Using artificial intelligence to treat heart diseases better

German Heart Centre Munich and TUM Munich Institute of Robotics and Machine Intelligence collaborate - The objective of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) lighthouse project "Digitaler Herz-OP" ("Digital Heart Surgery") is to enable more precise and lower-impact treatment of heart disease. Physicians and engineers at the German Heart Centre Munich (DHM) and the Munich Institute of Robotics and Machine Intelligence (MIRMI) are working together closely in a leading-edge partnership to jointly develop new high-precision instruments for the operating room, the cardiac catheter lab and the intensive care unit. Oriented towards clinical challenges, innovative sensor data fusion, AI-augmented analyses and modern information technologies are used to create new digital treatment methods. At the presentation of the project on Monday in Munich, Bavarian Minister President Söder said: "Cardio-vascular ailments are still among the most frequently fatal illnesses. Our investments significantly strengthen care and treatment while helping save and prolong lives. Here we see impressive young scientists combining digitalization and AI with the medicine of the future: A true symbiosis of heart and mind." Heribert Schunkert, director of the cardiology department at the German Heart Center Munich , says: "In the future, surgeons will be supported by Artificial Intelligence, image fusion, robotics, augmented reality and virtual reality, letting them better navigate within the human body and thus enabling minimally invasive and more targeted diagnoses as well as custom-tailored therapies." MIRMI Director Prof. Dr.-Ing.