Descripción del proyecto
Formación con láser sintonizable para mejorar la técnica de TCO
La tomografía de coherencia óptica (TCO) es una técnica de imagenología no invasiva consolidada que utiliza luz de baja coherencia para obtener imágenes multidimensionales con una resolución micrométrica. Se emplea en imagen médica y ensayos industriales no destructivos. Los láseres sintonizables para TCO podrían mejorar, actualizar y ampliar el uso de esta tecnología. El proyecto financiado con fondos europeos NETLAS proporcionará formación a responsables de la industria y la innovación europea en este ámbito a través de una «Red de formación innovadora». Quince investigadores noveles participarán en la investigación interdisciplinaria en colaboración con los beneficiarios potenciales, a saber: cinco instituciones de enseñanza superior, tres empresas con hospitales asociados y una organización sin ánimo de lucro. También se celebrarán tres cursos de verano y una conferencia internacional.
Objetivo
The main objective of this Innovative Training Network (ITN) is to educate 15 Early Stage Researchers (ESR) towards PhD through a joint interdisciplinary research programme. This programme (NETLAS) will educate the ESRs in the rapidly expanding hot topic of tuneable lasers for optical coherence tomography (OCT). Research will be jointly developed across the network to cover 12 technologies, that span interdisciplinary and intersectoral fields, such as: 3 technologies of novel laser devices, 4 technologies of novel optics configurations for tuneable lasers, 3 original signal processing technologies to optimise the utilisation of the novel lasers in practice and 2 over-arching application technologies in OCT for medical imaging and non-destructive testing. The network aims to educate tomorrow’s European industry leaders and innovators by bringing the ESRs together with today’s end users in order to incorporate their research into useful instruments that are fit to respond to societal needs, such as underpinning the health system and non-destructive testing. Beneficiaries in this network are 5 higher-education institutions (HEI)s and 3 companies plus 6 partners, including a HEI research institute with an affiliated eye hospital, a second training hospital and a non profit research institute, For each ESR the training takes place in at least two different institutions, one of them being a HEI and the other giving industrial experience, jointly delivering a coherent combination of specialised and general skills training. This is completed by organising three Summer Schools and an International conference. Each ESR will start by agreeing with the supervisors a career development plan, whose progress will be continuously monitored by supervisors and reported at regular meetings of the supervisory board.
Ámbito científico
- social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementinnovation management
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsignal processing
- engineering and technologymedical engineeringdiagnostic imaging
- natural sciencesphysical sciencesopticslaser physics
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MSCA-ITN - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks (ITN)Coordinador
CT2 7NZ Canterbury, Kent
Reino Unido