The IIIOS consortium includes a critical mass of industrial and university research institute partners with high expertise in design, development, and manufacture of these devices and instruments. To ensure medical the safety and economical usability of the system and to allow an optimal integration into the future hospital workflow, 6 university hospitals will contribute their clinical and administrative expertise to the consortium in the fields of Interventional Radiology/Cardiology, Anaesthesia, Oncology, General and Cardiovascular Surgery and preclinical Image guided procedures. The consortium of the IIIOS research and training process includes two Biomedical Technology Societies: DGBMT and SMIT&MEDIS Foundation in Rumania providing expert networking and conference organization. The is involved in the consortium and will play a key role in the exchange of knowledge and expertise to the new member states of the EU through hosting conference.

 

University of Dundee

Project Role:

The Consortium will be coordinated by the Institute for Medical Science and Technology University of Dundee.

 

 

 

Key personnel:

Professor Andreas Melzer - view profile

Professor Sir Alfred Cushieri - view profile

Professor Graeme Houston - view profile

Miss Fabiola Fernandez Gutierrez (IIIOS ESR) - view profile

Mr Martin Rube (IIIOS ESR) - view profile

Dr Rachel Toomey (IIIOS ER) - view profile

Dr Benjamin Cox (IIIOS ER) - view profile

University of St. Andrews

Project Role:

Advances and novel non-invasive imaging subsystems will be included in the IIIOS programme by the University of St. Andrews (Professor Kishan Dholakia) an internationally leading site for Medical Photonics. The research and training at this university includes (i) Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), (ii) Raman spectroscopy, (iii) confocal and (iv) multi photon microscopy and (v) the combination thereof for enhanced intraoperative in-vivo diagnosis.

 

 

Key personnel:

Professor Kishan Dholakia - view profile

Dr. Mario E Gardini - view profile

Rajesh Kumar (IIIOS ESR) - view profile

 

Oslo University Hospital

Project Role:

The Interventional Centre, Oslo University Hospital will be responsible for research and training in image guided cardiovascular procedures using intraoperative MR. The Interventional Centre will participate both as a clinical and technological research partner in this field. Research will include new concepts to improve the hybrid MR and angiographic room.

Key personnel:

Mr Ole Jacob Elle - view profile

Abubakr Eldirdiri (IIIOS ESR) - view profile

Rahul P Kumar (IIIOS ESR) - view profile

 

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Project Role:

Norwegian University of Science and Technology including third parties linked to a beneficiary (joint research units) specified as St Olavs Hospital (including Operating Room of the Future, Norway’s National Centre for Laparoscopic Surgery and National Centre for 3D ultrasound in surgery) and SINTEF will provide clinical and technical research and training in the area of Navigation and intraoperative ultrasound image guided procedures. The results for the research will be included where appropriate into the MRI guided interventions and surgery as to facilitate performing tasks with conventional MRI unsafe devices outside the MRI in the adjacent surgical suites i.e. at UNIVDUN and R H.

Key personnel:

Toril N Hernes - view profile

Thomas Lango - view profile

Sinara Vijayan (IIIOS ESR) - view profile

Magdalena Chmara (IIIOS ER) - view profile

 

University of Homburg SAAR

Project Role:

Clinical research on interventional radiology procedures including MRI-guided endovascular and oncology procedures at University Hospital Homburg Saar USAAR will be led by Professor Arno Buecker. The research includes the analysis of the standard x ray procedures and development of the appropriate workflow concept for the MRI guided technique. The results will be utilized for the specs of the device development at UNIVDUN.

Key personnel:

Professor Arno Bucker - view profile

Malgorzata Wolska-Krawczyk (IIIOS ESR) - view profile

 

Delft University of Technology

Project Role:

The key elements of intraoperative multimodality imaging are the instruments, components and subsystems of the procedures in accordance with the clinical demands and procedural specifications. Dedicated research and training for systems analysis, integration and development for Image guided procedures with particular regard to the Human Machine Interface and interactions of simulators and advanced steerable and articulating instruments. The projects included an MRI compatible steering mechanism based on the anatomy of squid tentacles for guided wires and catheters.

Key personnel:

Professor Jenny Dankelman - view profile

Chunman Fan (IIIOS ESR) - view profile

Helene Clogenson (IIIOS ESR) - view profile

 

MR Comp GmbH

Project Role:

The MR environment can be divided in several different areas with physical interaction between devices and the MRI. For MR users the safe logistic within this environment is very important. Different item and products are used for preparation, within the RF cabin without and during MR scanning.

Key personnel:

Gregor Schaefers - view profile

Yacine Noureddine (IIIOS ESR) - view profile

 

University of Luebeck

Project Role:

One of the key components of the logistics and handling of the patient is the anaesthesia and anaesthetic equipment and monitoring for these procedures. With particular regard to safety for both patient and staff, Professor Hartmut Gehring’s team at University Luebeck will undertake the research and training for image compatible Anaesthestic procedures and equipment.

Key personnel:

Professor Hartmut Gehring - view profile

Dr Sebastian Brandt (IIIOS ESR) - view profile

 

Fakultni Nemocnice u sv. Anny v Brne

Project Role:

The International Clinical Research Center Brno (ICRC BRNO) Advanced research to develop a novel methods for semi-invasive and non-invasive early diagnosis and treatment of diseases in field of cardiac arrhythmia.

 

Key personnel:

Dr. Thomas Kara - view profile

Krzysztof Czechowicz (IIIOS ESR) - view profile

 

GE Medical Systems

Project Role:

The research program at GE will be headed by Dr. Bengt Neilson, General Manager Academic Programs, Stockholm in collaboration with Dr. Daniel Outmazguine, MR Engineering Manager and MR Interventional specialist at GE Healthcare Haifa, Tirat Carmel, Israel and the sites at UNIVDUN and ICRC BRNO and assisted by Jaques Dumuolin. MR guided catheter tracking technology onto a more modern MR technology platform and combine this with resonant marker devices from UNIVDUN and to start developing clinical applications.

 

Key personnel:

Dr. Bengt Nielsen - view profile

 

Society for Medical Innovation and Technology (SMIT)

 

SMIT was founded in 1989 and is an international society promoting development in the areas of medicine. The annual SMIT conferences will include IIIOS scientific sessions and in 2010 coincided with the IIIOS Summer School.

 

 

 

German Society for Biomedical Engineering (DGBMT)

 

DGBMT works tp promote the development and application of innovative medical technologies in the country's healthcare system to help patients, heal people and prevent disease

 

Mentice AB

 

Mentice AB provides medical simulation solutions for training, education and assessments. It has a particular focus in minimally invasive endovascular procedures.