Research Goals

The Biomedical Imaging Group (BIG) pursues research on the development of new algorithms and mathematical tools for the advanced processing of medical and biological images. Topics of interest are image reconstruction, multi-modal imaging, image analysis and visualization. Research efforts are taking place at two complementary levels:

fundamental and mathematical aspects of imaging;
application-oriented projects in collaboration with researchers in medicine and biology.

Our interdisciplinary research strategy is summarized in the following matrix chart, which emphasizes the key role of mathematics and signal processing:


	Caption: The columns represent the signal-processing tools that we are developing and promoting, while the rows represent the research questions that we are addressing, which are either application-driven (imaging problems in medicine or biology), or of a more fundamental nature.

The strength of this group lies in the strong interaction between theory and practice, and the use of sophisticated mathematics for solving concrete problems in biomedical imaging.

Our priority is to develop algorithms that respond to specific needs of the biomedical community. In many cases, these are incorporated into user-friendly software that is made available to researchers over the web.

Links to Research Topics

Collaborations

Prof. Jacques Dubochet, Laboratoire d'analyse ultrastructurale, Université de Lausanne, Lausanne
Prof. Pierre Magistretti, Institut de physiologie, Université de Lausanne, Lausanne
Drs. Nathalie Garin & Claude Bonnard, ISREC, Lausanne
Prof. Susan Gasser, Département de biologie moléculaire, Université de Genève
Prof. Antoine Geissbuhler, Hopitaux Universitaires de Genève, Genève
Dr. François Lazeyras, Département de radiologie, Hôpitaux universitaires de Genève, Genève
Prof. Jean-Paul Vallée, Unité d'imagerie numérique, Hôpitaux universitaires de Genève, Genève
Dr. Patrick Hunziker, Kardiologie, Kantonsspital, Basel
Dr. Arto Nirkko, Neurologie, Inselspital, Bern
Dr. Harald Hirling & Juan-Carlos Sarria, School of Life Science, EPFL
Prof. John Maddocks, Département de mathématiques, EPFL, Lausanne
Prof. René Salathé, Laboratoire d'optique appliquée, EPFL, Lausanne
Prof. Théo Lasser, Laboratoire d'optique biomédicale, EPFL, Lausanne
Prof. Martin Vetterli, Laboratoire de communication audio-visuelle, EPFL, Lausanne
Dr. Benes L. Trus, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA

Funding

Detailled funds