projects

AAMIR

Active Appearance Models in Musculo Skeletal Radiology, funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF

The accurate quantification of the progression of rheumatoid arthritis is a decisive factor during its treatment. Until now mainly manual quantification procedures are utilized. They are time consuming and lack reproducibility as well as accuracy. In a project a fully automated method for the assessment of RA is developed.

COBAQUO

Computer Based Quantification of Osteoporosis and Bone Alignment, funded by the Austrian National Bank Anniversary Fund

Osteoporosis is an increasing problem for the Western world´s aging population. In Europe, 40% of women and 20% of men are, by the age of 80, expected to have suffered from an osteoporotic spine. The goals of the project are to develop and evaluate fully automated methods to assess the extent and progression of osteoporotic spinal fractures and the dimension of axial mal-alignment of the lower limb in radiographs.

XBONE

Assessment of bone micro structure in the diagnosis of osteoporosis, funded by PHILIPS

In this project we are focusing on the effect of osteoporis on the bone micro structure. In particular we study changes beyond the bone mineral density, and their depiction in high resolution computed tomography data.

AORTAMOTION

The aim of this project  is the development and application of a computerized system to assess the cardiac cycle dependent deformation dynamics of the thoracic aorta with ECG-gated computed tomography angiography. We are developing methods to extract deformation models, and to quantify the motion characteristics, that arecrucial for an understanding of the effects ofvessel transposition, and stenting.

FELUX

This project aims to establish longitudinal FE modelling and advanced texture-based image analysis as novel, non-invasive monitoring tools for the in vivo-assessment of changes in bone microarchitecture due to osteoporosis.