Dr. Thomas Schiwietz

Awards

„Siemens Excellence Award“ for outstanding Diploma thesis (04/2004)

Publications

1. Schiwietz Thomas
Acceleration of Medical Imaging Algorithms Using Programmable Graphics Hardware
PhD thesis, Technische Universität München, 2008

2. Schiwietz Thomas, Georgii Joachim, Westermann Rüdiger
Interactive Model-based Image Registration
In Proceedings of Vision, Modeling and Visualization (VMV), pages 213 – 221, 2007

3. Schiwietz Thomas, Georgii Joachim, Westermann Rüdiger
Freeform Image
In Proceedings of the Pacific Conference on Computer Graphics and Applications, pages 27 – 36, 2007

4. Schiwietz Thomas, Chang Ti-chiun, Speier Peter, Westermann Rüdiger
GPU-accelerated MR Image Reconstruction from Radial Measurement Lines
In Proceedings of ISMRM Workshop on Non-Cartesian MRI, 2007

5. Schiwietz Thomas, Bose Supratik, Maltz Jonathan, Westermann Rüdiger
A Fast And High-Quality Cone Beam Reconstruction Pipeline Using The GPU
In Proceedings of SPIE Medical Imaging, volume 6510, 2007

6. Schiwietz Thomas, Chang Ti-chiun, Speier Peter, Westermann Rüdiger
MR Image Reconstruction Using the GPU
In Proceedings of SPIE Medical Imaging, volume 6142, pages 1279 – 1290, 2006

7. Grady Leo, Schiwietz Thomas, Aharon Shmuel, Westermann Rüdiger
Random Walks for Interactive Organ Segmentation in Two and Three Dimensions: Implementation and Validation
In Proceedings of Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), pages 773 – 780, 2005

8. Grady Leo, Schiwietz Thomas, Aharon Shmuel, Westermann Rüdiger
Random walks for Interactive Alpha-Matting
In Proceedings of Conference on Visualization, Imaging and Image Processing (VIIP), pages 423 – 429, 2005

9. Krüger Jens, Schiwietz Thomas, Kipfer Peter, Westermann Rüdiger
Numerical Simulations on PC Graphics Hardware
In Proceedings of EuroPVM/MPI, 2004

10. Schiwietz Thomas, Westermann Rüdiger
GPU-PIV
In Proceedings of the Vision, Modeling, and Visualization (VMV), pages 151 – 158, 2004

Granted US Patents

1. Schiwietz Thomas , Aharon Shmuel , Grady Leo
GPU accelerated multi-label digital photo and video editing
12/08/2009, Number 7630549

2. Schiwietz Thomas, Aharon Shmuel , Grady Leo
GPU accelerated isoperimetric algorithm for image segmentation, digital photo and video editing
04/14/2009, Number 7519220

3. Schiwietz Thomas, Aharon Shmuel , Grady Leo
Manifold learning for discriminating pixels in multi-channel images, with application to image/volume/video segmentation and clustering
03/15/2011, Number 7907777

4. Schiwietz Thomas, Chang Ti-chiun
High speed image reconstruction for k-space trajectory data using graphic processing unit (GPU)
03/29/2011, Number 7916144

5. Schiwietz Thomas, Georgii Joachim, Westermann Rüdiger
Image deformation using physical models
05/31/2011, Number 7952595

6. Schiwietz Thomas, Georgii Joachim, Westermann Rüdiger
System and method for on-the-fly segmentations for image deformations
06/14/2011, Number 7961945

7. Schiwietz Thomas, Aharon Shmuel
Flat texture volume rendering
02/28/2012, Number 8125480

Additional patents are currently under review with the US Patent Office.