ISSUE 1 YEAR 2012 Introduction to the ORTHO-eMAN

Project…………….....….1

ORTHO-newsletter

THIS IS THE F IRS T N EW SLETTE R TO GI VE YOU I NF OR MA TI ON AB OU T

PROJE C T ORTHO-eMAN, FUND ED B Y E UR OPE A N C O MMIS SIO N I N TH E F RA ME-

W ORK OF LLP UN DE R THE LD V AC TIO N TR A NSFE R OF INN OV A TIO N .

Date: March 2012

Introduction to the ORTHO-eMAN project (A

web-based e-training platform for Extended

Human Motion Investigation in Orthopedics)

Who we are?

The project consortium is formed

by higher education institutions

(2 universities from Romania and

Greece), 2 research centres

(from Greece and Spain), an

emergency hospital (from Roma-

nia), all with great experience for

both aspects (orthopedy and bio-

medical engineering), with dem-

onstrated skills, recognized ex-

pertise and competence re-

quired to carry out all aspects of

the proposed project.

The project is coordinated by

the University of Craiova, Ro-

mania.

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.

This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be

held responsible for any use which may be made of the informati-on contained

therein.

Who we are ........ …………...….1

What is ORTHO-eMAN….…...4

What are we going to do ……4

Kick-off meeting of the ORTHO-eMAN…………………5

The Newsletters …………...….6

From left: Olivera Lupescu (SCUB), Taina Avramescu (UCV), Juan Lopez Pascual (IBV),

Ignacio Bermejo Boch (IBV), Stavros Perantonis (NCSR), Vasilis Virvilis (NCSR), Ioannis

Pratikakis (DUTH).

LEONARDO DA VINCI

Transfer of in-novation

A web-based e-training platform for Extended Human Motion Investi-gation in Orthopedics

LLP/LdV/ToI/2011/

RO/008

PROMOTER:

University of Craiova - Romania

The University of Craiova (UCV), project coordinator, offers excellent conditions of study to its

30000 students, in various fields embracing 120 specialisations; partner in the ESHE, provides higher educa-

tion in the area of Social Care, Economics and Business, Engineering, Health and Rehabilitation, through the

affiliation to the LMD system, according to the Bologna Declaration. UCV cooperates with international, na-

tional institutions, local government agencies, SMEs. The integration in the European academic structure is

carried out through cooperation programmes, such as SOCRATES, LEONARDO DA VINCI, ALPINE, MSU–AUF,

RISU–AUF, PECO; development of foreign partnerships in the European Space of Higher Education. UCV is

affiliated to prestigious international academic association: EUA – European University Association, IAU –

International Association of Universities etc. UCV has competence in the domains covered by the present pro-

ject: health, bioengineering, IT, multimedia software, quality management. http://www.ucv.ro/

Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH) is a state Institution, founded in 1973. It was

named after the Greek Philosopher Democritus who was a native of Avdira and he is considered

the father of atomic theory. The central administration of the University is in Komotini, but there

are campuses in Komotini, Xanthi, Alexandroupolis and Orestiada. In Xanthi resides the School of Engineering

with five (5) Departments (Department of Civil Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Environmental

Engineering, Architectural Engineering and Production and Management Engineering).

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The total number of University students is about 18000 while the

School of Engineering has a total enrolment of about 1000 under-

graduate students and 200 postgraduate students.

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in Xanthi is

one of the oldest and the largest engineering departments in Greece.

The department offers graduate and undergraduate degrees. Under-

graduate studies involve more than 50 courses in the fields of elec-

tronics, energy, telecommunications, computer engineering as well as

applied mathematics and physics. The department offers a wide spec-

trum of specialized courses as well. Postgraduate studies offer specialization in similar topics. The IMAGE PROC-

ESSING AND MULTIMEDIA LABORATORY (IPML) of Democritus University of Thrace offers courses in the areas

of Digital Image Processing, Multimedia systems, Data Compression, Digital Signal Processing, Image Coding, Pat-

tern Recognition and Graphics.

http://en.ee.duth.gr/

The National Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos” (NCSR) is the largest

research centre in applied sciences and engineering in Greece. NCSR is the home of the Greek National Host, a

major node in the Greek National Research and Technology Network (GR-Net) and a protagonist in the

development of advanced telecommunications and networking services in Greece. The Institute of Informatics and

Telecommunications (IIT) is actively involved in many areas of information technology and telecommunications,

including: Computational intelligence and neural networks, Image processing, Multimedia systems and services,

Broadband wireless networks, e-learning and e-business, Terrestrial interactive digital TV, Spread spectrum

communications, Software engineering with emphasis to automatically customizable software, Radio-Propagation

Measurements. Moreover, IIT has a significant expertise in the development of IT systems for biomedical

applications.

http://www.iit.demokritos.gr

Instituto de Biomecánica de Valencia (IBV) is a research centre dedicated to

scientific research, technological development, technical advisory and training in

biomechanics. A multidisciplinary team of 250 professionals such as engineers, doctors, informatics,

physiotherapists, biologists, social workers, designers, etc compose the Instituto de Biomecanica de Valencia. We

have a broad experience in coordination and participation in European projects. We participate in a Master of

Biomedical Engineering and we offer vocational training on our online platform "virtual Campus IBV". The

activities in the area of Rehabilitation and Personal Autonomy is oriented to improve the well-being of persons

with functional limitations, the capacities of health professionals and the competitiveness of companies. IBV has a

broad network of contacts with other training centres and professional stakeholders in the orthopedic sector.

www.ibv.org

Clinical Emergency Hospital Bucharest (SCUB) includes 725 beds in 16 fields of activity, more than

250 specialists and much more residents and trainers. It offers the best conditions for research as in

daily clinical practice can be selected a large number of patients who can provide the necessary data

study. Its activities include medical services, medical and educational development, continuous medical education.

The orthopaedic clinic has more than 30 specialists in trauma and orthopaedics pathology.

http://www.scub.ro/

What is ORTHO-eMAN ?

ORTHO-eMAN (A web-based e-training platform for Extended Human Motion Investigation

in Orthopedics) is a two year European funded project (LLP/LdV/ToI/2011/RO/008) aiming

to close the gap between engineering and medicine, by creating a new e-learning environ-

ment for human motion analysis. For this reason, the project aims to offer to orthopedic

doctors and engineers interested in medical field, a common learning tool, with interdisci-

plinary approaches using learning methodologies and experience from previous EU project,

recte The e-MedI – Virtual Medical School.

The 2‐year ORTHO-eMAN project will finish in January 2014.

What we are going to do?

Together we aim to develop a web site in English and partners languages and a virtual educational center

that will provide on-line education and training materials.

The main objective of the project consist in developing of a web-based e-training platform which is inter-

professional in outlook, interdisciplinary in approach, intercultural in

background, interactive in design and international in scope. The

project's on line training platform will provide a repository of training

material with real clinical case studies using digital imaging and ac-

companying notes, an interactive multimedia database system con-

taining full reports on patients receiving orthopedic treatment linked

to an image database of static and dynamic measurements of walk-

ing.

Using of an Authoring Tool we will create Test Cases that consist of

patient’s general information and a set of consecutive stages. Each Stage is a data point in patient’s diag-

nostic time line. Each stage is associated with one or more visual content objects (i.e. 2D, 3D images and

video sequence), which are the acquisition outputs of one of the available modalities (Ultrasound, Mag-

netic Resonance Imaging, Tomography, Video processing, Contact pressure pattern). In addition to the

visual information, computed data will be also available .

What have we done until now?

The partnership members developed several European projects until now. We mention only the projects

related with educational and medical fields.

Project LDV RO/04/B/P/PP 17 5006 “Training Center for Health care, Prophylactic and Rehabilitation Services“

www.cerps.tuc.gr

Project LLP-LdV/TOI/2010/RO/006 “E-learning educational center in medicine “http://www.e-edumed.ro/

Project LLP-LdV EL/2004/B/F/PP-148269 “Virtual School on Medical Imaging and E-Learning Framework“—eMedI

http://www.iit.demokritos.gr/emedi

Project ES/09/LLP-LDV/TOI/149029 “Online training on surgical treatments of bone fractures for

traumatologists and biomedical engineers“ — OSTEOFORM

Project ES/07/LLP-LDV/TOI-149037 “Pilot project for online training for raquis operations and technical

surgery“ — ORTHOTRAINING

Kick-off meeting of the ORTHO-eMAN project

During 10-11February 2012 the first meeting of the partnership took place in CRAIOVA, ROMA-

NIA, aiming to:

Get to know each other as people, professionals, and institutions

Provide full information about all aspects of the project

Create transparency and build trust in the partnership

Be the first step in the team-building process

Confirm roles and tasks

Create clarity about financial and administrative regulations

Plan the first project phase in detail

Provide comprehensive project documentation - the project management handbook containing all rele-

vant contractual documents, planning documents, forms and templates to be used in the project.

About six newsletters will be sent out during the running of the project. In the next Newsletter you can read

more about the content of the educational modules and about needs assessment for e-learning in medical

and bioengeneering field. We are looking forward to keep you updated with the progress in our project!

If you are interested in receiving information about our project please visit our web site.

If you are interested in joining the educational process as a trainee (private person or organization) please

contact us by website (http://www.ortho-eman.ro/index.php/Contact). Also on joining the courses we will be

glad to find about your opinions and suggestions on mail or on the project forum.

If you'd like to work with us, share your know-how (tools, methods, etc.), or join the network, please don't

hesitate to contact us.

For more information:

Please visit our web site: http://www.ortho-eman.ro

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