This section presents an overview of awards and peer-reviewed publications associated with the 3D Atlas of Neurological Surgery project. It reflects the collective academic activity and scientific output of the project’s contributors, including neurosurgery, anatomy, training, advanced visualization and emerging digital technologies.
Rather than representing individual accomplishments alone, this section emphasizes the interdisciplinary and collaborative nature of the 3D Atlas of Neurological Surgery—highlighting how contributions from neurosurgeons, anatomists, physicists and educators have resulted in measurable academic output and innovation.
This list is continuously updated:
RELATED AWARDS
- 2025 - Hans-Joachim Denecke Prize German Society for Skull Base Surgery (GSB)
- October 19.2023 National award of the Bulgarian Medical Union “ Advancement and application of innovative medicine and unique techniques”
- European Association of Neurological Surgery (EANS) Research fund award 2022: 3D atlas of neurological surgery project: https://3datlasofneurologicalsurgery.org/
- The Third World Young Neurosurgeons Congress - 2024, Sofia Bulgaria. 2nd place for Oral Presentation Competition.Presented Project: “Patient-Specific Computed Tomography-Based Three-Dimensional Spine Trauma Models Applied in the Context of Preoperative Planning in Neurosurgery. A Young Neurosurgeons Network Study”
- Innovations in Peripheral Nerve Surgery: Multimodal Virtual Reality-Based Individualized Preoperative Planning in Complex Peripheral Nerve Surgery Best abstract awards EANS congress Sofia, Bulgaria 2024
- 8th Fujita Bantane Winter Seminar, 02.2025 - Nagoya, Japan. 2nd Place at Oral Presentation CompetitionPresented Project: “Interactive Visualization of Intracranial Venous Anatomy Using Photorealistic 3D Models in Virtual Reality”.
RELATED PUBLICATIONS
1. Armocida, D., Spiriev, T., Milev, M., Carbone, F., Wolf-Vollenbröker, M., Sabel, M., . . . Cornelius, J. F. (2025). Fusion of 3D Photorealistic Lateral-to-Medial Brain White Matter Dissection and Diffusion Tensor Imaging for Dynamic Visualization of Key Fiber Tracts. Brain and Spine, 104261. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bas.2025.104261
2. Carbone, F., Armocida, D., Spiriev, T., Wolf-Vollenbröker, M., Trandzhiev, M., de Notaris, M., & Cornelius, J. F. (2025). Skull Base Anatomy Presented in 360° Photogrammetry 3-Dimensional Models. Oper Neurosurg. doi:10.1227/ons.0000000000001601
3. Carbone, F., Spiriev, T., Trandzhiev, M., Wolf-Vollenbröker, M., Körner, K. M., Steuwe, A., . . . Cornelius, J. F. (2025). Workflow for the Creation of 3D Stereoscopic Models of Supra- and Infratentorial Brain Venous Anatomy and their Integration in a Virtual Reality Environment. Neuroinformatics, 23(4), 53. doi:10.1007/s12021-025-09752-3
4. Corvino, S., Piazza, A., Spiriev, T., Tafuto, R., Corrivetti, F., Solari, D., . . . Iaconetta, G. (2024). The Sellar Region as Seen from Transcranial and Endonasal Perspectives: Exploring Bony Landmarks Through New Surface Photorealistic Three-Dimensional Model Reconstruction for Neurosurgical Anatomy Training. World Neurosurg, 185, e367-e375. doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2024.02.022
5. de Notaris, M., Spiriev, T., De Simone, M., Carbone, F., Leone, A., Corrivetti, F., . . . Iaconetta, G. (2025). Photogrammetry and Videogrammetry 3D Scanning Algorithm in Endoscopic Endonasal Pituitary Surgery: Anatomy Laboratory Investigation and Intraoperative Application. Oper Neurosurg. doi:10.1227/ons.0000000000001855
6. Krogager, M., Trandzhiev, M., Fugleholm, K., Poulsgaard, L., Lehmberg, J., Mathiesen, T., . . . Spiriev, T. (2026). Skull Base Virtual Reality Surgical Simulator Integrating Multilayered 3D Photorealistic Anatomic Models With 3D Imaging and Segmentations: Transpetrosal Approaches. Oper Neurosurg. doi:10.1227/ons.0000000000001881
7. Krogager, M. E., Fugleholm, K., Mathiesen, T. I., & Spiriev, T. (2023). Simplified Easy-Accessible Smartphone-Based Photogrammetry for 3-Dimensional Anatomy Presentation Exemplified With a Photorealistic Cadaver-Based Model of the Intracranial and Extracranial Course of the Facial Nerve. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown), 25(2), e71-e77. doi:10.1227/ons.0000000000000748
8. Krogager, M. E., Fugleholm, K., Poulsgaard, L., Springborg, J. B., Mathiesen, T. I., Cornelius, J. F., . . . Spiriev, T. (2024). Intraoperative Videogrammetry and Photogrammetry for Photorealistic Neurosurgical 3-Dimensional Models Generated Using Operative Microscope: Technical Note. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). doi:10.1227/ons.0000000000001034
9. Piazza, A., Spiriev, T., Corvino, S., Corrivetti, F., Laleva, L., Iaconetta, G., & de Notaris, M. (2024). The Course of the Trochlear Nerve Presented via a 3-Dimensional Photorealistic Anatomic Model. World Neurosurg, 186, e156-e160. doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2024.03.099
10. Spiriev, T., Körner, K. M., Steuwe, A., Wolf-Vollenbröker, M., Trandzhiev, M., Nakov, V., & Cornelius, J. F. (2024). Immersive Photorealistic Three-Dimensional Neurosurgical Anatomy of the Cerebral Arteries: A Photogrammetry-Based Anatomic Study. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown), 27(5), 597-607. doi:10.1227/ons.0000000000001198
11. Spiriev, T., Mitev, A., Stoykov, V., Dimitrov, N., Maslarski, I., & Nakov, V. (2022). Three-Dimensional Immersive Photorealistic Layered Dissection of Superficial and Deep Back Muscles: Anatomical Study. Cureus, 14(7), e26727. doi:10.7759/cureus.26727
12. Spiriev, T., Nakov, V., & Cornelius, J. F. (2023). Photorealistic 3-Dimensional Models of the Anatomy and Neurosurgical Approaches to the V2, V3, and V4 Segments of the Vertebral Artery. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown), 25(1), e15-e21. doi:10.1227/ons.0000000000000701
13. Trandzhiev, M., Koundouras, T., Milev, M., Laleva, L., Mitev, A., Stoykov, V., . . . Spiriev, T. (2024). The Evaluation of Virtual Reality Neuroanatomical Training Utilizing Photorealistic 3D Models in Limited Body Donation Program Settings. Cureus, 16(3), e55377. doi:10.7759/cureus.55377
14. Trandzhiev, M., Schulz, E., Stienen, M. N., Bozinov, O., Petralia, C., Vitaliti, C., . . . Raffa, G. (2025). Patient-Specific Computed Tomography-Based Three-Dimensional Spine Trauma Models for Preoperative Planning in Virtual Reality and 3D Printing: An EANS Young Neurosurgeons' Network Study. J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg. doi:10.1055/a-2726-3537
15. Trandzhiev, M., Vezirska, D. I., Maslarski, I., Milev, M. D., Laleva, L., Nakov, V., . . . Spiriev, T. (2023). Photogrammetry Applied to Neurosurgery: A Literature Review. Cureus, 15(9), e46251. doi:10.7759/cureus.46251
16. Vezirska, D., Milev, M., Laleva, L., Nakov, V., & Spiriev, T. (2022). Three-Dimensional Printing in Neurosurgery: A Review of Current Indications and Applications and a Basic Methodology for Creating a Three-Dimensional Printed Model for the Neurosurgical Practice. Cureus, 14(12), e33153. doi:10.7759/cureus.33153