New in BIT

2023

• Today Felicia Alfano has defended her PhD Thesis. Our best congratulations, Feli!!! (7-Mar-2023)
• Miguel Luengo Oroz is one of the 2023 Leaders nominated by the Obama Foundation. Congratulations Miguel !!! (22-Feb-2023)
• High-quality 3D magnetic resonance imaging of the maternal uterus may provide more reliable diagnosis of fetal anomalies. A study by BIT members combines realistic models of fetal movement and unsupervised deep learning techniques to obtain high-quality visualization of the fetal development, with significant improvements over traditional ultrasound. That opens the possibility of more accurately identifying lesions or pathologies in the fetus. More information can be found in this scientific paper. También información en español (21-Feb-2023)

2022

• An international study confirms that the characteristics that make a particular brain distinguishable from others already exist at birth. Similar to a fingerprint, the connections between different brain areas allow the identification of a baby. Researchers from BIT-UPM have participated in this study with methods of reconstruction and motion correction in functional and diffusion magnetic resonance images, especially critical to obtain quality data in this population as it is not possible to avoid babies movement during the scanning. More information can be found in this scientific paper. También información en español (4-Oct-2022).
• Artificial intelligence to predict clinical outcomes in COVID-19 pneumonia using chest CT. A deep learning-based method to evaluate severity and to predict clinical evolution of lesions caused by SARS-CoV-2 has been proposed and evaluated, in collaboration with several hospitals, CIBERES, Spotlab and Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School. More information can be found in this scientific paper. También información en español (26-Jul-2022).

2021

• New acquisition and analysis methods have been developed specifically for fetal MRI study of the brain development, in collaboration with King's College London. These techniques allow to characterize the formation of white matter connections during the second and third trimesters of human gestation. More information can be found in this scientific paper. También información en español (6-Oct-2021).
• Again, one new doctor: Alberto Pablo Trinidad has defended his Ph.D. Thesis. Congratulations!!! (10-Sep-2021).
• Subhra Sundar Goswami has defended his Ph.D. Thesis. Congratulations!!! (30-Jun-2021).
• Magnetic resonance imaging can help to predict cognitive evolution in preterm-born children. A study led by King's College London shows that magnetic resonance and artificial intelligence techniques can detect poorer cognitive and language abilities associated with extreme prematurity. More information can be found in this scientific paper. También información en español (15-Feb-2021).

2020

• Two Ph.D. Thesis defended in the last few days: Congratulations to David Bermejo Peláez and Teresa Arroyo Gallego!!! (5-Oct-2020)
• María J. Ledesma-Carbayo ("Chus") is now Full Professor!!!! Congratulations!!!! (23-Jun-2020)
• A novel methodology for automated identification and classification of subtle lung abnormalities present in smokers has been proposed by BIT members in collaboration with Brigham & Women's Hospital (Harvard Medical School). Using deep learning techniques to analyze computed tomography images (CT), abnormalities preceding interstitial lung diseases can be identified (and treated) at an earlier stage. More information can be found in this scientific paper. También información en español (3-Jun-2020).

2019

• MIT Technology Review has recognized a BIT member, Teresa Arroyo Gallego, as one of the winners of innovators under 35 Europe. This MIT publication recognizes annually innovators who are "changing the future of science and technology". Congratulations!!!
• A collaboration between BIT-UPM, the Institut Català de Retina de Barcelona, Parc de Salut Mar and the Radboud Medical University Center in Nijmegen (The Netherlands) has allowed the development of a tool for telemedicine and an algorithm based on Artificial Intelligence that would facilitate the automatic detection of glaucoma from retinographies (fundus images). This technology in glaucoma detection campaigns will facilitate the identification and early diagnosis of this disease, and could help to start treatment as soon as possible avoiding its most devastating consequences. More information can be found in this scientific paper. También información en español (14-Oct-2019).

2018

• Again three new doctors in the last few days!!! Juan José Gómez Valverde, Carlos Zorraquino and Polyxeni Gkontra have just defended their Ph.D. Thesis. (29 Sep. 2018).
• Researchers from BIT-UPM and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a portable non-invasive device for white cell monitoring at home. Avoiding the need to draw blood, chemotherapy immunosuppressed patients can be more frequently tested, improving their quality of life and reducing infection risks. More information can be found in this scientific paper. También información en español (21-Apr-2018).
• UPM has prepared a video showing all the UPM research activities in the area of biomedical sciences and technologies. Some of them by BIT members!

2017

• Spotlab, start-up company created by BIT members to generate telemedicine solutions based on mobile telephony and 3D printing, has got the 1st prize in the 14 actúaUPM competition to create the most innovative and disruptive companies (18 Dec 2017)
• Leuko-Labs has achieved the first prize in the UPM_innovatech 2T (Technology Transfer) Challenge 2017. Congratulations to Alberto Pablo Trinidad, Aurélien Bourquard and María J. Ledesma-Carbayo (30 Nov 2017). More info here and here (12 Jan 2018)
• Miguel Luengo-Oroz has been nominated as member of the Group of Experts on Artificial Intelligence and Big Data by the Ministry of Energy, Tourism and the Digital Agenda. This group will be in charge of writing an ethical code and a code for good practices on the use of artificial intelligence and big data (17 Nov 2017).
• Two projects by BIT-UPM members, RetiSpot and SiliQonTech, have achieved an award as best business ideas in the XIV actúaUPM competition. RetiSpot aims to create a low-cost microscope for prevention and early diagnosis of ocular pathologies, while SiliQonTech proposes a standard and cooperative platform to build prototypes of innovative electronic data acquisition systems (7 Apr. 2017)
• MalariaSpot Bubbles gets an ICT Technological Innovation Prize awarded by the Spanish Red Cross during the 2017 Mobile World Congress (28 Feb. 2017)

2016

• The mobile application Olymtrip has received the "Best Ideas" award by Diario Médico. It was developed by BIT-UPM, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona and ISGlobal to detect infectious diseases and collecting data on the health status of the Spanish athletes during the Olympic Games in Brazil (30 Nov. 2016)
• miCROWDscopy, the project to develop crowd-computing systems to allow citizens to collaborate through on-line video games on global health challenges like the diagnosis of malaria and tuberculosis, has received the European Foundations Award for Responsible Research & Innovation (23 Nov 2016)
• MalariaSpot Bubbles launched during the 2016 World Malaria Day (25 Apr. 2016)
• Imbio, a medical imaging software company located in Minneapolis (MN, USA), licenses technology for pulmonary embolism assessment, jointly developed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Brigham & Women's Hospital and BIT-UPM (29 Feb 2016).

2015

• Three new doctors in the last few days!!! David Pastor-Escuredo, Daniel Jiménez-Carretero and Óscar Esteban Sanz-Dranguet have recently defended their Ph.D. Thesis. (2 Dec. 2015).
• MIT Technology Review has recognized three BIT members or ex-members as innovators under 35. This MIT publication recognizes annually technology innovators who are "transforming the world". Congratulations to Miguel Luengo-Oroz, Jose L Rubio-Guivernau and Carlos Castro!!! (3 Nov. 2015).
• UNI2XSalud is an event at Ciudad Universitaria (promoted by the i-Health cluster of Moncloa Campus) to make people aware of health both in our environment and in other countries with fewer resources and to highlight the great importance of linking research, innovation and development cooperation which are key elements for global and universal health (20-25 April 2015).
• TuberSpot: an online game to help diagnose tuberculosis, developed in BIT-UPM, has been launched on World Tuberculosis Day (24 March 2015).

2014

• The project EduSpot was finalist in the "Re-Imagine Learning Challenge", organized by The LEGO Foundation & Ashoka Changemakers (14 Nov. 2014)
• Another prize to a BIT member: 2014 Outreach competition of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Picata prize of the science videos modality has been given to SpotLab (1 Aug. 2014)
• BIT in the News: A digital atlas describing the first hours of embryo development. 26-Jun-2014.
• Sara Rodríguez López has got the ASISA prize to the best Master Thesis in Engineering and Medicine, given by the Spanish Professional Organization of Telecommunication Engineers (Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros de Telecomunicación). 5-Jun-2014
• Summer course on Progress on biomedical imaging: From lab to clinic, to be held in El Escorial from 14 to 16 July 2014. This course is included in the Complutense Summer Courses program.
• Miguel Angel Luengo Oroz has been elected to the Ashoka Fellowship (10-Feb-2014)

2013

• Carlos Castro González has become one of 2013 M+Visión Fellows. This fellowship program (IDEA³) is an initiative of the Madrid-MIT M+Visión Consortium: Fundación madri+d para el conocimiento, in partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Congratulations, Carlos!!! (1-Jul-2013)
• More good news: a new PhD Thesis. Carlos Castro Gonzalez defended today his Thesis: Computational methods to create and analyze a digital gene expression atlas of embryo development from microscopy images (19 Mar 2013).

2012

• Again very good news: Laura Fernández de Manuel presented her PhD Thesis: Multimodal Non-Rigid Image Registration Methods for Therapy and Surgery Planning (10 Dec 2012)
• More news on malariaspot: Crowdsourcing clicks against malaria (4 Dec 2012)
• UPM News (in Spanish): Innovative new tool for intraoperative radiotherapy (26 Nov 2012)
• IDEA² award given to the project: MEDI-CROWDNOSIS: Crowd-sourcing medical image analysis for global health challenges. IDEA² is an initiative of the Madrid-MIT M+Visión Consortium: Fundación madri+d para el conocimiento, in partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (19-Nov-2012)
• New PhD Thesis: José Luis Rubio Guivernau got it! 3D Wavelet-based Fusion Techniques for Biomedical Imaging (5 Oct 2012)
• Best semi-automatic endocardium segmentation (ex-aequo) in the Right Ventricle Segmentation Challenge in Cardiac MRI, included in the 3D Cardiovascular Imaging: a MICCAI segmentation challenge (1 Oct 2012)
• Science Outreach Award of the CEI Campus Moncloa (scientific photography category): Cartography of a zebrafish embryo presented by a member of BIT-UPM (22 May 2012)
• A global crowdsourcing platform to diagnose malaria through on-line gaming. A new game challenges you to tag malaria parasites in digitized images of blood smears: MalariaSpot (25 Apr. 2012).

2011

• BIT members got a paper published in J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. This paper is recognized in an editorial comment (11 Jan. 2011)

2010

• A paper in Science !!! (20 Aug. 2010)