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Demand-driven research in Medical Imaging
Dominique SegersProject Manager Innovation Projects
Barco [email protected]
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About Barco
International companyHeadquartered in Belgium
90Presence in 90 countries
3,500Skilled Employees Million euro sales in 2010
897
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Core Divisions & Flagship Products
You will find us where images are critical to professionals
Entertainment
Digital projectors in movie theaters
14,000+
Control rooms &
Simulation
Display cubes
in control rooms
40,000+
Defense & Aerospace
Displays in
air traffic control
10,000+
Healthcare
Medical displays
in the field
500,000+
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High Tech Company
43,000Lumens for
world’s brightest cinema
projector
10 millionPixels of
grayscale perfection
unlimitedNumber of
sources with Barco’s
networked control rooms
concept
10xMore silent
than competition in its class
10 million:1Contrast ratio
in Barco’s simulation projectors
71°COur rugged displays can
withstand temperatures
this high
Carlos Yoshihara, Coordinator of the Hospital do CoraçãoPACS program, São Paulo, Brazil
”Using the latest technology enables us to make accurate diagnoses and confident clinical decisions
for our patients”
Innovation is of vital importance
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Barco Research Strategy
Active in various Research Frameworks– IWT (O&O Projects, …)– EC-FP7– Eureka Clusters (ITEA, …)– IBBT ICON
Stimulate Technological Innovation
Resulting in better Products & Busine$$
Framework projects are an important instrument to co-operate on advanced technology platform development
Gain critical mass for technology roadmaps Mastering Multiple Disciplines for Complex Products Collaborate with leading Research Partners Speedup the Leap in Knowledge Identify & Investigate the Newest Technologies Reduce Risks (Technological Choices, Financial)
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Barco @ Work in IBBT ICON Projects
Barco Simulation:1. iConnect
Barco Healthcare2. ICA4DT 3. eHip4. Tirpa5. Mevic6. CIMI7. Telesurgery
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MEdical Virtual Imaging Chain
Reducing R&D Time & Costs FDA Approval Time is shortened Quicker Validation Reduced Time-To-Market Business Deals with HOLOGIC
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Color Imaging & Multi-dimensional Image processing in medical applications
Investigate and optimize use of color and multidimensional information in medical imaging applications
Android Gingerbread Image Calibrator client allows remote calibration of images taken with the internal camera using the calibrator web service
Telemedicine Demonstrator
Need for userFriendly interactions
Large Image Viewer making it possible to read very high definition images without any latencies in order to come to digital diagnoses on computers instead of microscope
Digital Pathology Demonstrator
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Telesurgery
The Operation Room of the Future
Link with the European MEDIATE project (ITEA2)http://mediate.atlantis.ugent.be
True Multidisciplinary Project Next to technological innovation … Also participating research groups with expertise on User
Requirements and Legal Close collaboration with Medical End Users Result are used in linked research & prototyping projects IBBT iLab.t test bed facilities
Barco Healthcare, CandIT-Media, UnilabsIBBT-IBCN, IBBT-ETRO, IBBT-IPI, IMEC-Smart Systems, IBBT-
MICT, IBBT-SMIT, IBBT-ICRI
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About QA Web
Dr. Willy Hummel, Clinical Physicist, Medical Center Leeuwarden, the Netherlands
”The combination of Barco’s clinical review displays with MediCal QAWeb software guarantees us DICOM compliant images at all times”
Secured online service for Quality Assuranceof medical displays
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Testing the new QA Web @ IBBT Test lab iLab.t
1111
500 m2 - Approx. 100 racks
Lab infrastructure to evaluate technical feasibility, performance and service quality of ICT innovation
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Questions & Answers
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Demand-driven research in Medical Imaging
Dominique SegersProject Manager Innovation Projects
Barco [email protected]