| Objectives: To stimulate physics research for the development of new or improved instrumentation for health care. Background, relevance and implementation: This FOM-programme is part of the starting programme of the NWO-theme 'Nieuwe instrumenten voor de gezondheidszorg' (NIG), a cooperation between ZonMW (theme coordinator), FOM, STW and ICTregie. The NIG theme focuses on five clusters: - Instruments for minimally-invasive therapy - Instruments for medical optics and acoustics - Instruments for medical imaging - High-precision instruments for health care - Health care technology and safety Project applications for the FOM-programme 'New physics instruments for health care' will be evaluated as to their scientific merit (from a physics perspective) and their relevance for health care. An initial check as to whether an application falls within the scope of the NWO-theme will be performed by the NWO theme committee, 'Nieuwe instrumenten voor de gezondheidszorg' (NIG). |
