New imaging technologies and assessment of regeneration patterns for the optimization of computer-assisted planning and risk analysis for living donor liver transplantation

该项目的目标是优化活体供肝移植的术前规划和探索移植后的再生模式。根据正在进行的项目的研究结果和新的成像技术，项目的主要重点是：(1)评估再生的形态学、血管生成、肝内血管系统的血运重建以及肝脏和区域体积的增长；(2)开发高级风险分析模型，包括肝静脉血运重建的预测；(3)研究新的成像方式和造影剂；(4)为最先进的新图像数据开发新的规划工具，包括潜在供体评估方法的自动化以及胆管和肝动脉提取算法的优化。

The goal of the project is the optimization of preoperative planning for living donor liver transplantations and the exploration of regeneration patterns after transplantation. Based on the findings of the ongoing project and new imaging technologies, main focuses of the project are: (1) the assessment of regeneration regarding morphology, angiogenesis, revascularization of intrahepatic vascular systems and the growth of liver and territorial volume, (2) the development of a model for advanced risk analysis including the prediction of revascularization for the hepatic veins, (3) the investigation of new imaging modalities and contrast media, and (4) the development of new planning tools for state-of-the-art and new image data including the automation of methods for the evaluation of potential donors and the optimization of algorithms for extraction of bile ducts and hepatic arteries.