Maximilian Rokuss
mrokuss
- Germany
- German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
- MIC
Statistics
- Member for 1 year, 9 months
- 85 challenge submissions
- 20 algorithms run
Activity Overview
Multi-site, Multi-Domain Airway Tree Modeling (ATM’22)
Challenge UserAirway segmentation is a crucial step for the analysis of pulmonary diseases including asthma, bronchiectasis, and emphysema. The accurate segmentation based on X-Ray computed tomography (CT) enables the quantitative measurements of airway dimensions and wall thickness, which can reveal the abnormality of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Besides, the extraction of patient-specific airway models from CT images is required for navigatiisted surgery.
ToothFairy: Cone-Beam Computed Tomography Segmentation Challenge
Challenge UserThis is the first edition of the ToothFairy challenge organized by the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia with the collaboration of Raudboud University. This challenge aims at pushing the development of deep learning frameworks to segment the Inferior Alveolar Canal (IAC) by incrementally extending the amount of publicly available 3D-annotated Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) scans. CBCT modality is becoming increasingly important for treatment planning and diagnosis in implant dentistry and maxillofacial surgery. The three-dimensional information acquired with CBCT can be crucial to plan a vast number of surgical interventions with the aim of preserving noble anatomical structures such as the Inferior Alveolar Canal (IAC), which contains the homonymous nerve (Inferior Alveolar Nerve, IAN). Deep learning models can support medical personnel in surgical planning procedures by providing a voxel-level segmentation of the IAN automatically extracted from CBCT scans.
LNQ2023
Challenge UserAccurate lymph node size estimation is critical for staging cancer patients, initial therapeutic management, and in longitudinal scans, assessing response to therapy. Current standard practice for quantifying lymph node size is based on a variety of criteria that use unidirectional or bidirectional measurements on just one or a few nodes, typically on just one axial slice. But humans have hundreds of lymph nodes, any number of which may be enlarged to various degrees due to disease or immune response. While a normal lymph node may be approximately 5mm in diameter, a diseased lymph node may be several cm in diameter. The mediastinum, the anatomical area between the lungs and around the heart, may contain ten or more lymph nodes, often with three or more enlarged greater than 1cm. Accurate segmentation in 3D would provide more information to evaluate lymph node disease.
HEad and neCK TumOR Lesion Segmentation, Diagnosis and Prognosis
Challenge UserHECKTOR 2025 is the next iteration of a medical imaging challenge focused on improving automated analysis of head and neck cancer using multimodal PET/CT data. The challenge features three complementary tasks that span the clinical workflow: automatic detection and segmentation of primary tumors and lymph nodes, prediction of recurrence-free survival using imaging and clinical data, and diagnosis of HPV status, which is crucial for treatment decisions. The 2025 edition significantly expands on previous challenges with a larger dataset exceeding, refined evaluation metrics that better assess both detection and segmentation capabilities, and the addition of radiotherapy planning dose maps as an information channel. This challenge aims to advance the development of clinical tools that can aid in treatment planning, outcome prediction, and diagnosis in head and neck cancer patients, ultimately supporting more personalized patient management approaches.