Hans Lamecker

Managing Director

1000shapes GmbH

Welcome

I am co-founder and managing director of 1000shapes. I work on computer-aided analysis, planning and design of 3D products. My focus lies on medical devices and therapies. My mission is to advance these fields using innovative computational methodologies and tools.

Interests

• Medical image processing
• Shape matching/registration
• Statistical shape analysis
• 3D geometry and visualization

Education

• Doctoral degree (PhD) in Mathematics/Computer Science, 2008

  Freie Universität Berlin

• Diploma Degree in Physics, 2000

  Universität Heidelberg

News

AutoImplant MICCAI 2020 Best Paper Award

Our contribution to the 1st AutoImplant Cranial Implant Design Challenge won the best paper award. Our team presented a combination of neural network based techniques with statistical shape models. Our approach generalizes very well to arbitrary large skull defects.

Hans Lamecker

Oct 8, 2020

Research Campus MODAL enters second funding phase

The MODAL research campus received funding approval for its second funding period from 2020 to 2025 on April 3, 2020.

Hans Lamecker

Last updated on May 18, 2020

Aortic Shape Synthesizer

We presented our work on shape synthetization at the ESC 2019 Congress.

Hans Lamecker

Last updated on Sep 29, 2019

Book Chapter in Biomedical Visualisation

We contributed a chapter to the new book on Biomedical Visualisation. This book is targeted to a wide range of users from faculty and students, developers and computing experts, the wider public audience. It is hoped this will aid understanding of the variety of technologies which can be used to enhance understanding of clinical conditions using modern day methodologies.

Hans Lamecker

Last updated on May 18, 2020

Talks

3D Modelle aus medizinischen Bilddaten für Populations-basiertes 3D Produktdesign

Der Vortrag behandelt die Möglichkeiten 3D-Modelle anatomischer Strukturen für das Design neuer Produkte und Therapieansätze in der …

Aug 31, 2020 Fraunhofer-Konferenzzentrum, Potsdam

Hans Lamecker

Shape Synthesiser Understanding and Mastering Anatomical Variations

Population-based models of morphological variability are useful for automating medical image processing tasks, diagnosis device and …

Oct 17, 2019 Kongress Palais, Kassel, Germany

Hans Lamecker

Lecture Series on Geometry and Image Processing for Medical Applications

Oct 31, 2016 — Nov 4, 2016 Universidad San Augustin, Arequipa, Peru

Hans Lamecker

Reconstruction of Partial Liver Shapes Based on a Statistical 3D Shape Model

Sep 30, 2015 MedTech Lab, Delémont, Switzerland

Hans Lamecker

Image and Geometry Processing for Anatomy Reconstruction

Oct 10, 2014 Würzburg, Germany

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Publications

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AutoImplant 2020 - First MICCAI Challenge on Automatic Cranial Implant Design

The aim of this paper is to provide a com- prehensive overview of the MICCAI 2020 AutoImplant Chal- lenge. The approaches and …

Jianning Li, Pedro Pimentel, Angelika Szengel, Moritz Ehlke, Hans Lamecker, Stefan Zachow, Laura Estacio, Christian Doenitz, Heiko Ramm, Haochen Shi, Xiaojun Chen, Franco Matzkin, Virginia Newcombe, Enzo Ferrante, Yuan Jin, David G. Ellis, Michele R. Aizenberg, Oldrich Kodym, Michal Spanel, Adam Herout, James G. Mainprize, Zachary Fishman, Michael R. Hardisty, Amirhossein Bayat, Suprosanna Shit, Bomin Wang, Zhi Liu, Matthias Eder, Antonio Pepe, Christina Gsaxner, Victor Alves, Ulrike Zefferer, Gord von Campe, Karin Pistracher, Ute Schäfer, Dieter Schmalstieg, Bjoern H. Menze, Ben Glocker, Jan Egger

DOI

Unsupervised Detection of Disturbances in 2D Radiographs

We present a method based on a generative model for detection of disturbances such as prosthesis, screws, zippers, and metals in 2D …

Laura Estacio, Moritz Ehlke, Alexander Tack, Eveling Castro, Hans Lamecker, Rensso Mora, Stefan Zachow

Conference

Automatic Vessel Segmentation and Aneurysm Detection Pipeline for Numerical Fluid Analysis

Computational Fluid Dynamic calculations are a great assistance for rupture prediction of cerebral aneurysms. This procedure requires a …

Johannes Felde, Thomas Wagner, Hans Lamecker, Christian Doenitz, Lina Gundelwein

DOI Conference

Synthetic Database of Aortic Morphometry and Hemodynamics: Overcoming Medical Imaging Data Availability

Modeling of hemodynamics and artificial intelligence have great potential to support clinical diagnosis and decision making. While …

Bente Thamsen, Pavlo Yevtushenko, Lina Gundelwein, Arnaud Arinda Adiyoso Setio, Hans Lamecker, Marcus Kelm, Marie Schafstedde, Tobias Heimann, Titus Kuehne and Leonid Goubergrits

Project DOI

Automated Virtual Reconstruction of Large Skull Defects Using Statistical Shape Models and Generative Adversarial Networks

We present an automated method for extrapolating missing regions in label data of the skull in an anatomically plausible manner. The …

Pedro Pimentel, Angelika Szengel, Moritz Ehlke, Hans Lamecker, Stefan Zachow, Laura Estacio, Christian Doenitz, Heiko Ramm

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Curriculum Vitae

 

 

 

 

 

Managing Director

1000shapes GmbH

Jan 2015 – Present Berlin / Germany

Heading the business operations at 1000shapes GmbH.

 

 

 

 

 

Guest research associate

Zuse Institute Berlin

Jan 2015 – Present Berlin / Germany

Working within the BMBF Forschungscampus MODAL and the DFG Math+ Research Center in the Visualization department.

 

 

 

 

 

Co-founder

1000shapes GmbH

Mar 2010 – Mar 2010 Berlin / Germany

Co-founded the ZIB and Matheon spin-off company 1000shapes GmbH together with Stefan Zachow.

 

 

 

 

 

Postdoctoral research

INRIA

Jan 2009 – Dec 2009 Sophia-Antipolis / France

Member of the Asclepios group, working on brain image segmentation within the Health-e-Child project and cardiac simulation within the euHeart project. Working under Nicolas Ayache, Xavier Pennec and Hervé Delingette.

 

 

 

 

 

PhD studies in mathematics and computer science

Freie Universität Berlin

Apr 2001 – Sep 2008 Berlin / Germany

The topic of my research was variational and statistical shape modeling for 3D geometry reconstruction. As an alumni, I am a member of the Ernst-Reuter-Gesellschaft der Freunde, Förderer und Ehemaligen der Freien Universität Berlin e.V..

 

 

 

 

 

Research associate

Zuse Institute Berlin

Sep 2000 – Dec 2014 Berlin / Germany

I was part of the Visual Data Analysis department, member of the Therapy Planning Group, and involved in the Amira development. Working under Prof. Deuflhard, Hans-Christian Hege and Stefan Zachow. I became a member of the SIG Visual Computing in Biology and Medicine.

My research was funded by

• DFG research center Matheon (FZT86)
• European Commission project MXL (FP7-2009-ICT-248693)
• DFG collaborative research center Hyperthermia: Clinical Aspects and Methodology (SFB273)

 

 

 

 

 

Research internship

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

May 2000 – Jun 2000 Cambridge/MA, USA

As part of my diploma thesis, I worked on numerical solutions to chiral dynamics in strong interaction physics.

 

 

 

 

 

Research internship

Zuse Institute Berlin

Feb 1998 – Apr 1998 Berlin / Germany

Development of an active-contour-based interactive image segmentation algorithm

 

 

 

 

 

Studies of physics

University of Heidelberg

Apr 1995 – Jul 2000 Heidelberg / Germany

Specialization in theoretical elementary particle physics; graduation as Diplomphysiker with a thesis on the chiral dynamics in strong interaction physics.

 

 

 

 

 

Studies of mathematics, physics and computer science

University of Auckland

Jan 1994 – Dec 1994 Auckland / New Zealand

 

 

 

 

 

Highschool

Max-Born-Gymnasium

Sep 1984 – Jun 1993 Germering near Munich, Germany

As an alumni, I am a member of the Max-Born-Netzwerk.

Awards

Best Paper Award

AutoImplant: the MICCAI 2020 Cranial Implant Design Challenge Oct 2020

Automated Virtual Reconstruction of Large Skull Defects Using Statistical Shape Models and Generative Adversarial Networks

Shape Challenge Best Prize

Shape Symposium Jun 2015

Partial shape reconstruction of resected livers

VCBM 2012 Best Poster Award

VCBM Sep 2012

Efficient projection and deformation of volumetric shape and intensity models for accurate simulation of X-ray images

Ausgründungspreis / Spin-off Award

Matheon Jun 2012

Second-Best Auto-Segmentation Method

MICCAI 2010 Grand Challenge Jun 2010

Knee/Cartilage from MR images

Best Auto-Segmentation Method

MICCAI 2009 Grand Challenge Oct 2009

Manibular bone and nerve from DVT images

Karl-Heinz Höhne Preis

GI Special Interest Group MedVis Oct 2008

Atlas-based 3D-Shape Reconstruction from X-Ray Images

Best Auto-Segmentation Method

MICCAI 2007 Grand Challenge Oct 2007

Liver from contrast-enhanced CT images

Best Podium Presentation

CAS-Head International Conference Jun 2005

Scholarship

German National Academic Foundation / Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes Jan 1997 – Jun 2000

Mentoring

I gladly serve as a supervisor or mentor for academic works, such as bachelor, master or PhD theses. Here are the students, whom I mentored or (co-)supervised:

Anatomical Landmark Detection From X-Ray Images Using Convolutional Neural Networks

In this thesis, we propose an approach that robustly detects three-dimensional (3D) anatomical landmarks in two-dimensional (2D) …

Nicolás Pérez de Olaguer Santamaría

Morphological Indicators for Limitations in Nasal Breathing

In order to better understand the relationship between shape of the nasal cavity and to find objective classification for breathing …

Natalja Amiridze

Deep Learning for Boundary Detection in Model-Based Segmentation

We propose an algorithm to segment 3D medical images that combines deformable anatomical models and deep learning. The aim is to …

Marilia de Almeida Lirio Dourado

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Teaching

I like to teach courses on my research topics. Here are some examples:

Malen nach Zahlen - Wissenschaftliche Visualisierung

Deutsche Schülerakademie July 8, 2004 – July 24, 2004

Creation of course material, coordination and instruction

Scientific Visualization with Amira

Summer school on Geometry and Visualization June 21, 2004 – June 25, 2004

Course instructor in Maubeuge / France

Introduction to Quantum Mechanics

Deutsche Schülerakademie July 19, 2001 – August 4, 2001

Creation of course material, coordination and instruction

Introduction to the Theory of Relativity

Deutsche Schülerakademie August 2, 2000 – August 19, 2000

Creation of course material, coordination and instruction

Lecture accompanying Tutorials

University of Heidelberg March 1, 1996 – June 20, 1999

Course instruction and correction of exercises for the following lectures:

• Theoretical mechanics (Prof. Dr. F. Wegner)
• Analysis II (Prof. Dr. H. Rost)
• Analysis I (Prof. Dr. H. Rost)
• Algorithms and data structures (Prof. Dr. G. Reinelt)

Conferences

I have helped to organize, consult and support scientific events:

Workshop on Clinical Image-based Procedures: From Planning to Intervention

MICCAI 2012 Jun 2012

Program Commitee Member

Session XVI - Registration, Segmentation and Modeling

CAOS International Jun 2012

Session Chair

Workshop on Computational and Clinical Applications in Abdominal Imaging

MICCAI 2011 Jun 2011

Program Commitee Member

Focus Session on Evaluation

Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering World Congress Jun 2009

Session Chair

Tandem Workshop on Geometry, Numerics and Visualization

DFG Research Center Matheon Jun 2003

Co-organization with M. Wardetzky and J. Bloch

International Workshop on Visualization and Mathematics

Zuse Institute Berlin Jun 2002

Staff member

First SIAM-EMS Conference: Applied Mathematics in our Changing World

Zuse Institute Berlin Jun 2001

Staff member

Reviewing

I serve as an expert reviewer for contributions in scientific journals and conferences. Here are some examples:

• International Workshop on Visualization in Medicine and Life Sciences (VMLS)
• Computer and Graphics (CAG)
• Eurographics / IEEE-VGTC Conference on Visualization (EuroVis)
• Biomedical Signal Processing and Control (BSPC)
• Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (TBME)
• Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biomedicine (VCBM)
• IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging (TMI)
• Pattern Recognition Letters (PATREC)
• International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision (WSCG)
• Symposium on Geometry Processing (SGP)
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Computer- und Roboterassistierte Chirurgie (CURAC)
• Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine (CMPB)
• Medical Image Analysis (MedIA)
• Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG)
• Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI)
• Medical Engineering and Physics (MEP)