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BE-LIGHT Improving BiomEdical diagnosis through LIGHT-based technologies and machine learning

Descripción del proyecto

Fotónica avanzada e inteligencia artificial al servicio de la salud

En la asistencia sanitaria, donde la precisión es una prioridad absoluta, la Unión Europea se enfrenta a un reto básico, a saber: la necesidad de promover la competitividad del sector mediante la fotónica avanzada y, al mismo tiempo, desarrollar herramientas de diagnóstico atraumáticas. Las tecnologías basadas en la luz son fundamentales para el diagnóstico y el tratamiento de enfermedades y, además, ofrecen beneficios económicos a los sistemas sanitarios nacionales. Aprovechar el potencial de la inteligencia artificial y el aprendizaje automático es fundamental para interpretar datos, y debería alcanzar niveles similares a los de los médicos más experimentados. El proyecto BE-LIGHT, financiado con fondos europeos a través de las acciones Marie Skłodowska-Curie, emerge como un faro de innovación. En él se formará a once investigadores en tecnologías fotónicas punteras combinadas con inteligencia artificial y aprendizaje automático, amplificando su repercusión en la salud visual, el bienestar cardiovascular y el análisis celular y tisular.

Objetivo

Photonics is crucial for maintaining and increasing the competitiveness of EU industry, and light-based instruments are fundamental for non-invasive diagnostics and treatment of diseases, delivering huge economic benefits for national health systems. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) have demonstrated their capability to classify and identify patterns in data, achieving reliability levels that are comparable to those of experienced physicians.
To fully develop the potentials of these technologies, BE-LIGHT will provide top level training to 11 Researchers in photonic technologies (multispectral imaging, eye-tracking, optical coherence tomography, multispectral optoacoustic tomography, super-resolution microscopy and optogenetics) that will be complemented with AI/ML, computational imaging and modelling. A close-to-the-clinic approach will allow them to advance the field of biomedicine, with the ultimate goal of improving the understanding, diagnosis and treatment of diseases in 3 main research areas: visual health, cardiovascular health, and analysis of cells and tissues (related to Parkinson’s and rare diseases) using super-resolution microscopy.
BE-LIGHT brings together an interdisciplinary consortium of 7 top academic institutions, 3 internationally recognized hospitals, and an ecosystem of 7 private companies with complementary know-how in photonics, microscopy, AI/ML, medical instruments and clinical research, to promote inter-sectoral synergies.
BE-LIGHT’s multi-skill training program will provide the researchers with the complete set of skills that are nowadays key for their success in both academic and non-academic sectors. They will gain a broad understanding of how state-of-the-art light-based technologies work, a solid knowledge of ML and data processing, and will obtain experience in clinical and commercialization processes. BE-LIGHT will open for them a wide range of high-quality job opportunities.

Coordinador

UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYA
Aportación neta de la UEn
€ 503 942,40
Dirección
CALLE JORDI GIRONA 31
08034 Barcelona
España

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Región
Este Cataluña Barcelona
Tipo de actividad
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
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