Pioneering Perspectives: Sensing and Imaging as Key Enabling Technologies

Join us at the Techmed Event 2024 for the session, "Pioneering Perspectives: Sensing and Imaging as Key Enabling Technologies," where we delve into the transformative role of sensing and imaging technologies in modern healthcare. This session will explore the latest advancements in these critical fields and their applications in diagnostics, treatment, and patient care.

Frontrunners will present their innovations and research, highlighting how cutting-edge sensing and imaging technologies are revolutionizing medical practices. Attendees will gain insights into the development and deployment of these technologies, including their integration into existing medical systems and potential future trends.

General information

Time: 14.45 - 16.00
Language: English
Room: INNOVATION STAGE (TL 1336 | Ground floor)
Available seats: 100

The programme

14.45 - 14.48	Welcome & Opening Michel Versluis, University of Twente
14.48 - 15.02	National Technology Strategy: Towards an Action Agenda for Imaging Technologies Koen Vermeer, Holland High Tech
15.02 - 15.16	Advancing Photoacoustic Technologies for Medical Applications Prof.dr. Srirang Manohar, University of Twente
15.16 - 15.30	Trends and opportunities in image guided therapy Danny Ruijters, Phillips
15.30 - 15.44	Sensing and Imaging for Brain Stimulation Bettina Schwab, University of Twente
15.44 - 15.58	Revolutionizing Health and MedTech: The Impact of Wearable Devices with Hybrid Printed Electronics Dr.ir. Natalia Uzunbajakava, TNO-Holst
15.58 - 16.00	Closing words Michel Versluis, University of Twente

Speakers

Koen Vermeer | Holland High tech

Koen Vermeer works for Holland High Tech, the executive office of the Topsector High Tech Systems and Materials. He is the program manager of the Knowledge and Innovation Agenda Key Enabling Technologies (KIA ST), which aims to advance innovation on the ten key technologies identified in the National Technology Strategy. In addition, he is the program manager of the KIA Safety and is working on stimulating innovation for the circular transition within the high-tech sector.

Natallia E. Uzunbajakava | TNO Holst Centre

Natallia E. Uzunbajakava is working at the TNO Holst Centre managing wearable medical devices program, honorary chairman of the Home Use Device working group, associated editor in Frontiers: Human Skin Photobiology. She holds a Ph.D. in physics and an engineering degree (the University of Twente). Dr.ir. Uzunbajakava has 46 publications, incl. 3 Book Chapters, holds 27 US granted patents and applications, lectures nationally and internationally. Her H-Index is 19 (Scopus @June 2024).

Srirang Manohar | University of Twente

Srirang Manohar (1969) began his scientific career as a PhD student at the Institute of Science in Bangalore, in his native India. In 2001 he came to the University of Twente to do further research on photoacoustic imaging. He received a VENI grant for this. Manohar has been Professor of the Multi-Modality Medical Imaging since 2019. He is the coordinator of the international PAMMOTH project, which focuses on the detection of breast cancer by photoacoustic imaging. In addition, he leads the international consortium Imaging Needles, which develops minimally-invasive instruments for needle imaging. Manohar is also a member of the editorial staff of magazine Photoacoustics.

Danny Ruijters | Phillips

Danny Ruijters is a part-time professor in the area of data-driven value-based healthcare in image-guided therapy. This comprises the development of intelligent and context-aware systems that optimize the data gathering and application in minimally invasive treatment. Particularly, the translation of large population datasets to the individual patient and vice-versa, and the direct application during image-guided therapy is part of his research focus. He is also a principal scientist at Philips, with a track record of creating prototypes for interventional patient treatment, evaluating those prototypes in a live clinical setting, and taking into account the technical, clinical and regulatory aspects.

Bettina Schwab | University of Twente

Bettina Schwab is an Associate Professor at the University of Twente. She studied physics at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and received her PhD from the University of Twente. After fellowships at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, the University of Pittsburgh, and the Berlin Institute for Advanced Studies, she returned to the University of Twente for the tenure-track. Schwab’s work is supported by competitive third-party funding such as an ERC Starting Grant.

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