EPIDAURE was dissolved on 10/31/2005. It has been replaced by ASCLEPIOS : http://www-sop.inria.fr/asclepios/

Project Presentation

The aim of the project is the development of new tools in Medical Imaging and Robotics.

The studied images are anatomical and functional images from : conventional radiology imagery, X-Ray Computed Tomography (CT), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (anatomical, functional and angiographic MRI), Isotopic Imaging (Spect and PET), Ultrasound Imaging, Histology Imaging, Monocular or Stereoscopic Video Imaging, etc.

Research Themes

Among the main research themes of the team, one can find the extraction of quantitative parameters (shape, texture) from images, image registration (temporal, multimodal, multi-subject...), the construction of anatomical and functional atlases from images, morphometry (statistics on shape and intensities), the analysis of the cardiac motion, the modeling of soft tissues for visual and haptic interaction, physiological models of organs, and the coupling of medical imaging and robotics.

Application domains are :

computer aided diagnosis,
surgery simulation (which can imply virtual reality and robotics tools),
image guided therapy (planning, control and follow-up), which can imply
augmented reality and robotics tools.

International and Industrial Relationships

Collaborations with industrial partners: General Electric Medical Systems, Mauna Kea Technologies, Medtronic, Mentice, Noesis, Nycomed, Philips, QuantifiCare, Sanofi, Siemens, etc.

Collaborations with hospitals: IRCAD (Strasbourg), CEA/SHFJ (Orsay), Pitié-Salpétrière (Paris), CHU of Nice...

Activity Reports

2005 (pdf version)

2004 (html version).

2003 (html version or pdf version)

Scientific Leader

Nicholas AYACHE
+33 4 92 38 76 61
Nicholas.Ayache@inria.fr
Assistant : +33 4 92 38 76 60
Fax: +33 4 92 38 76 69

Address

INRIA Sophia Antipolis
Epidaure Research Project
2004 route des Lucioles - BP 93
06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex
France