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13 June
In Image Analysis, News, Thesis by ViCOROB

An approach to melanoma classification exploiting polarization information

Doctoral thesis “An approach to melanoma classification exploiting polarization information”   By Rastgoo, Mojdeh Supervised by García Campos, Rafael; Marzani, Frank; Morel, Olivier   Abstract Malignant melanoma is the deadliest of skin cancers and causes the majority of deaths in comparison to other skin-related malignancies. Yet it is the most treatable type of cancer, thanks to its early diagnosis. Subsequently, early diagnosis is crucial for patient survival rate and numerous…

23 May
In News, Udigital.edu by ViCOROB

Alumnes ‘experts’ en programació de manera divertida i transversal

“Early mastery: How to playfully motivate schoolkids to master computer programming” és el títol del projecte finançat per la Comissió Europea, dins el programa Erasmus+, que lidera el grup de recerca UdiGitalEdu de la Universitat de Girona. Amb set socis més de diferents països europeus –Romania, Itàlia, Gran Bretanya i França–, l’objectiu principal és fer que nens i nenes de 6 i 16 anys descobreixin, aprenguin i esdevinguin ‘experts’ en…

18 May
In 3D perception, News by ViCOROB

Ús de les tecnologies d’escaneig 3D en l’empresa

L’objectiu de  la jornada permetrà introduir-nos en el món de les tecnologies 3D i visualitzar les diferents aplicacions a l’empresa que a dia d’avui ja es poden fer.   És una jornada impulsada per SICNOVA Girona, fabricant i distribuïdor de maquinària 3D i el Patronat Politècnica.   Amb el suport de la Universitat de Girona, la Cambra de comerç de Girona, l’empresa AQSENSE i VICOROB. Josep Forest serà l’encarregat de…

08 April
In Image Analysis, News by ViCOROB

Kick-off meeting of the SMARTER project

Breast cancer screening based on mammography (MG) has had a major impact on reducing mortality at affordable cost. However, overdiagnosis, overtreatment, and the lack of sensitivity of mammography, especially in women with dense breasts, need to be addressed to improve screening. More effective screening cannot be achieved with the generalised use of MG for all the population; personalisation is required where the density of a womans breasts or increased cancer…

30 March
In News, Underwater Robotics, Underwater Vision by ViCOROB

We attended to the world’s premier event for marine science and ocean technology

Oceanology International is the world leading marine science and ocean technology exhibition. Every two years, Oceanology International brings together the latest technologies and worldwide leaders from a variety of industries including oil & gas, engineering, marine science and maritime security.   Girona Underwater Vision and Robotics team was present in the exhibition to showcase the two AUV prototypes developed by the research group (Girona 500 and Sparus II AUV) as…

10 March
In News, Projects, Underwater Robotics, Underwater Vision by ViCOROB

Project STRONGMAR kick-off meeting

Horizon2020 project STRONGMAR kick-off meeting was held on 7th of March 2016 at the Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Do Porto, Portugal.   Project is coordinated by Prof. Eduardo Silva and STRONGARMAR team  and developed in collaboration with:   University of Girona ,Computer Vision and Robotics Research Institute HERIOT-WATT University CINTAL – Centro Investigacao Tecnologica Do Algarve University Court of the University of Aberdeen NATO Science and Technology…

07 March
In Image Analysis, News by ViCOROB

We presented the results of our work as part of the ASSURE project #ECR2016

The 28th annual European Congress of Radiology (ECR) took place last week at the Austria Center Vienna. From March 2nd to March 5th, more than 25,000 (onsite and online) participants had the opportunity to learn the latest trends and research on radiology from first hand. ECR also counted with the presence of around 300 worldwide companies of the medical field, professional societies as well as research projects.     In…

05 March
In Vicorob's people by ViCOROB

Egyptian PhD student at VICOROB: Mostafa Salem

I’m Mostafa Salem, the Egyptian PhD student at VICOROB. I have had a fund from the Egyptian government to get my PhD from any country all over the world. Actually, I like the medical imaging area of research, specially Brain MRI MS Lesion detection. I searched about the universities and Labs that are interested in this area and I found VICOROB at UdG in Girona, Catalunya. They are working in…