Dr. Philipp STOLKA

Current occupation

• Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer:
  Clear Guide Medical, Baltimore MD, USA

Occupation at the Chair

• Post Doctoral Fellow (since Sep 2008):
  3D-Elastography-Guided Laparoscopic Navigation for Partial Nephrectomies
  Laboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics
  Medical UltraSound Imaging and Intervention Collaboration (MUSiiC)
  Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD, USA
• Research Assistant (RONAF, Nov 2002 - Sep 2008):
  Robotergestützte Navigation zum Fräsen an der lateralen Schädelbasis
  (funded by the German Research Foundation/Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft through Priority Programme 1124 / Medical Navigation and Robotics)
• Diploma (Graduation) Thesis (RONAF, 2002):
  Robotergestützte Navigation zum Fräsen an der lateralen Schädelbasis: Auswertung von Kraftsensordaten (Evaluation of Force Sensor Data)
  • Video:
    Kraftbasierte Annäherung an Zielpunkte mit dem hybriden N/P-Regler (Force-based Approximation of Target Points with Hybrid N/P Control)
    (AVI DivX5, AVI Indeo, AVI MPEG2; ca. 1,8 MB)
• Project Thesis (RONAF, 2001):
  Robot-assisted otolaryngology surgery: Voruntersuchungen zum Sensoreinsatz (First Experiments for Sensor Application)
• Seminar (2000):
  Chirurgieroboter (Surgical Robots)

Teaching

• University Bayreuth - Angewandte Informatik
  • TA for lecture: Grundlagen der Robotik (WS07/08)
  • TA for lecture: Grundlagen der Robotik (WS06/07)
  • TA for lecture: Grundlagen der Robotik (WS05/06)
  • Seminar: Informatik (SS05)
• University Kaiserslautern - Department of Computer Sciences
  • Seminar: Trends in der Robotik (SS03)
  • Tutor for software lab: Softwarepraktikum (SS02)
  • Tutor for lecture: Entwicklung von Softwaresystemen III (Prof. Gotzhein/AG Rechnernetze; WS01/02)
  • Tutor for lecture: Systemsoftware (Prof. Henrich/AG Robotik und Eingebettete Systeme; SS01)
  • Tutor for lecture: Entwicklung von Softwaresystemen II (Prof. Hagen/AG Computergraphik; SS01)
  • Tutor for lecture: Entwicklung von Softwaresystemen I (Prof. Hagen/AG Computergraphik; WS00/01)
  • Tutor for lecture: Logik und Korrektheit von Programmen/"Theo 2" (Prof. Mayer/AG Logik und Deduktion; SS00)
  • Tutor for lecture: Entwicklung von Softwaresystemen I (Prof. Atkinson/AG Component Engineering; WS99/00)

Publications

• Stolka, Philipp ; Federspil, Philipp A. ; Henrich, Dominik ; Tretbar, Steffen H. (2008)
  "First 3D Ultrasound Scanning, Planning, and Execution of CT-free Milling Interventions with a Surgical Robot"
  (EMBC 2008 - 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada))
  
• Stolka, Philipp ; Henrich, Dominik (2007)
  "Using Maps from Local Sensors for Volume-Removing Tools"
  (2007 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, San Diego/USA)
  
• Stolka, Philipp ; Federspil, Philipp A. ; Henrich, Dominik ; Tretbar, Steffen H. ; Waringo, Michel (2007)
  "Robot-Based 3D Ultrasound Scanning and Registration with Infrared Navigation Support"
  (ICRA 2007, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Rome/Italy, 10.-14.04.2007)
  
• Stolka, Philipp ; Federspil, Philipp A. ; Henrich, Dominik ; Tretbar, Steffen H. ; Waringo, Michel (2006)
  "Robot-Assisted 3D Ultrasound Scanning with IR Navigation Support"
  (CURAC 2006, Hannover, 12.-14.10.2006)
  
• Stolka, Philipp ; Henrich, Dominik (2006)
  "Improving Navigation Precision of Milling Operations in Surgical Robotics"
  (IROS 2006 - IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Beijing, China, October 9-15, 2006)
  
• Stolka, Philipp ; Henrich, Dominik (2005)
  "Building Local Maps in Surgical Robotics"
  (IROS 2005, Edmonton, Alberta/Canada)
  
• Henrich, Dominik ; Stolka, Philipp (2004)
  "Principles of Navigation in Surgical Robotics"
  (MRNV 2004 - Medical Robotics, Navigation and Visualisation, Remagen/Germany, March 11-12, 2004)
  
• Waringo, Michel ; Henrich, Dominik ; Stolka, Philipp (2003)
  "First System for Interactive Position Planning of Implant Components"
  (CURAC 2003, Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Computer- und Roboterassistierte Chirurgie e.V., Nürnberg, 4.-7. 11. 2003)
  
• Waringo, Michel ; Henrich, Dominik ; Stolka, Philipp (2003)
  "3-Dimensionale Schichtweise Bahnplanung für Anytime-Fräsanwendungen"
  presented at CURAC 2003, Nürnberg, Germany
  
• Federspil, Philipp A. ; de Mola, C. ; Geisthoff, Urban W. ; Henrich, Dominik ; Plinkert, Peter K. ; Stolka, Philipp (2003)
  "Force Feedback Control of Robot's Speed Prevents Heat Trauma in Robotic Milling at the Lateral Skull Base"
  presented at CURAC 2003, Nürnberg, Germany
  
• Waringo, Michel ; Henrich, Dominik ; Stolka, Philipp (2003)
  "3-Dimensional Layered Path Planning for Anytime Milling Applications"
  (CURAC 2003, Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Computer- und Roboterassistierte Chirurgie e.V., Nürnberg, 4.-7. 11. 2003)
  
• Stolka, Philipp ; Henrich, Dominik (2003)
  "A Hybrid Force Following Controller For Multi-Scale Motions"
  (SYROCO 2003 - 7th International Symposium on Robot Control, Sept 1-3, 2003 - Wroc)
  

Others

• Invited Talk:
  Robotergestützte Navigation beim Fräsen an der lateralen Schädelbasis - Strategien bei der Cochlea-Implantation (VDI/VDE-Gesellschaft Mess- und Automatisierungstechnik, 41. Sitzung des FA 4.13 "Steuerung und Regelung von Robotern", Schwerpunktthema "Fortschritte in der Medizin-Robotik", in Technische Universität Braunschweig, January 23, 2008)
• Session Chair:
  Medical Modeling and Mapping I in IROS 2007, San Diego/CA, USA
• Invited Talk:
  Surgical Robotics, Navigation, and Error (Department of Computing Science / Artificial Intelligence Seminar in University of Alberta, Edmonton/AB, Canada, August 4, 2006)
• Session Chair:
  Surgical Robots I in IROS 2005, Edmonton/AB, Canada

Supervised student work

• Bachelor Thesis: RONAF: Gravitationskompensation und Deformationsschätzung in der Chirurgierobotik
  (RONAF: Gravitation compensation and deformation estimation in surgical robotics)
  Michael Harrer, University of Bayreuth, 2007
• Project Thesis: RONAF: Entwicklung einer ergonomischen Benutzerführung für einen Chirurgieroboter
  (RONAF: Development of ergonomic user guidance for a surgical robot)
  Matthias Peters, University of Kaiserslautern, 2003
• several student assistants

Private contact

• 5600 Pimlico Road
  Baltimore MD 21209
  USA
  +49-6781-604595
• E-Mail: philipp@stolka.de, pjs@jhu.edu
• Private Page: http://www.stolka.de/philipp