«BioICT - The Heart in the Computer»
Nicholas Ayache, one of the leading specialists in medical imagery and robotics, was key speaker at this 2 day conference held in Sophia Antipolis.
During the event, Nicholas Ayache, Director of Research at INRIA Sophia Antipolis and winner of the prestigious Microsoft Prize 2008 Royal Society and the French Academy of Sciences, gave his perspective on modelling and simulation of life, one of the most promising areas of research which holds great hopes for humanity: “Digital models of organs computed from medical imaging are going to progressively revolutionize the world of healthcare. A digital model of the heart of a specific patient for example, will not only enable a more precise diagnostic, but also permit you to simulate a therapeutic treatment such as implanting a pace maker or performing a more complex surgical intervention. The same for a tumor, where you will be able to modelize its evolution and therefore optimise the treatment. This approach involves all sorts of different levels of modelling (geometrical, physical, biochemical, etc.) at various scales -molecules, cells, organs, organ systems… -, which must be standardized if you want to be have them work together.”
This 2nd edition of the « Infinity Initiative » ETSI/ERCIM advanced seminars, which took place April 2-3 at ETSI headquarters in Sophia Antipolis, was run in cooperation with the European Commission and supported by the VPH (Virtual Physiological Human) Network of Excellence, of which ERCIM is a core member.
ETSI: European Telecom Standards Institute
ERCIM: Consortium Européen de Recherche en Informatique et Mathématiques
INRIA: Institut national de recherche en informatique et en automatique.
More information: www.etsi.org/ WebSite/ NewsandEvents/ INFINITYINITIATIVE/ 2008
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