On October 29, at Kaunas Historical Presidential Palace the winners of the contest “The best master’s theses 2015“, organised by Lithuanian Union of Young Scientists (LSYR), had been announced. The contest is organized for the seventh year in a row and this year the contest was even more popular than the previous ones. 51 master theses from 13 universities were submitted for the contest. The jury, consisting of 65 outstanding Lithuanian scientists recognized 6 persons as being this year’s best master’s theses authors in particular research fields. Winners announced at http://www.ljms.lt/news/310/15/Paaiskejo-LJMS-geriausiu-magistro-baigiamuju-darbu-konkurso-nugaletojai
The best master’s thesis in Technology sciences area was recognized Biomedical Engineering master’s program student’s Mantas Vaitiekunas work „Development and investigation of the method for the extraction of bone segments in computed tomography images”, supervised by Biomedical Engineering Institute research associate A. Sakalauskas. The thesis was initiated in cooperation with Vilnius Implantology Center and orthognathic surgeon PhD S. Grybauskas. While preparing thesis, an important problem in orthognathic surgery was solved – very precise 3D jaw segments extraction (segmentation) algorithm from the CT images was found. The importance of correctly extracting 3D jaw segments from the series of CT images is required for the successful planning of orthognathic surgery and therefore – the final result. The results were presented at two scientific conferences.
At present M. Vaitiekunas successfully continue his education in PhD studies on Electrical and electronic engineering sciences area at KTU Biomedical Engineering Institute and further develops master’s thesis topic.
