Navigation and positioning aids for intracoronary interventions [Elektronische Ressource] = Navigations- und Positionierhilfen für intrakoronare Interventionen / vorgelegt von Bárbara Martín Leung

Navigation and PositioningAids for Intracoronary InterventionsNavigations- und Positionierhilfenfur intrakoronare Interventionen˜Von der Fakultat˜ fu˜r Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnikder Rheinisch-Westfalischen Technischen Hochschule Aachen˜zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades einerDoktorin der Ingenieurwissenschaften genehmigte Dissertationvorgelegt vonB¶arbara Mart¶‡n LeungIngeniera Superior de Telecomunicacio¶n aus MadridBerichter: Universitatprofessor Dr.-Ing. Til Aach˜Universitat˜ professor Dr.-Ing. Georg SchmitzTag der mun˜ lichen Pru˜fung: 10. Juli 2009Diese Dissertation ist auf den Internetseiten der Hochschulbibliothek onlineverfu˜gbarTo my mom, the bravest person I know.AcknowledgementsThis thesis is the result of the work carried out during my PhD studies atthe Philips Research Laboratories in Aachen (Germany) and Philips Medi-cal Systems in Best (The Netherlands) through several years. Many of theresults described in this dissertation were possible because of the support ofa lot of people and I would like to use this opportunity to thank them.First, I would like to thank Prof. Dr.-Ing. Til Aach for giving me theopportunity to do my PhD thesis in cooperation with an industrial partnerunderhisguidance, flrstfromLub˜ eckUniversityandlateratRWTHAachenUniversity. I am also grateful to Prof. Dr.-Ing. Georg Schmizt for being theco-examiner in the jury.