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The Center for Biomedical Imaging (CIBM) is the result of a major research and teaching initiative of the partners in the Science-Vie-Société (SVS) project between the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), the Université de Lausanne (UNIL), Université de Genève (UNIGE), the Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève (HUG) and the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV).
The CIBM was created with the generous support from the
Fondation Leenaards and Fondation Louis-Jeantet.
Latest news ...
- Congratulations to Florian Luisier, who won the "2009 Young Author Best Paper Award" from the IEEE Signal Processing Society for the paper: F. Luisier, T. Blu and M. Unser, "A New SURE Approach to Image Denoising: Interscale Orthonormal Wavelet Thresholding", IEEE Trans. Image Processing, Vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 593 - 606, March 2007. Florian is a member of the CIBM signal processing core (directed by Prof. Michaël Unser). His Ph.D. thesis was funded by the CIBM.
- ISMRM 2010 : Congratulations to Prof. Matthias Stuber, director of the CIBM-CHUV core, for receiving the 'Fellow Award' for 'significant and substantial contributions to research in a field within the Society's purposes' at the annual meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, in Stockholm !
- A recent research performed at the CIBM using its 7 Tesla scanner has resulted in a publication featured on the cover of Radiology, the major journal in bio-imaging (March 2010 issue). The paper entitled "Cerebellar Cortical Layers: In Vivo Visualization with Structural High-Field-Strength MR Imaging" is lead by CIBM's Dr José Marques and in collaboration with Dr Cristina Granziera (CHUV, Neurology) and demonstrates in vivo imaging of the human cerebellum at microscopic resolution. The article is commented in an editorial by Prof. Nick Bryan, Head of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, as having "important clinical implications". Radiology editorial (in PDF file). Article by Dr Jose Marques et al. (in PDF file)
- Swiss Label, an association devoted to the promotion of Swiss products and services, presents the CIBM in a 'special CHUV' edition of its periodical. Swiss Label article (PDF file).
- Swiss TV report and interview from Dr. Micah Murray from the CIBM EEG Brain Mapping core, following a publication in 'Current Biology'. Link to the TSR website.
- The CIBM needs you : We are looking for volunteers for an MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) study !
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Mission and aim
The overall aim is to advance state-of-the art imaging while at the same time addressing important biomedical problems. The CIBM seeks to advance our understanding of biomedical problems in health and disease, focusing on disease mechanisms
:
- earlier diagnostics
- treatment planning
The center is designed to enhance the synergies of the founding institutions by providing a single, cross-institutional organization, thereby allowing for optimal use of human and equipment resources.
The CIBM focuses on :
- Neuroscience (brain diseases)
- Metabolic diseases (diabetes)
- Oncology
Organization
The Center is directed by Rolf Gruetter and has a unified administrative structure. It is comprised of Several Research Cores that share a common cause and are highly interactive. Research cores are focused on specialized research support and technology development.
The Center's emphasis is on Magnetic Resonance in combination with other modalities, such as phase contrast tomography, radiotracer imaging, EEG brain mapping and is aided with an advanced signal processing effort.