Christian Hansen
University Hospital Magdeburg, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Papers
14
Total Citations
220
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About
Christian Hansen is a researcher at the forefront of human-computer interaction and advanced visualization technologies in surgical and interventional medicine. His work spans touchless interaction systems, mixed reality, robotic ultrasound, and sensory feedback in minimally invasive surgery — fields where he has made substantive contributions to improving both surgical workflow and patient safety. Hansen's most influential work, a 2016 systematic literature review on touchless interaction in interventional radiology and surgery (108 citations), established a foundational reference for the field, mapping how gesture- and voice-based interfaces can maintain sterility while enabling intuitive software control. He has since advanced this agenda through multimodal human-computer interaction frameworks, robotic ultrasound control systems incorporating haptic and augmented reality (AR) feedback, and novel sensory substitution techniques that compensate for the tactile limitations of robotic surgery. Particularly notable is his exploration of mixed reality during robotic-assisted surgical procedures and AR-supported supervision of autonomous surgical robots — work that positions him at the intersection of clinical need and emerging technology. His investigations into vibro-acoustic texture sensing further demonstrate a commitment to restoring lost sensory information in robot-assisted environments. With over 200 cumulative citations across a decade of research, Hansen represents a leading voice in making next-generation surgical interfaces both practical and clinically meaningful.
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- 4A multimodal user interface for touchless control of robotic ultrasound13 citations · 2022
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