Project description
A portable, low-cost diagnostic tool
Modern medicine and advances in health science have increased life expectancy worldwide. The cost of healthcare has also increased, reaching 10 % of the world’s gross domestic product. Meanwhile, the distribution of health benefits is becoming increasingly unequal. This refers to the very crucial field of access to diagnosis, urging for the reverse of such trend in front of many new illnesses threatening less developed, vulnerable populations or territories. In this context, the EU-funded MicroSpot project will provide a powerful tool based on last technological advances: the revolutionary, low-cost, portable, fully automated slide-scanning microscope transforming each smartphone into a highest-class, intelligent telemicroscopy image diagnosis system, enriched with assistance for image analysis. Its wide availability will democratise healthcare.
Objective
Healthcare accounts for approximately 10% of global gross domestic product. While the average life expectancy increases and some diseases are disappearing, other diseases raise. Cost of healthcare is a major economical challenge leading to unequal distribution of health benefits, which starts with the access to medical diagnosis. This situation and the new
industrial revolution creates an opportunity to transform and innovate in the healthcare domain.
MicroSpot is the first portable, low-cost, robotized scanner microscope that converts any smartphone into a high quality and intelligent microscopic image diagnostic system. MicroSpot is connected to a cloud ecosystem, capable of real time streaming and remote control and an artificial intelligence assistant for image analysis.
MicroSpot aims to replace the actual obsolete equipment and processes used in microscopic medical image diagnosis while revolutionizing current manufacturing methods. MicroSpot democratizes the access to clinical image diagnosis by creating a new generation of medical devices that reduces time, costs and distances bringing microscopic image diagnostics closer to the point of care.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
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- natural sciences computer and information sciences artificial intelligence
- social sciences political sciences political transitions revolutions
- natural sciences physical sciences optics microscopy
- engineering and technology electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering information engineering telecommunications mobile phones
- engineering and technology mechanical engineering manufacturing engineering additive manufacturing
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Programme(s)
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
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H2020-EU.2.1.1. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies - Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
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H2020-EU.2.3.1. - Mainstreaming SME support, especially through a dedicated instrument
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Topic(s)
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Funding Scheme
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Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1
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Call for proposal
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Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.
(opens in new window) H2020-SMEInst-2016-2017
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28040 Madrid
Spain
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