Dr.-Ing.

Peter Faltin
Research Scientist
Institute of Imaging & Computer Vision
RWTH Aachen
Sommerfeldstrasse 24
52074 Aachen
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Room: 139
Tel: +49 (241) 80 22915
Fax: +49 (241) 80 22200
Email:  lfb@lfb.rwth-aachen.de

Curriculum Vitae

Mar 2010 – Jan 2016 Research Scientist, Institute of Imaging & Computer Vision, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Feb 2010 Graduation as Dipl.-Ing.
Topic of the diploma thesis: 3D reconstruction from uncalibrated endoscopic freehand image sequences
Oct 2008 – Feb 2009 Internship at Siemens Corporate Research, Princeton, NJ
Oct 2004 – Feb 2010 Course of studies in computer engineering at RWTH Aachen University

Research Project

Computer-aided diagnosis for early-stage pleural mesothelioma: Automatic detection and quantitative assessment of pleural thickening in thoracic CT data

Publications

Journal Publications

 
2011

Peter Faltin and Kraisorn Chaisaowong
3D Surface-based Detection of Pleural Thickenings
In: Acta Polytechnica Journal of Advanced Engineering

 
2010

Peter Faltin, Alexander Behrens
Projective 3D-reconstruction of uncalibrated endoscopic images
In: Acta Polytechnica Journal of Advanced Engineering

Conference Publications

2016

Peter Faltin, Thomas Kraus, Marcin Kopaczka and Dorit Merhof
Flattening of the Lung Surface with Temporal Consistency for the Follow-Up Assessment of Pleural Mesothelioma
In: International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications (IVAPP)

2016

Kraisorn Chaisaowong, Mingze Jiang, Peter Faltin, Dorit Merhof, Christian Eisenhawer, Monika Gube and Thomas Kraus
Automated Anatomical Description of Pleural Thickening towards Improvement of its Computer-Assisted Diagnosis
In: SPIE Medical Imaging 2016 - Conference on Image Processing

2014

Marcin Kopaczka, Andreas Wimmer, Peter Faltin, Günther Platsch and Jens N Kaftan
Multimodale Bildregistrierung für die effiziente Beurteilung von Rippenläsionen in PET/CT-Daten
In: Bildverarbeitung für die Medizin (BVM)

 
2014

Peter Faltin, Kraisorn Chaisaowong, Thomas Kraus and Dorit Merhof
Extracting and Visualizing Uncertainties in Segmentations from 3D Medical Data
In: 4th Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine (VCBM)

 
2014

Peter Faltin, Kraisorn Chaisaowong, Thomas Kraus and Dorit Merhof
Consistent Follow-Up Segmentation of Pleural Thickenings
In: IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI)

 
2014

Kraisorn Chaisaowong, Peter Faltin and Thomas Kraus
Automated Assessment of Pleural Thickening
In: Bildverarbeitung für die Medizin 2014

 
2013

Pierre Marie Kengne Nzegne, Peter Faltin, Thomas Kraus and Kraisorn Chaisaowong
3D Lung Surface Analysis Towards Segmentation of Pleural Thickenings
In: Bildverarbeitung für die Medizin 2013

 
2013

Hendrik Hachmann, Peter Faltin, Thomas Kraus and Kraisorn Chaisaowong
3D-Segmentierungskorrektur unter Berücksichtigung von Bildinformationen für die effiziente und objektive Erfassung pleuraler Verdickungen
In: Bildverarbeitung für die Medizin 2013

 
2013

Peter Faltin, Kraisorn Chaisaowong, Elke Ochsmann and Thomas Kraus
Vollautomatische Detektion und Verlaufskontrolle der pleuralen Verdickungen
In: 53. Wissenschaftliche Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Arbeitsmedizin und Umweltmedizin e.V. (DGAUM), Arbeitsmedizin in Europa, Muskel-Skelett-Erkrankungen und Beruf

 
2013

Peter Faltin, Thomas Kraus and Kraisorn Chaisaowong
Volume-preserving correction of non-rigid registrations for the investigation of pleural thickening growth
In: SPIE Medical Imaging

 
2012

Peter Faltin, Kraisorn Chaisaowong and Til Aach
Volume-Preserving Correction for Image Registration using Free-Form Deformations
In: Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP)

 
2012

Peter Faltin, Kraisorn Chaisaowong, Thomas Kraus and Til Aach
Registration of Lung Surface Proximity for Assessment of Pleural Thickenings
In: Bildverarbeitung für die Medizin 2012

 
2012

Peter Faltin, Kraisorn Chaisaowong, Thomas Kraus and Til Aach
Non-rigid surface proximity registration of CT images considering the influence of pleural thickenings
In: SPIE Medical Imaging

 
2011

Peter Faltin and Kraisorn Chaisaowong
3D Surface-based Detection of Pleural Thickenings
In: The 15th International Student Conference on Electrical Engineering POSTER 2011

 
2011

Peter Faltin, Kraisorn Chaisaowong, Thomas Kraus and Til Aach
Markov-Gibbs Model Based Registration of CT Lung Images Using Subsampling for the Follow-Up Assessment of Pleural Thickenings
In: Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP)

 
2010

Peter Faltin, Alexander Behrens
Projective 3D-reconstruction of uncalibrated endoscopic images
In: Proceedings of the International Student Conference on Electrical Engineering POSTER

Patents

  • Waheed A. Abbasi, Dorin Comaniciu, Peter Faltin, Larry C. Himes, Michael J. Metala, Daniel S. Morgan, Chris Vierck, Jingdan Zhang, Shaohua Kevin Zhou, Three-Dimensional Visualization and Analysis Method and System for Non-Destructive Examination of a Rotor Bore using Ultrasound (US 20110087443 A1)

Teaching

Diploma, master, student research projects, bachelor theses:

  • Bachelor thesis Marc Kaminski: Low-distortion planar visualization of the lung surface
  • Bachelor thesis Christoph Hebisch: Database-based simulation of pleural thickenings
  • Master thesis Jasmin Heinrich: Segmentation of pleural thickenings using surface-based classification
  • Master thesis Filip Petri: Continuous interpolation of the pleural surface with temporal consistency by fusion of data
  • Master thesis Gerrit Nautz: Interpolation of lung surface area for consistent follow-up of pleural thickenings
  • Diploma thesis Aron Binienda: Classification of lung surface area in thoracic CT data to support the diagnosis of pleural mesothelioma
  • Masterarbeit Phan-Anh Nguyen: Editing 3D segmentations of pleural thickenings combining image information and user-interaction
  • Bachelor thesis Erik Röcher: Methods of non-rigid registration for 3D CT data of the pleura
  • Diploma thesis Pierre Kengne: Localization, classification and segmentation of pleural thickenings in volume data
  • Diploma thesis Hendrik Hachmann: Interactive 3D segmentation of pleural thickenings in CT lung data
  • Diploma thesis Ömer Afsar: Segmentation of pleural thickening for follow-up
  • Bachelor thesis Rami Botros: Interpolation of the 3D lung surface
  • Student thesis Monika Kwiecien: Non-rigid surface-based registration of CT lung images with B-splines

External theses:

  • Diploma thesis Tobias Hebler: Development of a dual ultrasound data acquisition system for an intraoral microscanner
  • Diploma thesis Marcin Kopaczka: Multimodal image registration for the efficient assessment of rib lesions in nuclear medicine image data
  • Master’s thesis Marius Stärk: Simulated vascular growth in tumor tissue in comparison with vascular systems of real tumors based on image features

Exercises, practicals, projects:

  • Exercise leader in Biomedical Imaging: WS 2010/2011, WS 2011/2012, WS 2012/2013, WS 2013/2014
  • Project leader of the institute Projects SS 2010, SS 2011, SS 2012, SS 2013, SS 2014
  • Practical course in digital image processing: methods of image coding SS 2010, WS 2010/2011, SS 2011, WS 2011/2012, SS 2012, WS 2012/2013, SS 2013, WS 2013/2014, SS 2014