Research Group VisSim

VisSim is an interdisciplinary research group of the Institute for Computational Visualistics and MTI Mittelrhein, Institute of medical engineering and information processing at the University of Koblenz-Landau, Campus Koblenz. It deals with visualisation of human structures and their biomechanical simulation.
Specialists in the fields of computational visualistics, biomedical computer modeling, biology, sport science, and maths work in close collaboration with researchers and companies working on medical engineering to achieve innovative solutions for improvement of medical products and planning of surgeries.
Another focus of research is the analysis of movement and the arising change of strain within structures of the human body. Special attention is given to investigation and analyses of the biomedical impact of normal weight and obesity to humans' structures.

 

Lumbar spine intervertebral disc implant

The aim of the project is the development of a new intervertebral disc implant possibility of adjusting the individual lordosis.
Status: running

Detection of Ligament Insertion Points

The aim of the project is to develop a new application to detect the ligament insertion points.
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SMOMBI - Head Down Generation

Due to the rise of the popularity of smartphones they've become a part of daily life for most people. As useful as those phones may be, they result in a bad posture for most people, namely bending over. To analyze how this can permanently affect the spine, the VisSim research group announces their new project SMOMBI (shorthand for SMartphone zOMBIe).
Status: running
VisSim News
May 28, 2020

New research project "Lumbar Spine Intervertebral Disc Implant" granted!

Good News: Our research project "development of lumbar intervertebral disc implants" is granted and will start at 01.07.2020.

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Feb 20, 2020

Student assistant wanted

We, the VisSim working group, are looking for 2 student assistants to support existing projects. VisSim deals with the visualization of human body structures and their biomechanical simulation.

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Jan 22, 2020

Announcement Research Internship SS20

In the coming summer term 2020 the VisSim research group offers a research lab in the area of of cervical spine simulation.

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Jan 13, 2020

Cooperation partner private lecturer Dr. Roland Jacob now self-employed with a new ear, nose and throat medical center

Until recently, Dr. Roland Jacob worked as a head doctor in the Koblenz Federal Central Hospital and became self-employed with his senior senior doctor Yvonne Stelzig.

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Jan 06, 2020

Spine Center Certified to highest level

We congratulate our long-time supporter Dr. Francis Kilian very warmly. The spine center of the Brüderkrankenhaus, Catholic Clinic Koblenz Montabaur under the chief doctor Dr. Francis Kilian was certified by the German Spinal Column Society (DWG) at Level II.

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