Dipl.-Ing. Andreas Maier

Member of International Graduate School of Science and Engineering (IGSSE)

Contact

• Room 1232
• a.maier@lnm.mw.tum.de;
• Telephone +49-(0)89-289-15268
• Fax +49-(0)89-289-15301

Teaching

• Computational Bioengineering - From imaging to simulation (practical course)

Research Interests

• Rupture risk evaluation of abdominal aortic aneurysms (joint project with Chair for Computer Aided Medical Procedures & Augmented Reality and the university hospital rechts der Isar, Clinic for Vascular Surgery), IGSSE project 3-07, Project Team Leader: Dr. Michael W. Gee

Publications

Reviewed Articles

• Maier, A., Gee, M.W., Reeps, C., Eckstein, H.-H., Wall, W.A. (2009): Impact of calcifications on patient--specific wall stress analyses of abdominal aortic aneurysms, Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, accepted.
• Reeps, C., Gee, M.W., Maier, A., Gurdan, A., Eckstein, H.-H., Wall, W.A. (2010): The impact of model assumptions on results of computational mechanics in abdominal aortic aneurysm, Journal of Vascular Surgery, 51, 679-688.
• Reeps, C., Gee, M.W., Maier, A., Pelisek, J., Gurdan, M., Wall, W.A., Mariss, J., Eckstein, H.-H., Essler, M. (2009): The glucose metabolism in the vessel wall correlates with mechanical instability and inflammatory changes in a patient with a growing aneurysm of the abdominal aorta, Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, 2, 507-509.

Conference Proceedings

• Maier, A., Gee, M.W., Reeps, C., Eckstein, H.-H., Wall, W.A. (2009): Impact of Model Complexity on Patient Specific Wall Stress Analyses of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms, World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, September 7 - 12, 2009, Munich, GER.
• Reeps, C., Gee, M.W., Pelisek, J., Maier, A., Gurdan, M., Wall, W.A., Schwaiger, M., Essler, M., Eckstein, H.-H. (2009): Interaction of biomechanics and metabolic activity in abdominal aortic aneurysm wall, World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, September 7 - 12, 2009, Munich, GER.
• Wall, W.A., Wiechert, L., Comerford, A., Rausch, S., Gee, M.W., Maier, A. (2009): Towards Clinical Impact through Computational Biomechanics, Proceedings of the 2nd Sout-East European Conference on Computational Mechanics SEECM2009 (pdf 11.5MB), June 22 - 24, 2009, Rhodes, GR.

Selected Presentations

• Maier, A., Gee, M.W., Reeps, C., Eckstein, H.-H., Wall, W.A. (2010): Material Modeling for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Rupture, FE im Schnee 2010, January 20 - 23, 2010, Hirschegg, AUT.
• Maier, A., Gee, M.W., Reeps, C., Eckstein, H.-H., Wall, W.A. (2009): Impact of Model Complexity on Patient Specific Wall Stress Analyses of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms, 3rd GACM Colloquium on Computational Mechanics, September 21 - 23, 2009, Hannover, GER.

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• Reeps, C., Maier, A., Baust, M., Gee, M.W., Essler, M., Wall, W.A., Eckstein, H.-H. (2009): Maximum Peak Wall Stress is Associated to Increased Glucose Metabolism in Aortic Aneurysm Wall Assessed by FDG-PET-CT, European Society for Vascular Surgery, XXIII Annual Meeting, September 2009, Oslo, NOR.
• Maier, A., Wall, W.A. (2009): Aspects of Biomechanical Simulation: Modeling of Biomaterials, IGSSE Forum 09, June 2009, Raitenhaslach/Burghausen, GER.
• Maier, A., Wall, W.A. (2009): Biomechanics and Evaluation of AAA Wall Stability, Tag der Wissenschaft an der Klinik für Gefaesschirurgie, Klinikum rechts der Isar, February 2009, Munich, GER.