Meet the Winners

Winner

Dr. Akira Katakura and Dr. Koyachi
(Tokyo Dental College) 

Accuracy of Le Fort I osteotomy with combined computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing technology and mixed reality 

Runner-up

Michael Boelstoft Holte
(University Hospital of Southern Denmark) 

Virtual Analysis of Segmental Bimaxillary Surgery: A Validation Study 

Runner-up

Nicholas A. Szugye
(Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, USA) 

A Novel Method of Donor-Recipient Size Matching in Pediatric Heart Transplantation: A Total Cardiac Volume Predictive Model 

Winner

Dr. Alessandro Tel and Prof. Robiony
(University Hospital of Udine, Department of Maxillo Facial Surgery) 

Endoscopically assisted computer-guided repair of internal orbital floor fractures: an updated protocol for minimally invasive management 

Runner-up

Clara Park and Yiling Fan
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard Medical School, USA) 

An organosynthetic dynamic heart model with enhanced biomimicry guided by cardiac diffusion tensor imaging 

Runner-up

Giulia Luraghi
(Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta”, Italy) 

Does clinical data quality affect fluid-structure interaction simulations of patient-specific stenotic aortic valve models?

Winner EMEA & Global Winner 

Alessandro Caimi 
(Politecnico di Milano) 

Prediction of stenting-related adverse events through patient-specific finite element modelling 

2^nd Winner EMEA 

Stefaan Van Onsem 
(AZ Alma, Belgium) 

Undersizing the femoral component improves pain and symptoms after total knee arthroplasty 

Winner Asia-Pacific 

Bhavuk Garg 
(All India Institute of Medical Sciences) 

Outcome and safety analysis of 3D-printed patient-specific pedicle screw jigs for complex spinal deformities: a comparative study 

2^nd Winner Asia-Pacific 

Liang Fuyou 
(Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China) 

Tortuosity of the superficial femoral artery and its influence on blood flow patterns and risk of atherosclerosis 

Winner Americas 

Allison Clouthier 
(University of Ottawa) 

The effect of articular geometry features identified using statistical shape modelling on knee biomechanics 

2^nd Winner Americas 

Carlos Soares 
(Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Brazil) 

 Three-dimensional finite element stress analysis of teeth adjacent to a traumatized incisor 

Winner EMEA & Global Winner 

Simon Sonntag 
(RWTH Aachen University) 

Virtual Fitting and Hemodynamic Simulation of the EVAHEART® 2 LVAS  

2^nd Winner EMEA 

Michael Skipper Andersen 
(Aalborg University, Denmark) 

Workflow assessing the effect of gait alterations on stresses in the medial tibial cartilage - combined musculoskeletal modelling and finite element analysis  

Winner Asia-Pacific 

Louis Parker, Harry Perkins 
(Institute of Medical Research, University of Western Australia)  

Computational Modelling to Evaluate Intervention Strategies for a Complex Case of Aortic Disease  

2^nd Winner Asia-Pacific 

Massato Shiba 
(Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Mie, Japan) 

Relationships of Morphologic Parameters and Hemodynamic Parameters Determined by Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis with the Severity of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage 

Winner Americas 

Amirsepehr Azimian 
(Ohio State University, USA) 

Accurate Predictive Models to Assess Coronary Obstruction and Paravalvular Leakage During Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) 

 

2^nd Winner Americas 

Ahmed Ghazi 
(University of Rochester, USA) 

Development and Validation of Patient-Specific Hydrogel Kidney Phantoms for Surgical Rehearsal prior to Renal Cancer Surgery 

Winner EMEA & Global Winner 

David Randall & Dr. Peter Metherall 
(University of Sheffield, UK) 

The Oculus Rift Virtual Colonoscopy: Introducing a new Technology and Initial Impressions 

2^nd Winner EMEA 

Prof. Laszlo Kovacs & Jalil Jalali 
(Research Group—Computer Aided Plastic Surgery (CAPS), TUM, Germany) 

Three-dimensional prediction of free-flap volume in autologous breast reconstruction by CT angiography imaging 

Winner Asia-Pacific 

Nikhilesh Bappoo 
(Vascular Engineering Laboratory, Harry Perkins Institute of Research, Perth, Australia) 

Viscosity and Haemodynamics in a Late Gestation Rat Feto-Placental Arterial Network 

2^nd Winner Asia-Pacific 

Dr. Keiichi Katsumi 
(Niigata University, Japan) 

Posterior Instrumented Fusion Suppresses the Progression of Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament: A Comparison of Laminoplasty with and without instrumented fusion by three-dimensional study 

Winner Americas 

Christina Sidorowych 
(University of Illinois at Chicago, USA) 

Visualizing Human Embryonic Development of the Heart’s Outflow Tract 

2^nd Winner Americas 

Animesh Tandon 
(University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA) 

Use of a semi-automated cardiac segmentation tool improves reproducibility and speed of segmentation of contaminated right heart magnetic resonance angiography 

Winner EMEA
Dr. Sasa Cukovic
(University of Kragujevac, Serbia)

From generic to the patient-specific 3D model of the spine in case of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) 

2^nd Winner EMEA
Mr. Samuel Jesús Ramos Infante
(University of Zaragoza, Spain)

Insilico characterization of open-cell structures for trabecular bone 

Winner Asia-Pacific
Mr. Darpan Shidid
(RMIT University, Australia)

Just-In-Time Design and Additive Manufacture of Patient-Specific Medical Implants 

2^nd Winner Asia-Pacific
Dr. Vikas Karade
(Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India)

3D femur model reconstruction from biplane X-ray images: a novel method based on Laplacian surface deformation 

Winner Americas & Global Winner
Dr. Michael Jaeggli
(Northeastern University, USA) 

Interobserver variability in physician-modified endograft planning by comparison with a three-dimensional printed aortic model

Winner EMEA 
Claudio Storck 
(University Hospital Basel, Switzerland) 

Cricothyroid joint anatomy as a predicting factor for success of cricoid-thyroid approximation in trans-women 

2^nd Winner EMEA 
Bram Trachet 
(Ghent University, Belgium) 

Dissecting abdominal aortic aneurysm in Ang II-infused mice: suprarenal branch ruptures and apparent luminal dilatation 

Winner Asia-Pacific & Global Winner 
Kenichi Kono 
(Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital, Japan) 

Hemodynamic effects of stent struts versus straightening of vessels in stent-assisted coil embolization for cerebral aneurysms 

2^nd Winner Asia-Pacific 
Yasutaka Tashiro 
(Kyushu University, Japan) 

Head-to-head analysis of closing-wedge versus opening-wedge high tibial osteotomy on tibia deformity using computer simulation 

Winner Americas 
Jingwen Hu 
(University of Michigan, USA) 

Developing parametric human models representing various vulnerable populations in motor vehicle crashes 

2^nd Winner Americas 
Nicole Wake 
(New York University School of Medicine, USA) 

Design of anatomically accurate, patient-specific renal tumor models for partial nephrectomy 

Winner poster award 
Andrea Calvo-Echenique 
(Aragón Institute of Engineering Research, Spain) 

Finite element simulations of human gait in healthy and operated hip: a new method to evaluate prosthesis design 

Winner EMEA & Global winner 
Andreas J. Fritschi 
(RWTH-Aachen University, Germany) 

Image based evaluation of mediastinal constraints for the development of a pulsatile total artificial heart 

2^nd Winner EMEA 
Heather Doyle 
(National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland) 

Predicting the elastic properties of selective laser sintered PCL/β-TCP bone scaffold materials using computational modelling 

Winner Asia-Pacific 
Liang Li 
(Shandong University, China) 

CBCT evaluation of the upper airway morphological changes in growing patients of Class II division 1 malocclusion with mandibular retrusion using twin block appliance: a comparitive research 

2^nd Winner Asia-Pacific 
In-Beom Kim 
(The Catholic University of Korea) 

Axonal synapses utilize multiple synaptic ribbons in the mammalian retina 

Winner Americas 
Glenn Green & Scott Hollister 
(University of Michigan, USA) 

Mitigation of tracheobronchomalacia with 3D-printed patient-specific devices 

2^nd Winner Americas 
Austin S. Rose & Ola Harrysson 
(University of North Carolina School of Medicine & North Carolina State University, USA) 

Design of a 3D model for temporal bone surgical simulation 

Winner poster award 
Haithem Babiker 
(Arizona State University) 

High fidelity medical device simulations for the pre-planning of endovascular cerebral aneurysm treatments 

Winner category "Engineering on Anatomy for Cardiovascular Applications" 
Ellen Roche 
(Harvard University, USA) 

Design of an anatomically accurate, multi-material, patient-specific cardiac simulator with sensing and controls 

2nd Winner category "Engineering on Anatomy for Cardiovascular Applications" 
Joris Bols 
(Ghent University, Belgium) 

A computational method to assess in vivo stresses and the unloaded configuration of patient-specific blood vessels 

Winner category "Engineering on Anatomy for Orthopaedic/Craniomaxillofacial Applications" 
Stefaan W. Verbruggen 
(NUI, Galway, Ireland) 

Strain amplification in bone mechanobiology: a computational investigation of the in vivo mechanics of osteocytes 

Winner open category 
Leah Klein 
(University of Illinois, USA) 

Visualizing pharyngeal arch nerve growth and muscle innervation during human embryological development 

2nd Winner open category 
Matthew Jian-Qiao Peng 
(1e Affiliated Hospital of Guangshou Medical College, China) 

Clinical significance of creative 3D-image fusion across multimodalities (PET+CT+MR) based on characteristic co-registration 

Winner poster category for Cardiovascular Applications 
Justin Ryan 
(Arizona State University, USA) 

Virtual total artificial heart Implantation for improved device eligibility criteria 

Winner poster category for Orthopaedic/Craniomaxillofacial Applications 
David Sengeh 
(MIT Media Lab, USA) 

VIPr socket: 3D printing of prosthetic sockets for below knee amputees

Winner category 1 
Masayuki Hirata, M.D., Ph.D 
(Osaka University Medical School, Japan) 

Contour fitting high density personalized 3 dimensional cortical electrodes

Winner category 2 
Charlotte Debbaut 
(Ghent University, Belgium) 

Perfusion characteristics of the human hepatic microcirculation based on 3D reconstructions and computational fluid dynamic analysis 

Winner category 3 
Rajshree Mootanah 
(Anglia Ruskin University, UK) 

Development and verification of a computational model of the knee Joint for the evaluation of surgical treatments for osteoarthritis

Winner category 4 
Serena Scott 
(UCSF, USA) 

Interstitial ultrasound ablation of paraspinal and vertebral tumors: patient-specific simulations & treatment planning 

Winner category 1 
Dr. Diana Glaser 
(Orthopedics Biomechanics Research Center, USA) 

Interdisciplinary approach for the 3D analysis of spinal growth modulation as a novel fusionless scoliosis treatment 

Winner category 2 
Dr. Mathias Joachim Krause 
(Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany) 

A preprocessing approach for innovative patient-specific intranasal flow simulations

Winner category 3 
Dr. Modgil Ajay 
(Home Clinic, India) 

Identity transfer and identity restoration in face transplantation 

Winner category 3 
Bert Vandeghinste 
(Ghent University, Belgium) 

Replacing vascular corrosion casting by micro-CT imaging for building 3D cardiovascular models in mice 

Winner category 4 
James Wernle 
(Upstate Medical University, USA) 

Radiation induces brittle bone failure 

Winner category 1 
Laszlo Kovacs 
(Technische Universität München, Germany) 

Patient-specific optimization of prosthetic socket construction and fabrication using innovative manufacturing processes: a project in progress 

Winner category 2 
Sheng Lu 
(Kunming General Hospital, China) 

A novel patient-specific navigational template for cervical pedicle screw placement

Winner category 3 
Francis Scott Gayzik 
(Wake Forest School of Medicine, USA) 

The development of full body geometrical data for finite element models: a multimodality approach 

Winner poster category 
Jonathan Plasencia (D.H. Frakes) 
(Arizona State University, USA) 

Patient-specific models for improved surgical planning of tetralogy of fallot repair 

Winner category 1 
Barry J. Doyle 
(University of Limerick, Ireland) 

Towards an improvement in aneurysm assessment: coupling 3D reconstruction tools with engineering know-how

Winner category 2 
Irfan Khan 
(Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) 

Using Mimics to understand fluid-structure interaction at small scale in complex geometries

Winner category 3 
Bruno Frohlich 
(Boston University, USA)

The secrets of the stradivari string instruments. Non-destructive study of music instruments from the smithsonian institution, The library of congress, and private collections. A pilot study of seven violins made by Antonio Stradivari in Cremona, Italy, Between 1677 and 1709

Winner poster category 
Lucas Ritacco 
(Favaloro University, Argentina) 

Technique development: reproducibility of three-dimensional distal femur solid models using the same threshold level 

Winner category 1 
Janssen, D.
(RUNMC, the Netherlands)

Finite element simulation of cement-bone interface micromechanics

Winner category 2
Bongert, M.
(FH Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Germany)

Patient-specific simulation model for investigating the impact of aortic valve prostheses on blood flow

Winner category 3
Bowers, M.E 
(Brown University, USA)

Quantitative MR imaging using "LiveWire" to measure tibiofemoral articular cartilage thickness 

Winner poster category
Vengrenyuk, Y.
(City University of New York, USA)

Micro-CT based finite element analysis of atherosclerotic plaque stability 

Winner category 1
Wim Vos
(University Hospital Antwerp, Belgium)

Combining Mimics and computational fluid dynamics to assist in and evaluate the placement of an intrabronchial stent in a patient with congenital kyfoscoliosis

Winner category 2
Ting Jiao
(Shanghai Second Medical University, China)

Design and fabrication of auricular prostheses by CAD/CAM system

Winner category 3
Thordur Helgason
(Landspitali-University Hospital, Iceland)

Using Mimics to monitor changes in bone mineral density of femur during electrical stimulation therapy of denervated degenerated thigh muscles

Winner category 1
Andreas Linninger
(University of Illinois, USA)

Mimics - an indispensable tool for patient-specific image analysis

Winner category 2
Tim Clijmans
(KU Leuven, Belgium)

Computer supported preoperative planning of craniosynostosis surgery: a Mimics-integrated approach

Winner category 3
Jean- Marie Steeve Lamvohee
(Anglia Ruskin University, UK)

Optimum thickness of cement mantle for hip replacement patients with different acetabulae sizes, bone quality and body mass index

Winner category 1
Ho Saey Tuan
(National University of Singapore, Singapore)

The evaluation of an osteochondral implant by using Mimics

Winner category 2
Wan Abdul Rahman (Wan Harun SIRIM Berhad, Malaysia)

3D CT Landmark analysis for development of Malaysian craniofacial database

Winner category 3
Elham Aslani
(Oregon State University, USA)

Characterization of geometric parameters of patient abdominal aortic aneurysms