Furtwangen University

Nebulized lidocaine for preventing postoperative pulmonary complications in major abdominal surgery

Despite the lung-protective ventilation strategy, high incidence of postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) after major non-cardiac surgery remains a major concern in the perioperative care due to high morbidity and mortality. The study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and saf...

Adoption of, attitudes towards, and perceived challenges of digital health in hospice and palliative care among professionals in Germany: a national cross-sectional web-based survey

Abstract Background Digital health technologies may support communication, symptom management, continuity of care, and access to services in hospice and palliative care. National data on their adoption, on professionals’ attitudes, and on perceived barriers are scarce. We examine...

Iterative trocar-constrained laparoscope viewpoint search for enhanced surface coverage in 3D reconstruction

Abstract Autonomy is a growing trend in robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery. Autonomous systems require geometric information about the surgical environment, obtained from images and 3D reconstruction. The long-term goal of this work is to improve the completeness of endosc...

Physics-Guided Prompt Adaptation for Optically Robust Image Classification and Object Detection

Optical systems in the real world often create image problems, such as Gaussian blur from defocus or atmospheric turbulence, and radial vignetting caused by lens shape. Standard mixed-data fine-tuning helps the task head handle these issues, but it does not actually fix them. We...

Print-parameter control of cure state in DLP-printed biocarbon/ABS-like photopolymer composites: A proof-of-concept study of microstructure and acoustic impedance toward ultrasound-visible tissue markers

Image-guided breast biopsy relies on an implanted marker that must remain locatable across ultrasound, mammography and MRI, yet current devices force a compromise: metallic markers corrupt MRI and fade on ultrasound, whereas polymer markers are MRI-friendly but carry a fixed, mou...

Designing and Evaluating Human–AI Interaction Service Systems: An Industrial Case Study

This study advances the design and evaluation of Human–AI Interaction Service Systems (HAI-SS) through a design science research approach in collaboration with a global high-tech manufacturer. Two artifacts were developed. The first, a multi-agent prototype, demonstrates how hybr...

Alkaline hydrolysis of electrospun PAN/h-BN composite nanofibres: Structural and chemical baseline for ionic electroactive polymer applications

Electrospun polyacrylonitrile (PAN) / hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) composite nanofibre membranes (h-BN: 0–40 wt%) were hydrolyzed with equimolar (2.0 M) NaOH and KOH, and the resulting fifteen compositions were characterized by SEM, ATR-FTIR, XRD, n -butanol porosimetry, and gr...