| Mission |
The Image Sciences Institute was established in 1998 by the Faculty of Medicine of Utrecht University and the University Hospital Utrecht, who as of 1999 have merged into the University Medical Center Utrecht. The objectives of the Insitute coincide with those of the graduate school ImagO: 1. formulation and execution of a coherent research program in biomedical image sciences; 2. offering an advanced education program for Ph.D. students in this area; 3. training of Ph.D. students to become indepedent researchers; 4. acquisition of research funds; 5. extension of the national and international research position by collaboration with related academic and industrial institutions; 6. transfer of knowledge to technical and clinical partners. The research program of the graduate school has two main lines:A. Computational imaging, comprising fundamental and applied research on imaging systems, integration of multi-modal images, imageprocessing and analysis, physiological modeling, simulation, visualization, and image guided therapy; B. Clinical imaging, comprising functional-anatomical studies, physiologic and diagnostic imaging, image guided interventions, minimal invasive surgery, and clinical evaluation studies, with a focus on (cerebro)vascular diseases and oncology. |
