Engineering for Health
Welcome to the Institute of Biomedical Engineering (IBT) at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). For more than 60 years we have been active in research and teaching in the field of biomedical engineering.
In interdisciplinary projects together with medical doctors and medical industry, we investigate new technical systems that help to diagnose diseases earlier and more accurately as well as systems that make therapies more successful.
The main focus of the research program of Prof. Dr. Werner Nahm's group is optical systems in medicine and life sciences. Current projects are focussing on surgical visualization and optical diagnosis [more].
The group of PD Dr. Axel Loewe develops computational models of the heart and applies them to cardiological problems. We focus on cardiac electrophysiology and elastomechanics to contribute to answer clinical questions such as the genesis of e.g. cardiac arrhythmias and appropriate treatment strategies. Signal processing of cardiac signals (ECG and electrograms), machine learning, and artificial intelligence are further focus fields [more].
Students from the Medical Image Processing for Guidance and Navigation course visited Getinge, a global leader in Hybrid Operating Room development. The visit offered valuable insights into advanced surgical technologies and their practical applications in modern healthcare.
On November 15th, the very first Nacht der Biosignale took place. Simultaneous talks on the fascinating topic of biosignals were held at twelve locations across Germany, including Aachen, Augsburg, Bremen, Dresden, Göttingen, Ilmenau, Jena, Karlsruhe, Kiel, Cologne, Krefeld, and Münster.
Thanks to a live stream on YouTube, the talks were also accessible to an online audience. The event was met with great enthusiasm, with the Triangel venue filling up with curious citizens eager to dive into the captivating world of biosignals.
The openCARP cardiac electrophysiology simulator openCARP developed by IBT and collaborators won the Helmholtz Software Award in the Newcomer category. The award aims to promote the development of professional and high-quality research software and to recognize the commitment to software as the basis of modern science.
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The head of the Computational Cardiac Modeling research group has been elected as a Fellow of the European Heart Rhythm Association (FEHRA). This recognizes outstanding contributions to research into cardiac arrhythmias.
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Prof. Dr. Olaf Dössel was elected spokesperson for the health technologies thematic network at acatech. acatech is the German Academy of Engineering Sciences.
Olaf Dössel also received the KIT Verdienstnadel (KIT Medal of Merit). With this, KIT honors his diverse activities as an ambassador for KIT and as honorary chairman of the Studierendenwohnheim e.V. des KIT (KIT Student Residence Association).
Together with researchers from Städtisches Klinikum Karlsruhe and Oxford University, Patricia Martínez and team showed that for atrial arrhythmia prediction, functional measurements make a difference. Incorporating functional personalization into personalize models could improve the ability to stratify patients based on their individual characteristics, leading to more tailored and effective treatment strategies for atrial fibrillation.
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