunanda Mitra, and D.J. Lee, editors, Proceedings of the 16th IEEE Symposium on Computer-based Medical Systems (CBMS'03), pages 183-188, New York, USA, June 2003, IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, California.

  • Rafael Andrade, Aldo von Wangenheim, Mariana Kessler Bortoluzzi, and Herculano de Biasi. A Strategy for a wireless patient record and image data. In CARS 2003: COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOLOGY AND SURGERY, Proceedings of the 17th International Congress and Exhibition - Computer assisted radiology and surgery, pages 869-872, Londres, 2003, Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam.

2002

  • Dirk Krechel, Ralph Bergmann, Kerstin Maximini, and Aldo von Wangenheim. A Framework for Radiological Assistant Systems. In Peter Kokol, Bruno Stiglic, Milan Zorman, and Damjan Zazula, editors, Proceedings of the 15th IEEE Symposium on Computer-based Medical Systems (CBMS'02), pages 179-184, Maribor, Slovenia, June 2002, IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, California.

  • Herculano de Biasi, Aldo von Wangenheim, Pierre Galvagni Silveira, and Eros Comunello. 3D reconstruction of abdominal aortic aneurysms. In Peter Kokol, Bruno Stiglic, Milan Zorman, and Damjan Zazula, editors, Proceedings of the 15th IEEE Symposium on Computer-based Medical Systems (CBMS'02), pages 245-250, Maribor, Slovenia, June 2002, IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, California.

  • Leonardo Andrade Ribeiro, Paulo Roberto Dellani, Aldo von Wangenheim, Michael M. Richter, Kerstin Maximini, and Eros Comunello. CyclopsDistMedDB. - A Transparent Gateway for Distributed Medical Data Access in DICOM Format. In Peter Kokol, Bruno Stiglic, Milan Zorman, and Damjan Zazula, editors, Proceedings of the 15th IEEE Symposium on Computer-based Medical Systems (CBMS'02), pages 315-320, Maribor, Slovenia, June 2002, IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, California.

  • Mariana Kessler Bortoluzzi, Aldo von Wangenheim, Michel Sehn, and Maricy Caregnato. Um Editor de Laudos no Padrão DICOM Structured Report. In Anais do VIII Congresso Brasileiro de Informática em Saúde, Natal, 2002.

2001

  • Kerstin Faber, Dirk Krechel, Daniel Reidenbach, Aldo von Wangenheim, and Paulo Roberto Wille. Modelling of Radiological Examinations with POKMAT, a Process Oriented Knowledge Management Tool. In Silvana Quaglini, Pedro Barahona, and Steen Andreassen, editors, Proceedings of the 8th Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine in Europe (AIME'01), volume 2101 of LNAI, pages 409-412, Cascais, Portugal, July 2001, Springer.

  • Dirk Krechel, Kerstin Faber, Daniel Reidenbach, and Aldo von Wangenheim. Process Oriented Knowledge Management for Radiological Examinations. In Proceedings of the 14th IEEE Symposium on Computer-based Medical Systems (CBMS'01), pages 253-258, Bethesda, MD, USA, July 2001, IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, California.

  • Aldo von Wangenheim, Dirk Krechel, Euclides Moraes de Barros Junior, Herculano de Biasi, and Leonardo Andrade Ribeiro. Integrando Serviços de Radiologia Através de um Portal de BDs. Developers Magazine, 56(10), 2001.

  • Herculano de Biasi, Aldo von Wangenheim, Pierre Galvagni Silveira, and Dirk Krechel. Desenvolvimento e Implementação de Tecnologias Computacionais para Mensuração de Aneurismas de Aorta Abdominal e Construção de Próteses Endoluminais Personalizadas. In CBCOMP2001 - CONGRESSO BRASILEIRO DE COMPUTAÇÃO - WORKSHOP DE INFORMÁTICA NA SAÚDE, Itajaí, 2001.

2000

  • Dirk Krechel, Kerstin Faber, Daniel Reidenbach, Klaus Blasinger, Aldo von Wangenheim, and Eros Comunello. A Workflow Component for Knowledge Management in the field of Radiological Examinations. In Alexander Horsch, and Thomas Lehmann, editors, Bildverarbeitung für die Medizin 2000 (BvM2000), pages 439-443, Munich, Germany, March 2000, Springer Verlag.

  • Harley Wagner, Aldo von Wangenheim, Kerstin Faber, and Paulo Sergio Borges. Correção Baseada Em Conhecimento De Segmentações Falhas De Imagens Radiológicas. In XVII CONGRESSO BRASILEIRO DE ENGENHARIA BIOMÉDICA, volume 2, Florianópolis, 2000, Sociedade Brasileira de Engenharia Biomedica.

  • Herculano de Biasi, Harley Wagner, Aldo von Wangenheim, Pierre Galvagni Silveira, Kerstin Faber, and Paulo Sergio Borges. Planejamento de Próteses Endoluminais Personalizadas Através da Reconstrução 3D de Aneurismas de Aorta. In XVII CONGRESSO BRASILEIRO DE ENGENHARIA BIOMÉDICA, volume 2, Florianópolis, 2000, Sociedade Brasileira de Engenharia Biomedica.

  • Herculano de Biasi, Aldo von Wangenheim, and Euclides Moraes de Barros Junior. Processamento e Disponibilização de Imagens Médicas com Objetos Distribuídos - CORBA. In OD2000 - OBJETOS DISTRIBUÍDOS, São Paulo, 2000.

  • Herculano de Biasi. CYCLOPS STENT PLANNER - Desenvolvimento e implementação de técnicas computacionais para o projeto automatizado de próteses endoluminais. In XXIX CONGRESSO BRASILEIRO DE RADIOLOGIA, Salvador, 2000.

  • Aldo von Wangenheim, Herculano de Biasi, Dirk Krechel, Pierre Galvagni Silveira, and Rainer Maximini. 3D Reconstruction of Aortic Aneurysms for the Design of Personalized Endoluminal Protheses. In Proceedings of the 2000 International Conference on Mathematics and Engineering Techniques in Medicine and Biological Sciences (METMBS 2000), pages 601-607, Las Vegas, Nevada (USA), June 2000, CSREA Press

  • Dirk Krechel, Rainer Maximini, and Aldo von Wangenheim. Parallel Implementation of a MR-Mammography Matching Algorithm. In Proceedings of the 13th IEEE Symposium on Computer-based Medical Systems (CBMS'00), Houston, Texas, USA, June 2000, IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, California.

  • Dirk Krechel, Rainer Maximini, Paulo Roberto Wille, Maike Steil, and Aldo von Wangenheim. Approaches for Magnetic Resonance Mammography Matching Algorithms. In European Radiology, volume 10, pages 508-509, Heidelberg, Germany, 2000.

  • Dirk Krechel, Rainer Maximini, Paulo Roberto Wille, Maike Steil, and Aldo von Wangenheim. Approaches for MR-Mammography Matching Algorithms. In Proceeding of the 2nd International Congress on MR-Mammography (MRM 2000), pages 215-219, Jena, Germany, September 2000.

1999

  • Dirk Krechel, Kerstin Faber, Aldo von Wangenheim, and Silvio Costa Sampaio. Object-Oriented Implementation of a DICOM Network Client in Smalltalk. In Proceedings of the Twelfth IEEE Symposium on Computer-based Medical Systems (CBMS'99), pages 12-17, Stamford, Connecticut, USA, June 1999, IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, California.

  • Eros Comunello, Aldo von Wangenheim, J.M. Barreto, Paulo Sergio Borges, Paulo Roberto Wille, Paulo Cesar Trevisol Bittencourt, Dirk Krechel, and Kerstin Faber. CT Scans with Neurocysticercosis in Epileptics Patients: a Computer-Based Method for Detection and Quantification. In Proceedings of the Twelfth IEEE Symposium on Computer-based Medical Systems (CBMS'99), pages 42-47, Stamford, Connecticut, USA, June 1999, IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, California.

  • Eros Comunello, Aldo von Wangenheim, Paulo Roberto Wille, Dirk Krechel, and Kerstin Faber. A Detection and Classification System for Neurocysticercosis in CT Scans Using Neural Networks and Computer Vision. In H.U. Lemke, M.W. Vannier, K. Inamura, and A.G. Farman, editors, Proceedings of the 13th International Congress and Exhibition CARS'99, Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, volume 1191, Paris, France, June 1999, Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam.

  • Dirk Krechel, Kerstin Faber, Aldo von Wangenheim, and Silvio Costa Sampaio. Object-Oriented DICOM Network Client in Smalltalk. In H.U. Lemke, M.W. Vannier, K. Inamura, and A.G. Farman, editors, Proceedings of the 13th International Congress and Exhibition CARS'99, Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, volume 1191, Paris, France, June 1999, Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam.

  • Kerstin Faber, Dirk Krechel, Daniel Reidenbach, Silvio Costa Sampaio, Aldo von Wangenheim, and Klaus Blasinger. DICOM Lösung für private radiologische Praxen. In Günter Steyer, Michael Engelhorn, Wolfgang Fabricius, Klaus-Peter Löhr, and Thomas Tolxdorff, editors, Tagungsband zur 4. Fortbildungsveranstaltung und Arbeitstagung, Telemed'99, pages 126-134, Berlin, Germany, November 1999.

  • Aldo von Wangenheim, Pierre Galvagni Silveira, Gilberto Galego, Herculano de Biasi, and André Bortolon. Análise Inteligente de Imagens para Auxílio e Planejamento no Tratamento Endoluminal da Doença Aneurismática - CyclopsStentPlanner. In III SIMPÓSIO DE CIRURGIA ENDOVASCULAR DA SBACV - REGIONAL SÃO PAULO, São Paulo, 1999, Anais do III Simpósio de Cirurgia Endovascular da SBACV - Regional São Paulo.