BE-OPTICAL — Advanced BiomEdical OPTICAL Imaging and Data Analysis

Results in brief

Advanced BiomEdical OPTICAL Imaging and Data Analysis

Biomedical imaging is a research field that is producing ground breaking scientific discoveries that enhance the health and life quality of European citizens and have a huge economic impact. In order to maintain Europe’s leading position in the field, it is crucial to invest in the people who will lead research and development, and to promote the academic-private sector partnerships that will transfer the novel technologies to the market. By training a new generation of researchers, by developing cutting-edge science, and by engaging in long-term collaborations, BE-OPTICAL will not only strengthen the European position in the field of biomedical imaging, but it will also bring direct societal returns through improved health care services. The main objective of the BE-OPTICAL project is to provide top-class multi-skill training to 14 early stage researchers on optical imaging techniques (super-resolution fluoresce microscopy, high-resolution cardiac imaging, ophthalmic imaging), and on optical components and image data analysis methods.

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Project objective

Biomedical imaging is a research field that is producing ground breaking scientific discoveries that enhance the health and life quality of European citizens and have a huge economic impact. In order to maintain Europe’s leading position in the field, it is crucial to invest in the people who will lead R&D, and to promote the academic-private sector partnerships that will transfer the novel technologies to the market. In order to meet these needs, BE-OPTICAL will provide a unique and structured training programme to 14 ESRs in a wide range of optical imaging technologies and signal processing tools, including fluorescence spectroscopy and microscopy, optical coherence tomography, optogenetics, engineered nanomaterials and signal processing tools. The research is structured in 4 WPs: super-resolution optical imaging for the analysis of cellular processes (WP1), high-resolution optical imaging of cardiac tissue (WP2), advanced instrumentation for ophthalmic imaging (WP3), and optical components, methods and software for image analysis (WP4). Comprising 7 leading academic groups and 2 non-academic partners in 5 European countries, BE-OPTICAL brings together an interdisciplinary team of physicists, engineers and medical doctors, with complementary expertise in optical imaging, nanotechnology, computer science, complex systems and data analysis. The non-academic partners are a leading company in fluorescence instrumentation and an internationally recognised ophthalmology clinic, with the most advanced technology and expertise in ocular diseases. The training programme will provide the ESRs with a broad understanding of how a wide range of optical imaging technologies and data processing tools work, and will open for them a wide range of job opportunities. The ESRs will apply this knowledge to advance the early diagnosis of highly significant diseases. The ESRs will also gain insight into clinical studies of novel imaging technologies and the commercialization process.

Original text from CORDIS.

Participants

UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYA · BARCELONACoordinatorSpain
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS · ParisFrance
GEORG-AUGUST-UNIVERSITAT GOTTINGEN STIFTUNG OFFENTLICHEN RECHTS · GottingenGermany
INSTITUTO DE MICROCIRUGIA OCULAR DOS SLP · BarcelonaSpain
MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN EV · MUNCHENGermany
PICOQUANT INNOVATIONS GMBH · BerlinGermany
THE UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS · ST ANDREWSUnited Kingdom
UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW · GlasgowUnited Kingdom
UNIWERSYTET MIKOLAJA KOPERNIKA · TORUNPoland

BE-OPTICAL · Advanced BiomEdical OPTICAL Imaging and Data Analysis

Results in brief

Advanced BiomEdical OPTICAL Imaging and Data Analysis

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