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Jan Cornelis

Academic coördinator Knowledge, Innovation & Technology Transfer - VUB

Regional, University and Departmental strategies for Technology Transfer

ETROVUB-DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATICS

R&D government support. Which one?3 Regions

3 Communities1 Federal State

Where does the money come from?

6-4-2012 3

Science Policy and gov. funding sources in Belgium

Federal authorities:

- specific scientific domains and institutes

- programs involving community and regional institutes

Communities:- scientific research

in support of education

Regions:- research in support

of economy and society (e.g. innovation)

6-4-2012 4

Science Policy in Belgium:funding

R&D funding in Belgium (2006)

27%

22%

50%

1%

Federal authorities

French community + Wallonia Region

Flemish authorities

Brussels Capital Region

2006: 1929 Meuro; Higher education: 460 Meuro

Wealth intensity goes hand-in-hand with impact of research output

Source: DA King, Nature 430 (2004) 313 (15 July 2004)

Budget Science and Innovation –new government injectionsBudget science and innovation

2012: + 60 Meuro2013: + 70 Meuro (cumulative)2014: +70 Meuro (cumulative)

Some highlights budget 2012

Emphasis on fundamental research and internationali zation ( >1/3 budget)3 Meuro Odysseus; 3 Meuro international collaborations

Emphasis on industry and industry-university collab oration in innovation

Research subsidy and investment channels What is

the money used for?

Sketchy Technology/Knowledge Life Cycle: Research Types

Embryonic Potentialgrowth

Growth Mature Aging

Fundamental res.基础研究

Strategic res.战略研究

Applied R&D +TT应用研发与技术转化

Government Support at all stages

Interesting R&D models for incentivating KITT Strings

attached to government funding?

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Thematic priorities

6 Technology Clusters

LOGISTECH ¦ Logistics, Transport, Supply Chain Management

I-HEALTHTECH ¦ ICT and Healthcare

MEDITECH ¦ Healthcare, Nutrition, Prevention and Treatment

NANOTECH ¦ New Materials, Nanotechnology and the Processing Industry

SOCIOTECH ¦ ICT for Socio-Economic Innovation

ECOTECH ¦ Energy and Environment

Six socio-economic Innovation crosspoints Transformation of industry by innovation

Eco-innovation

Green energy,

Innovation of “Care” - Flanders Care

Sustainable mobility amd logistics (e.g. Living Lab EV)

Social innovation

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Strategic research funding

Flanders

- IOF, Industrial Research funds: partitioned based on output; in support of university policy � program (road map) rather than project funding - concentrated injections in limited set of teams; (post doc) R&D middle management.

- SBO, Strategic Basic Research funds: competitive channel (universities & industry) organized by government agency IWT (selection criteria: scientific soundness, project quality AND utility indices)

- Strategic Research Institutes: thematic priorities of the government):

IMEC (centralized in Leuven); VIB & IBBT (virtual) ; VITO (centralized)

Brussels

- SOIB: spin off in Brussels: organized by government agency IWOIB/IRSIB

- Impulse financing (Environment, ICT, Health and Medical): organized by IWOIB/IRSIB

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Virtual research institutes

Virtual institutes, cherishing the best talents without fragmentizing or duplicating efforts and investments

Advantages

- light weight central administration dedicated to specific R&D theme

- research is done by university partners, residing in their local labs � talent creation for the sector

- the best from each research domain are involved - bridging gaps between different monodisciplinary research domains

- balanced/mixed leadership between industry and university

- Coherence of action

- Very high R&D performance

Dangers

- Unique entry point for all R&D � rules for new entries and exits of research groups

- Balance between internal competition and collaboration

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Living Lab as Innovation Platform

Ballon et al, 2005

� Living Lab� Local

� Experimental

� Safe

� Critical mass

� Living Lab as Innovation Platform

� Not solely technical

� Not solely the individual user

� Also communities and society

� Also non-ICT companies, SMEs and public organisations

� Also Policy Makers

A new early seed fund: Baekeland-BI3: Highlights …… ARKIV

First joint university VC fund in Brussels/Flanders– Covering 56% of academic research capacity in Flanders (VLIR

2009: KuLeuven = 40%, UHasselt = 4%)

– Cross-institutional approach increases critical mass & potential for high quality ventures

• Focus on High Tech spin-offs from VUB, UGent, UA– Deal flow enlarged through collaboration with Flemish Strategic

Research Centers (SRC’s- IMEC VIB IBBT), University Hospitals, Selection of “Hogescholen”

• Other partners: Banks, Government (Federal, Brussels, Flanders), International investors

IOF within the Flemish Governement: investment fund agencies

€ 50-500KInternal Sources

€€ 5050--500K500KInternal SourcesInternal Sources

Research

Pre-IncubationIndustrialProof of Concept

IncubationCommercial

Proof ofConcept Startup

MarketGrowth

FUNDINGCHASM

€ 2-5MVenture Funds

€€ 22--5M5MVenture FundsVenture Funds

EarlyMarket

Penetration

??

IOF within the Flemish Governement: investment fund agencies – ARKIV, SOFI. TINA

IndustrialResearchFund (IOF)

University

Research funding

Mechanisms

Research

Pre-incubationProof of Concept Incubation Startup

EarlyMarketPenetration

MarketGrowth

ResearchFunding

Pre-seedFunding

SeedFunding

StartupFunding

1st RoundFunding

2nd RoundFunding

- Product development

- Team in place

- Early customer

- Product development

- Team in place

- Early customer

- Prototyping

- Early team in place

- Business Plan

- Prototyping

- Early team in place

- Business Plan

BAEKELAND-BI3 Fund (VUB-UGent-UA)

SOFI (via IMEC, IBBT, VIB)TINA (Consortia Industry- Knowledge Institutes)

Incorporation

Universities

GAP Funding provided by

BAEKELAND-BI3

6-4-2012 18

Main points of concern

- Increasing control and steering in the educational and R&D processes� academic independence (guaranteeing free inquiry) from the governments is a far more pertinent problem than indepence from industry

- Increase in available funding does not follow the increase in R&D actors � partitioned R&D activities of an increasing number of initially weak actors � danger for excellence

- Partitioned funding sources associated to specific regulations based on governmental decrees � danger of lack of critical mass

- Balance between output performance funding and financing of needs is crucial to avoid distortions in R&D publishing behaviour, reluctance to go into new and high risk research

� Stimuli inherent in the government funding mechanisms have to be mitigated by university management in internal fund allocations

Government funding of blue sky and goal oriented research

SOURCE: INVESTEREN IN KENNISGRENSVERLEGGEND ONDERZOEK IS INVESTEREN IN DE TOEKOMST, Jan Cornelis, Koen Debackere en Elisabeth Monard, 12 juli 2010

开放自由式研究开放自由式研究开放自由式研究开放自由式研究

目的导向式研究目的导向式研究目的导向式研究目的导向式研究

The University R&D management How can a

university react structurally to government incentives and funding?

VUB, facts & figureswww.vub.ac.be

Revenues from collaboration with private sector23,5%

Own research means18%

Flemish governmental support for fundamental research13%

Projects funded by governments45,5%

75,000,000 Euro 2009

Sketchy Technology/Knowledge Life Cycle: Research Types and Inductive research Model

Embryonic Potentialgrowth

Growth Mature Aging

Fundamental res. Strategic res. Applied R&D +TT

Formalised research types: funding sources & types of steering and actors needed

Research Types

Funding channels in interuniversity competition

Intra-university funding channels

Steering Normalized budget per project or program (a)/ amount of projects or programs (b)

Type of players/ results

Fundamental research

FWO(grants & projects)

BOF (grants and projects)

No thematic steering; only quality control

1 euro / 100 Explorers/Discoveries & Knowledge expansion

Strategic research

SBO(society and industrial impact) , “Steunpunten”, Impulse progams (Innoviris)

IOF(economic impact)

Thematic steering based on university policy

10 euro / 5 Inventors/ Innovation &Knowledge structuring

Industrial & Applied research

IWT, Innoviris, contract research

-- Economic and society steering

100 Euro / 1 Developers/ Products, Services & Knowledge consolidation

Program funding

-IOF excellence: 220.000 euro/year for 5y.

-IOF growers: 110.000 euro/year for 5 y.

Project funding

-POC: max. 50.000 euro/year – project

funding

IOF within the university: guidelines have changed

2009 2010 2011

parameter 1

(PhDs) 0,23 0,19 0,15

parameter 2

(publ. & citations) 0,23 0,19 0,15

parameter 3

(contractincome) 0,14 0,22 0,30

parameter 4

(EU FP) 0,10 0,10 0,10

parameter 5

(patents) 0,11 0,13 0,15

parameter 6

(spin-offs) 0,11 0,13 0,15

Research Excellence

Centers of excellence (Strategic research)- Applied Physics and Photonics (TONA-B-PHOT)

- Electronics and Informatics (ETRO)

- Electrochemical and Surface Engineering (SURF)

- Chemical engineering and Industrial Chemistry (CHIS)

- Industrial Microbiology and Food Biotechnology (IMDO)

- Diabetes Research Center (DRC)

- Biotechnology - Structural Biology

Research Excellence

Runners-up

Molecular and Cellular Therapy (LMTC)

Toxicology, Dermato- cosmetology and Pharmacognosy (FAFY)

Mechanical Engineering and Robotics (MECH)

R&D types

Embryonic Potentialgrowth Growth Mature Aging

R&D department

Fundamental Res. Strategic res. Applied R&D +TT

The University Technology/Knowledge) Transfer Interface

Creating impact …•Science communication•Policy preparing and supporting research•Collaboration with non profit sector•Creation of new economic value•Industrial collaboration

Technology Transfer Interface

To

Gateway between the university’s research & expertise and industrial partners

From idea to business plan

Operational structureR&D Department: Technology Transfer Interface

Gateway between the university’s research & expertise and industrial partners

• Funding for applied research

• (Legal) advice concerning contract research and administration

• Protection of intellectual Property and technology offers

• Business development of the IP-portfolio

• Preparation Spin-offs

• (co)-management of the university start-up fund

• Spirit of entrepreneurship: seminars, …

• Industrial Network- CROSSTALKS

• Management Business Incubators: IICB – ICAB

• Management of the Industrial Research Fund

Operational structure R&D Department: Technology Transfer Interface

Patent portifolio: more than 100 patents!

• 40 patent families (application) VUB

• 65 patent families (application) with partners, such as

Interuniversity institute for Micro-electronics (IMEC)

Flemish Interuniversity institute Biotechnology (VIB)

• Several patent families (application) with other research institutions and industry

More information on technology offers: www.vub.ac.be/technologytransfer

Spin-off portfolio in a various range of domains

Symbion

http://www.vub.ac.be/english/infofor/industry/spinoffs.html

Business Incubators Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Brussels: ICAB

Incubatiecentrum Arsenaal Brussel

Flanders: IICB

Innovatie & Incubatie Centrum Brussel (Zellik)

Two Research Parks

Industry-University network

• Creating a new exchange dynamics

• Interdisciplinary & Bottom-up Approach

• Encouraging cross-talking and stimulating innovation

• Through different formats (workshops, round tables)

• And international publicationshttp://crosstalks.vub.ac.be

International role of universities and knowledge centres Innovation

University Involvem

ent

•Education•R&D•New technology

Technology transfer

Innovation

IncubatorScience &

Technology Park

Econom

ic Actors Involvem

ent

•Education•R&D•New technology

Technology transfer

Innovation

IncubatorScience &

Technology Park

NEW

Region/City in Belgium Region City in China

Multilayer Innovation Partnership多层次的创新伙伴关系

The Department of Electronics and Informatics

ETRO

Turning new ideas in good ideas•Fundamental research: everything is possible - quality•Strategic research: More is less -impact•Implementation of inventions: do, don’t talk – economic value

ETROVUB-DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATICS

Three consecutive phases in the innovation framework

ETRO’s innovation funnel

• 3D TOF sensors: Optrima

• JPEG2000 licensing

• Document Management: Universum Digitalis

• Speech recognition services to industry

• Technology licensing to Melexis

• Watermarking

• Forensics

• Q-switched lasers

• Emotional Dialog

• Personal health svs

• ...

• Scalable codecs: OBMEC

• SW suite for medical and dental processing

• Audiolab:NoseyElephant

• mm-wave sensors for food sector

• TLMS device

• ...

ETRO: Crossing boundaries with visionary electronics & ICT

LAMI IRIS DSSP

Horizontal Research

IBBT IMEC

TechnologyIndustryMore than Moore

SocietyEnd to End SystemsICT Services

AVSP

ETRO: the “area approach”strategic research is clustered

3 transdisciplinary areas

goal is to exceed the level of component innovation and to attack the E2E system-level

area 1

combined physical image generation and image processing for superior

imaging systems

area 2

audio-visual signal processing for man-

machine communication

area 3

systems and applications based on wired/wireless

communication on broadband networks and adhoc sensor networks

LAMI - IRIS DSSP - IRIS IRIS

in valorization, we have learned lessons from area approach

lessons learned

� E2E system design is essential to fully understand the ecosystem in which the ETRO technologies can be exploited� SRP 2012

� E2E system value chains are very complex and involve many powerful players

� ETRO valorization should be focused on

– ICT component level

– providing specific services

Fit with ETRO’s overall processes

Yearly Strategic Review Meeting

Thematic Concertation

Meeting

Portfolio Review Meeting

Portfolio Review Meeting

Thematic Concertation

Meeting

Thematic Concertation

Meeting

1. ETRO Raad

2. Seminar3. Group

Meeting

1. ETRO Raad

2. Seminar3. Group

Meeting

1. ETRO Raad

2. Seminar3. Group

Meeting

1. ETRO Raad

2. Seminar3. Group

Meeting

1. ETRO Raad

3. Group Meeting

1. ETRO Raad

2. Seminar3. Group

Meeting

1. ETRO Raad

2. Seminar3. Group

Meeting

1. ETRO Raad

2. Seminar3. Group

Meeting

1. ETRO Raad

2. Seminar3. Group

Meeting

1. ETRO Raad

2. Seminar3. Group

Meeting

1. ETRO Raad

2. Seminar3. Group

Meeting

Jan Mar Jun OctApr May SeptFeb Jul Aug Nov Dec

Calender: Thematic concertation meetings::09-03-2011& 08-06-2011Portfolio rev. meeting: 20-04-2011

Etro innovation club:Maarten Kuijk, Peter Schelkens, Johan Stiens, Werner Verhelst, Hichem Sahli, Roger Vounckx,Kevin Douven, Jan Cornelis

ETRO: Crossing boundaries with visionary electronics & ICT – structural collaborations

• Interuniversity Micro Electronics Center (IMEC: www.imec.be)

- mm-wave and Terahertz sensing & imaging - “More than Moore” experimental imaging devices, sensors and Body Area Network technologies.

• Institute of Broad Band Technology (IBBT: www.ibbt.be)

• Multidisciplinary R&D from idea to business IBBT’s R&D touches all areas of society, and types of IT

users. • (1) iLab.o (Open innovation in ICT) • (2) iLab.t (Technology center) • (3) iLab.u (User experience design & evaluation)

VUB: Multilayer Innovation Partnership

University Involvem

ent

•Education•R&D•New technology

Technology transfer

Innovation

IncubatorScience &

Technology Park

Econom

ic Actors Involvem

ent

•Education•R&D•New technology

Technology transfer

Innovation

IncubatorScience &

Technology Park

西北工业大学西安交通大学

新创

深圳布鲁塞尔

BRUSSELS XI’AN

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Research ExcellenceFaculty of Engineering

Electronics & ICT: Latest spin-offs

Optrima enables fully immersive, transparent and intuitive user experiences by providing 3D real-time hardware for interactive Digital Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Fitness/Health equipment and Industrial manufacturers.

www.optrima.com

EqcoLogic stands for Equalizers for communication, low power, and general-purpose integrated circuits. Applications for the product are in any system where there is a needfor sending digital data at high speed or over longdistances.

www.eqcologic.com

Universum Digitalis develops solutions for the management of multimedia databases and provides generic data-exchange interfaces for distributing data to various client applications.

www.universumdigitalis.com

A particular technology package -Medical Image Processing and Personalized Health Systems

Turning new ideas in good ideas: A few examples in the innovation pipeline

ETROVUB-DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATICS

ETRO: innovation funnel

• Collaboration opportunities• Personal health svstems

- revalidation games- gait analysis

• Scalable codecs: OBMEC- Endoscopy

• SW suite: medical image proc.- Advanced segmentation- Lung nodules- Liver tumours

• Capacitive sensing- Dental caries- Implantology- Industrial applications

“Crossing boundaries with visionary electronics and ICT”

Personalized Health Systems: gait analysis - 3D cameras and accelerometors (1/2)

• Subject Prevention: fall risk rather than fall detection

• Technology capabilities - Detection of instability & irregularity during walking. - Fall risk assessed (based on single walk of 20

meters) by wearable sensor).

• Valorization potential Results transferrable to continuous home monitoring

– Fall reduction with associated reduction in hospital admission, hip fractures, …– Longer (partial) independence of senior citizens

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Personalized Health Systems: gait analysis - 3D cameras and accelerators (2/2)

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Personalized Health Systems: Revalidation games for cp children (1/2)

• Subject Cerebral palsy children - muscle spasticity. Without continuous exercising, spasticity worsens and bone

deformation occurs. Continuous and intense therapy without progress results in motivational problems.

• Technology capability ICT4Rehab (Innoviris, 2011-2014, ULB/VUB): computer game based

on 3D camera and wireless body worn sensors.

- Scalable game in exercise difficulty, cognitive req. and visualcomplexity.

- Data are fed in clinical data base of hospital biomechanics revalidation department – clinical relevance is tested.

• Valorization potential

Transferrable to other revalidation programs and clinical trials

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Personalized Health systems: Revalidation games for cp children (2/2)

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ETRO: innovation funnel

• Collaboration opportunities• Personal health svstems

- revalidation games- gait analysis

• SW suite: medical image proc.- Advanced segmentation- Lung nodules- Liver tumours

• Capacitive sensing- Dental caries- Implantology- Industrial applications

“Crossing boundaries with visionary electronics and ICT”

• Scalable codecs: OBMEC- Endoscopy

Wireless Capsule Endoscopy 256x256 5HzMotion JPEG – IBBT DVC (1/2)

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Motion JPEG

185 kbps

39.1 dB

IBBT DVC

185 kbps

39.6 dB

BD-rate-6.1%

DVC: OBMEC technology of ETRO (IBBT)

Current status:

• Market scan done• Wireless Capsule Endoscopy• Prototype being built at VUB• Testing on medical data

ongoing

Next steps:• If test yields positive results,

enter negotiations with major company

Valorisation potential (partner search ongoing)

- Wireless video cameras- Wireless low-power surveillance- Mobile document scanner- Mobile video conferencing- Mobile video mail- Disposable video cameras- Visual sensor networks- Networked camcorders- Multi-view video entertainment- Wireless capsule endoscopy- Wireless distributed multimedia streaming- Lightweight point of view cameras

ETRO: innovation funnel

• Collaboration opportunities• Personal health svstems

- revalidation games- gait analysis

• Scalable codecs: OBMEC- Endoscopy

.

• Capacitive sensing- Dental caries- Implantology- Industrial applications

“Crossing boundaries with visionary electronics and ICT”

• SW suite: medical image proc.- Advanced segmentation- Tumor detection and follow-

up (Liver and Lung)

Medical image processing:Tumor follow-up via DCE imaging (1/2)

Technology•Temporal CAD system based on the quantitative measurement of chemotherapy on volumetric dynamic CT-scans.•Underlying algorithms: Deformable registration, 4D/5D segmentation, classification•Voxel-level Functional parameters avoiding spatial averaging.

Subject• Rapid diagnosis of chemo-/radiotherapy outcome for lung/liver tumors

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Tumor follow-up via DCE imaging (2/2)

� Early and accurate evaluation of progression, regression or stability of disease

� Efficient use of expensive anti-tumoral therapies� Early switch to other anti-tumoral therapy if needed.

� Improvement of patient prognosis, decrease of side-effects and shorter hospital stay.

Valorization path

• Markettable system for quantifying tumor progression

Required partnering

• Radiology departments and pharma companies: Clinical validation (comparison to current RECIST criterion)-

• Imaging instrument vendors for incorporation of our techniques into clinical workstations.

• Government agencies funding the multidisciplinary and long term R&D trajectory.

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Tumor follow-up via DCE imaging (2/2)

Subject

CAD system for lung nodule detection

Possible valorisation strategy

• Partners for further clinical validation

• CAD companies and equipment vendors

Technology capabilities

• Our CAD system performs better than other methods.• Novel Algorithms: nodule center detection, nodule features that are

based on invariants, feature-selective classifier.

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Lung Nodule Detection

Advanced segmentation methods

Technology capabilities• Segmentation based on level sets• Able to cope with arbitrary topologies.

• Trade off between edge strength, regional statistical properties and object shape

• Novel vessel tracking strategy

• High robustness.

• Generic applicability: organ & tumor segmentation, vessel tree or bronchii tracking.

• Applications: detection of stenosis, vessels for surgical planning and radiotherapy • To be done: interactive steering of methods. Algorithm speed.Valorisation• Sell method as an off-line processing package or as a readily integratable library or module by

medical image processing vendors.

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ETRO: innovation funnel

• Collaboration opportunities• Personal health svstems

- revalidation games- gait analysis

• Scalable codecs: OBMEC- Endoscopy

• SW suite: medical image proc.- Advanced segmentation- Lung nodules- Liver tumours

“Crossing boundaries with visionary electronics and ICT”

• Capacitive sensing- Dental caries- Implantology- Industrial applications

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Electrosensing ...

The black ghost knifefish [Apteronotus albifrons]uses an electric organ and receptors distributed over the length of their body, in order to locate insect larvae in dark or murky water using a technique called electrosensing.

Technology inspired by nature

Biomimetics @ work: capacitive sensing

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Electrostatic sensing & imaging …

–Capacitance sensors are ultra-high impedance amplifiers, capable of detecting extremely small charge displacements, and can be deployed individually as well as in an array configuration.

–Capacitance measurements are non-invasive, and completely non-hazardous.

–When operated over wider frequency ranges, electrostatic sensors are capable of accurately resolving material composition.

–Multi-sensor arrays can detect minute displacements of conductive as well as insulating objects, such as for localization and surface profiling applications.

–Electrostatic sensors also can be arranged in a tomographic configuration, such as to visualize internal structures.

Electrical caries diagnosis (1/2)

– The capability to detect caries at its earliest stages, when the decay can be arrested or reversed, would be a substantial advance, since it would offer the prospect of eliminating or reducing the need for restorative treatment.

– Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy has been established experimentally as a remarkably sensitive tool for revealing caries decay in whole tooth samples (based on the phenomenon that dental enamel, consisting hydroxyapatite, has a high electrical impedance, which is reduced dramatically after demineralization).

Innovation: Tomographic imaging technique, based on capacitive measurements taken across a plurality of electrodes.

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Iterative low-resolution tomographic reconstruction of a dentinal lesion.

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Valuation aspects (2/2)

Key stake holders:

– Diagnostic (dental) equipment manufacturers: non-hazardous adjunct to existing X-ray or fluorescence technology.

– Development status:

� Extensive numerical modeling and simulation.

� Development of dedicated image reconstruction algorithms.

� Proof of measurement concept.

� Laboratory validation studies.

– Search for partnerships:

� Commercial product development.

� Scientific feasibility studies.

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Intra-operative monitoring of minimal invasive sinus floor augmentation (1/2)

Successful stabilization and integration of dental implants in the posterior maxilla often is compromised by an insufficient bone volume.

– Maxillary sinus floor elevation procedures, have expanded the indications for oral implant based treatment, to include a sizable population of edentulous patients.

A minimally invasive balloon-assisted sinus floor augmentationreplaces the risky instrumental detachment of the Schneiderian membrane by a safer hydraulic elevation using a balloon expander.

Thinning sinus floor Balloon expansion Osteotome removal Bone grafting

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Innovation (2/2)

Development of a guided balloon-assisted sinus floor augmentation concept, based on correlating preoperative 3-D CT scans, with locally acquired intra-operative tomographic data derived from contact-free capacitive measurements.

– Real-time imaging of the interface between the air-filled sinus cavity and the grafted subantral space, promises to transform minimally-invasive sinus floor augmentation into a fully monitored procedure.

Elaboration of this concept involves the developmentof a capacitive array sensor technology, and thederivation of numerical algorithms for tomographicreconstruction from sparse capacitance measurements.

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Valuation aspects …

Key stake holders:

– Dental implantology companies, Implant instrumentation manufacturers (supplementing balloon technology), Dental imaging equipment manufacturers (non-hazardous alternative to intra-oral X-ray and cone beam).

– Development status:

� Extensive numerical modeling and simulation.

� Development of dedicated image reconstruction algorithms.

� Prototype manufacturing.

� Proof of measurement concept.

– Search for partnerships:

� Commercial product development.

� Scientific partnerships.

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Derived Business cases

• Commercial vehicle blind spot accident avoidance� Proof of principle demonstrated

• Fish migration monitoring� Pilot sensor installed in river

• Moisture sensors for deployment in manure processing � Search for partnerships:� Commercial product development.

� Integration of technology in waste treatment plants.

� Scientific feasibility studies.

• Security and intelligence monitoring – through wall imaging� Search for partnerships: Commercial product development

ETRO: innovation funnel

• Collaboration opportunities

-(1) Bart Jansens-(2) Adrian Munteanu-(3) Rudi Deklerck-(4) Bart Truyen

-http://www.etro.vub.ac.be/

• (1) Personal health svstems

- revalidation games- gait analysis

• (2) Scalable codecs: OBMEC- Endoscopy

• (3) SW suite: medical image proc.

- Advanced segmentation- Lung nodules- Liver tumours

• (4) Capacitive sensing- Dental caries- Implantology- Industrial applications

“Crossing boundaries with visionary electronics and ICT”

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University Hospital

Medical campus Jette

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University Hospital

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