Karl Heinz Höhne

Karl Heinz Höhne

3D reconstruction of a torso from cross-sectional images of the Visible Human project , 2001

Karl Heinz Höhne (* 23. May 1937 in Aschaffenburg ) is a German medical computer and pioneer of medical image processing and computer graphics .

Life

After graduating from high school in 1956 at Kronberg-Gymnasium Aschaffenburg , Höhne studied physics in Würzburg with a diploma thesis at the European Nuclear Research Center CERN in Geneva and received his diploma in physics in 1963 from the University of Würzburg. As a research assistant at the Deutsches Elektronensynchrotron DESY in Hamburg, he initially developed computer-based methods for evaluating spark chamber images . In 1967 he received his doctorate in physics from the University of Hamburg . In 1970 he turned to the use of computers in medicine as a research assistant at DESY. The system he developed for data acquisition and quality control in clinical chemistry was the first computer application in the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf . With the development of new methods for the quantitative analysis of scintigrams and angiograms , he turned to image processing in medicine. In 1974 he completed his habilitation in medical informatics at the University of Hamburg. In 1978 he was appointed professor and director of the newly established Department of Computer Science in Medicine (later the Institute for Medical Computer Science) at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf.

Since then, his work has focused on the 3D visualization of realistic anatomy from image data from computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRT). The algorithms for volume visualization developed by him and his working group in the mid-eighties and early nineties in the VOXEL-MAN project have received multiple awards and are still state-of-the-art in this field today. The aesthetics of the Pictures also generated great interest beyond medicine. In 1994 the VOXEL-MAN project was the focus of the “Le Corps Virtuel” exhibition at the Center Georges Pompidou in Paris. The VOXEL-MAN 3D atlases of anatomy and radiology, which can be explored interactively, were developed based on the method he and his working group developed to combine visual and descriptive knowledge. Haptic interaction methods developed by him ultimately led to the development of computer-based simulators for material-removing surgical interventions, a practical application of the methods of virtual reality .

Höhne was visiting researcher at the IBM Palo Alto Scientific Center and was also visiting professor at the University of California in San Francisco (1985, 1990), visiting professor at Harvard University (1995) and at Kyoto University (2003) and is an Advisory Professor at Jiaotong University Shanghai . He has been retired since 2003 and continues to work on the development of surgery simulators as part of the VOXEL-MAN project at the Hamburg University Hospital. He was Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging and member of the editorial boards of several other international journals. He is a co-founder and fellow of the International Society for Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI). The specialist group Visual Computing in Medicine of the Gesellschaft für Informatik awards the Karl Heinz Höhne Prize, named after Höhne, for innovative developments in the field of medical visualization.

Memberships

In the Catholic student association KDSt.V. Cheruscia Würzburg in the CV .

Honors

• 1996: Carrier of the X-ray badge
• 2004: Honorary President of the International Congress Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS), Chicago
• 2009: Fellow of the International Society for Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI)

Fonts

• Digital image processing in medicine. Springer, Berlin 1981, ISBN 3-540-10877-7
• Pictorial information systems in medicine. Springer, Berlin 198.6 ISBN 3-540-13921-4
• 3D imaging in medicine. Springer, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-540-52663-3
• Visualization in biomedical computing. Springer, Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-540-61649-7
• VOXEL-MAN Brain and Skull. Springer Electronic Media, Heidelberg 1996, ISBN 3-540-14584-2
• VOXEL-MAN 3D Navigator: Brain and Skull. Regional, Functional and Radiological Anatomy. Springer Electronic Media, Heidelberg 2001, ISBN 978-3-540-14910-1 ; 2nd edition, 2009, ISBN 978-3-642-01211-2
• VOXEL-MAN 3D Navigator: Inner Organs. Regional, Systemic and Radiological Anatomy. Springer Electronic Media, Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 978-3-540-40069-1
• VOXEL-MAN 3D navigator: Upper Limb. Regional and Radiological Anatomy. Springer Electronic Media, Heidelberg 2008, DVD, ISBN 978-3-540-21010-8
• VOXEL-MAN 3D Navigator: Brain and Skull. Regional, Functional and Radiological Anatomy. Version 2.0. Springer-Verlag Electronic Media, Heidelberg 2009, DVD, ISBN 978-3-642-01211-2

Web links

• Literature by and about Karl Heinz Höhne in the catalog of the German National Library
• List of publications
• VOXEL-MAN Surgery Simulators and Virtual Body Models
• Higher website at VOXEL-MAN
• VOXEL-MAN - the virtual patient

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Annual report 1955/1956 of the Humanist High School Aschaffenburg . S. 15 .
2. ^ Center Pompidou: Le corps virtuel: Karl-Heinz Höhne. Retrieved January 16, 2020 (French).