The planning of complex surgical procedures necessitates highly reliable computerized models of the human anatomy. The ultimate goal is to accurately simulate surgical interventions on virtual patient models in view of better preparation, improved surgical outcome, and shorter operation time. Due to the expanding application of computer technology in medicine new methods are evolving for medical diagnosis, education and training, as well as of surgical treatment planning, assistance and assessment. This project is aiming at improvement of facial surgery providing computer-assisted and model-guided therapy planning concepts.

Research focus area: 
Solutions for Individualized Medicine
Research group: 
Computational Diagnosis and Therapy Planning
Computational Anatomy and Physiology
Heads: 
Zachow, Dr. Stefan
Weiser, Dr. Martin
Members: 
Lamecker, Dr. Hans
Lubkoll, Lars
Partners: 
University Hospital Basel/Switzerland - Hightech Research Center of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery (Hans-Florian Zeilhofer)
Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Hospital - Frankfurt a. M. - Clinic for Reconstructive Surgery (Robert Sader)
Karolinska Hospital Stockholm/Sweden - Department of Maxillofacial Surgery (Anders Westermark)
University Hospital Hannover - Department of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery (Nils-Claudius Gellrich - Enno Barth)
University Hospital Wien/Austria - Department of Cranio- - Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery (Rolf Ewers)
University Hospital of Cologne - Department of Cranio- - Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery (Joachim Zöller - Max Zinser)
Military Hospital Ulm - Department of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery (Alexander Schramm)
Klinik Professor Sailer - Aesthetic facial - oral and maxillofacial surgery - Zürich - CH (Hermann Sailer)
Related Projects (Past): 
Computational Surgery Planning
Funding: 
ZIB
DFN CoDisp (04/2002-03/2004)
University Hospital Wien/Austria
Department of Cranio- Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery (12/08-11/09)
Klinik Professor Sailer - Aesthetic facial oral and maxillofacial surgery Zürich CH (07/2011-06/2012)
DFG-Forschungszentrum Matheon
1000shapes GmbH (07/2012-01/2014)