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05 May

In Image Analysis, News, Thesis by ViCOROB Media

Albert Gubern defends his PhD thesis “Automated Analysis of Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Breast”

Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging (DCE-MRI) of the breast is employed for breast cancer screening in women with cumulative lifetime breast cancer risk of more than 20-25% (US and EU guideline). Other indications include, but are not limited to, preoperative staging, evaluation of women treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy and problem solving in case of inconclusive findings from other modalities. Compared to mammography, which is the image modality commonly used in…

17 March

In News, Underwater Robotics, Underwater Vision by ViCOROB

WE ATTEND THE EUROPEAN ROBOTICS FORUM IN VIENNA

Last week we participated actively in European Robotics Forum that took place in the beautiful city of Vienna (Austria). There, besides meeting with researchers in robotics field in Europe, we had the chance to participate in the Entrepreneurial Workshop (in the framework of ROCKeu project) and to attend presentations on various projects on our field. In the event, the main representatives of euRobotics platform where chosen. They will be…

04 February

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

ROBOCADEMY PROJECT MEETING IN GIRONA

During the last days of January (28-30.1.2015) Girona was the venue of the project meeting as well as the first workshop of the ROBOCADEMY – “European Academy for Marine and Underwater Robotics”, FP7-PEOPLE-2013-ITN, project. Starting with the project meeting on the 28th, which was first of a kind for the vast majority of the fellows, gave all involved a good opportunity to get acquainted and the fellows the opportunity to…

26 January

In News by ViCOROB Media

Cap de setmana divertit a First Lego League Girona

L’equip Estanys Robotmania de l’escola Els Estanys de Platja d’Aro i l’equip Campalanets de l’institut Rafael Campalans d’Anglès són els guanyadors de la primera i la segona jornada, respectivament, del torneig de robòtica FIRST LEGO League que ha tingut lloc aquest cap de setmana a l’Escola Politècnica Superior (EPS) i que està organitzat per la Universitat de Girona i la Fundació Princesa de Girona. En total, s’han repartit vuit premis…

20 January

In Image Analysis, News, Projects by ViCOROB Media

ASSURE FP7 PROJECT 1st REVIEW

With less than a year left to conclude the ASSURE project, a party of 6 people from ViCOROB met with the rest of partners on the 12th and 13th of January at Copenhagen. Despite the cold and strong gusts of wind we all endured, the meeting was a success as shown by the positive feedback given by an European reviewer present. Also during the meeting, updated overviews of all…

15 December

In News by ViCOROB

Ho!!Ho!!Ho!!

ViCOROB wants to wish you Happy Holidays and Happy New Year…:) We will be closed from December the 24th to January the 6th 2015. Des de ViCOROB us volem desitjar Bones Festes i Feliç Any Nou 2015 i us recordem que, durant aquestes vacances (23 desembre a 6 de gener), restarem tancats.

02 December

In News, Underwater Vision by ViCOROB Media

The Spanish Consulate in Romania invites Prof. Rafael Garcia to UPT

The Spanish Consulate in Romania invites Prof. Rafael Garcia for a speech in the Politechnic University of Timisoara (UPT). The invitation is part of the Spanish Culture week in the city. As part of the visit, Prof. Garcia will conduct several meetings with representatives of the UPT to explore further cooperation between UTP and UdG. We want to use this channel to thank the UPT and the Spanish Consulate for…

01 December

In News, Udigital.edu, Underwater Robotics by ViCOROB Media

UdigitalEdu participa en un projecte de Cooperació de la UdG a l’Índia

Inventors4Change (http://www.inventors4change.org) vol proporcionar als nens les eines, les tècniques i els coneixements que els permetin dissenyar els canvis que volen veure en el món. Consisteix en una xarxa d’escoles i organitzacions que utilitzen les tecnologies d’aprenentatge creatiu i eines digitals per fomentar la invenció basada en l’aprenentatge col·laboratiu entre els nens de diferents països. El projecte es centra especialment en els nens de les comunitats més desafavorides, que proposen…