Picture Archiving and Communication for Medical Image Data, 2004 - 2006
Visus Technology Transfer GmbH & Co. KG

Global focus:
Enhancement of a Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS).

Personal contribution:
Design and implementation of a software module for interactive three dimensional direct volume rendering using state-of-the-art algorithms, e. g. multiplanar reconstruction, maximum intensity projection, shear warp, shaded volume display.

PREPaRe (Personal Repository for Electronic Patient Records), 2001 - 2004
Computer Graphics and Computer Assisted Medicine Group , Technical University of Berlin
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Heinz U. Lemke

Global focus:
Development of a virtual hospital as Infotainment system and presentation platform for medical volume data.

Personal contribution:
System design and system specification using Quality Function Deployment. Specification of methods for quality assurance and prototype evaluation using a user survey. Design, specification and implementation of a distributed subsystem for automatic preprocessing of medical volume data using different programming languages software libraries (e.g. Kitware's "The Visualisation Toolkit VTK" and "Amira"), network protocols and databases. Evaluation of methods for automatic segmentation and registration of medical tomography data and interactive volume visualisation.

Testapplikationen für mobile Telefone, 1997 - 1999
Peucon GmbH, company for mobile communication technics and consulting , Dipl.-Ing. Uwe Pakendorf

Global focus:
Development of hard- and software for wireless communication in accordance with the DECT standard DIN ETS 300 175, PAP and GAP.

Personal contribution:
Software engineering using the C programming language on MS-Windows based computers. Development of hardware driver software for network planning tools to determine the radio coverage of a building or a field area.

Computer Assisted Image Analysis for Diagnosis and Therapy in Radiology, 1998
Radiological Clinic of the Charité Berlin, Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Beier, Prof. Dr. med. Peter Wust

Global focus:
Surgical planning tools for radiotherapy.

Personal contribution:
Software development using the C++ programming language on UNIX/DEC OSF-1 based workstations. Implementation of an interface library which is capable to convert computer and magnetic resonance tomography images of Siemens devices into the standardised DICOM format.

MedBild/MILORD, 1995 - 1997
Institute for Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, University Hospital Benjamin Franklin , Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Thomas Tolxdorff

Global focus:
Development of services for distributed diagnosis techniques based on state-of-the-art diagnosis methods based on new interactive 3D visualisation algorithms.

Personal contribution:
Software development using the C++ programming language on UNIX/DEC OSF-1 based workstations. Implementation of an interface library which is capable to convert computer and magnetic resonance tomography images of Siemens devices into the standardised DICOM format.