1. Integrating the Medical Diagnostic Data Group Leader: Biomedical Instrumentation Group Institute of Electronic Systems Warsaw University of Technology Antoni Grzanka Ph.D. Members: Witold Wierzejski Ph.D. Marek Czosnyka D.Sc. (@Cambridge Univ. UK) Piotr Śmielewski Ph.D. (@Cambridge Univ. UK) Lech Śliwa Ph.D. (@Inst. of Physiol. & Path. of Hearing, Poland) Stefan Piechnik Ph.D. (@Goteborg Univ. Sweden) Wojciech Zabołotny Ph.D. Wojciech Zaworski M.Sc.

2. GOALS: Information mining in biomedical signals Integration of diagnostic data Analysis of risk factors, therapy and outcome AREAS OF INTEREST: brain, ear, nose and throat SPECIALITY: Providing added value through a synergic cooperation between medical and technical faculties Biomedical Instrumentation Group

3. WarsawHamburg Göteborg Brussels Cambridge Ferrara 1.Warsaw – Cambridge (UK): neurosurgery intensive care 2.Warsaw – Göteborg (Sweden): brain imaging 3.Warsaw – Ferrara (Italy) & Basel (Switzerland): hearing diagnosis and screening 4.Warsaw – Brussels (Belgium) & Hamburg (Germany): nasal allergic symptoms assessment Basel Biomedical Instrumentation Group Research Areas and EU Partners

4. Biomedical Instrumentation Group The main partner in neurophysics: Dr M. Czosnyka - Director of Neurophysics, University of Cambridge Department of Neurosurgery 105 publications listed in MEDLINE Research: Biophysics of brain : cerebral blood flow and cerebrospinal fluid dynamics a.. New technologies for brain monitoring b.. Mathematical modelling of brain displacement and dynamics of cerebral blood supply c.. New strategies in management of hydrocephalus, head injury and stroke d.. Non-invasive measurement of intracranial pressure, cerebral perfusion pressure e.. Novel techniques in brain imaging based on MRI and PET f.. Technology of brain implants

5. Multimodal monitoring system for neurosurgery Biomedical Instrumentation Group: Effect of the R&D activity

6. Real-time multisugnal monitoring system for neurosurgical patients Biomedical Instrumentation Group: Effect of the R&D activity

7. Biomedical Instrumentation Group The young researchers: Dr W.M. Zabolotny – Involved in cooperation with CZD, CMDiK, CERN & DESY institutes - 6 publications listed in MEDLINE PhD: Digital signal processing - analysis of transcranial doppler signal Research interests: Distributed biomedical data acquisition and processing systems Distributed control and meassurement systems for biomedical and High Energy Physics application High speed, programmable logic based systems for DSP DSP of biomedical signals

8. Dr. Piotr Smielewski (Senior Research Associate, University of Cambridge Department of Neurosurgery) Phd- University of Cambridge (1995); 44 publications on MEDLINE Research: -Brain Imaging -Multimodal Bedside Monitoring in Clinical Neuroscience

9. Biomedical Instrumentation Group The young researchers: Dr S. Piechnik – currently in Institute of Clinical Neuroscience, Goteborg, Sweden as Postoctoral Fellow funded by Marie Curie EC exchange program - 26 publications listed in MEDLINE MScEE: Biomedical equipment PhD: Biophysics of brain in mathematical models of cerebral blood flow and cerebrospinal fluid dynamics Postdoctoral: Mutlimodal medical image coregistration and processing: MRI-CT-SPECT in degenerative brain disorders

10. Biomedical Instrumentation Group The potential 1. Research potential: very experienced engineering staff, well cooperating with many medical centers, with good scientific outcome and many successes stories in implementations of new diagnostic methods and devices 2. Academic environment: lecturing is an opportunity to disseminate new emerging technologies worked out in FP6 projects 3. Diploma projects: over 20 diploma projects of young engineers in the area of our research interest. The creativity of young students connected with emerging possibilities offered by EU partners is the real potential for new unexpected implementations