Dipl.-Inf. Univ. Oliver Kutter

Dipl.-Inf. Univ. Oliver Kutter Chair for Computer Aided Medical Procedures & Augmented Reality Fakultät für Informatik Technische Universität München Boltzmannstr. 3 85748 Garching b. München room: MI 03.13.058 phone: +49 89 289-19403 fax: +49 89 289-17059 e-mail:

Research Interests

• 3D/4D/Freehand Ultrasound Imaging
• Real-Time Ultrasound Simulation
• Visualization, Tracking and Navigation for Computer Aided Surgery
• Real Time Volume Graphics
• Augmented Reality
• GPU-accelerated algorithms for medical image processing

Publications:

	O. Kutter, A. Karamalis, W. Wein, N. Navab A GPU-Based Framework for Simulation of Medical Ultrasound SPIE Medical Imaging, Orlando, Florida, USA, February 2009 (to be published) (bib)
	A. Karamalis, W. Wein, O. Kutter, N. Navab Fast Hybrid Freehand Ultrasound Volume Reconstruction SPIE Medical Imaging, Orlando, Florida, USA, February 2009 (to be published) (bib)
	O. Kutter, R. Shams, N. Navab Visualization and GPU-accelerated simulation of medical ultrasound from CT images To appear in Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine (bib)
	O. Kutter, A. Aichert, C. Bichlmeier, J. Traub, S.M. Heining, B. Ockert, E. Euler, N. Navab Real-time Volume Rendering for High Quality Visualization in Augmented Reality International Workshop on Augmented environments for Medical Imaging including Augmented Reality in Computer-aided Surgery (AMI-ARCS 2008), USA, New York, September 2008 (bib)
	C. Bichlmeier, B. Ockert, O. Kutter, M. Rustaee, S.M. Heining, N. Navab The Visible Korean Human Phantom: Realistic Test & Development Environments for Medical Augmented Reality International Workshop on Augmented environments for Medical Imaging including Augmented Reality in Computer-aided Surgery (AMI-ARCS 2008), USA, New York, September 2008 (bib)
	R. Ionasec, B. Georgescu, E. Gassner, S. Vogt, O. Kutter, M. Scheuering, N. Navab, D. Comaniciu Dynamic model-driven quantification and visual evaluation of the aortic valve from 4D CT Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI, 2008, New York, USA, September 6-10 2008 (bib)
	O. Kutter, S. Kirchhoff, M. Berkovic, M. Reiser, N. Navab Spatio-temporal registration in multiplane MRI acquisitions for 3D Colon Motiliy analysis SPIE Medical Imaging, San Diego, California, USA, 16-21 February 2008 (bib)
	S. Demirci, O. Kutter, F. Manstad-Hulaas, R. Bauernschmitt, N. Navab Advanced 2D-3D Registration for Endovascular Aortic Interventions: Addressing Dissimilarity in Images SPIE Medical Imaging, San Diego, California, USA, 16-21 February 2008 (bib)
	W. Wein, A. Khamene, D.-A. Clevert, O. Kutter, N. Navab Simulation and Fully Automatic Multimodal Registration of Medical Ultrasound Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2007), Brisbane, Australia, October 2007. Received the MICCAI 2007 Young Scientist Award. (bib)
	O. Kutter, S. Kettner (=Demirci), E.U. Braun, N. Navab, R. Lange, R. Bauernschmitt Towards an Integrated Planning and Navigation System for Aortic Stent-Graft Placement Proc. of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS), Berlin, Germany, June 2007. (bib)
	M. Feuerstein, K. Filippatos, O. Kutter, E.U. Schirmbeck, R. Bauernschmitt, N. Navab A Novel Segmentation and Navigation Tool for Endovascular Stenting of Aortic Aneurysms International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, 2006; Vol. 1 Suppl. 1, page 280 - 282. The original publication is available online at www.springerlink.com (bib)
	T. Sielhorst, M. Feuerstein, J. Traub, O. Kutter, N. Navab CAMPAR: A software framework guaranteeing quality for medical augmented reality International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, 2006; Vol. 1 Suppl. 1, page 29 - 30. The original publication is available online at www.springerlink.com (bib)

Student Projects (SEPs, IDPs, Bachelor/Master or Diploma Theses)

• If you are interested to work on topics in the area of GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) accelerated Rendering/Visualization, Medical Image Registration and Simulation contact me and let's discuss your ideas. Knowledge and experience in one of the areas of (medical) image processing, computer graphics or GPGPU (OpenGL, DirectX, GLSL, HLSL, Cg, CUDA), C/C++, Matlab is highly recommended.

Teaching

• Projekt Systementwicklung Bildverarbeitung und Computer-Graphik mit C++

• Lecture Computer Aided Medical Procedures II
• Proseminar History of Computational Science, Vision, and Medical Science

• Projekt Systementwicklung Bildverarbeitung und Computer-Graphik mit C++
• Tutorübung Diskrete Strukturen

• Lecture Computer Aided Medical Procedures II
• Projekt Systementwicklung Bildverarbeitung und Computer-Graphik mit C++

• Lecture Computer Aided Medical Procedures II

• Tutorübung Einführung in die Informatik III

• Tutorübung Einführung in die Informatik II
• Studentischer Tutor für Praktikum Spezifikation und Verifikation

• Studentischer Tutor für Praktikum Spezifikation und Verifikation

Prior Projects as a Student:

• Diploma Thesis: Automatic Calibration of Tracked Catheter Ultrasound in Cooperation with Siemens Corporate Research, Princeton, NJ
• IDP: Development of an Automatic Segmentation, Measuring, and Planning Tool for the Aorta and Aneurysms
• HIWI @ CAMP: Major Contributions to the Design and Implementation of the CAMPAR Framework
• SEP: Design and Implementation of an efficient reasoning specialist for linear and partial orders in Isabelle.