Multimodal imaging of the spinal cord

Orateur : Sylvain FERUGLIO (Laboratoire d’Informatique de Paris 6 - LIP6)

The usual imaging techniques providing only limited information, there is an unmet need for methods, firstly, to monitor the functional status of the Spinal Cord (SC) and, secondly, to assess the functional consequences of the SC Injuries (SCI) and the effect of therapeutic interventions. To meet these needs, our project aims to investigate a new imaging approach of SC on animal model (before a potential transfer to the human being), through the realization and the modelling of a multimodal communicating device for measuring the SC activity. This approach will establish locally and specifically the functional state of the SC in real time, which will provide a break-through in the aortic surgery, as well as in the care and therapeutic trials for SCI. Our project proposes to design a highly innovative embedded system in the bio-medical field, responding to real public health problems and complementing sys-tems already used routinely. It gives rise to both scientific and technical issues that have not yet been explored or too few. During this seminar, we propose to present the first results of this multidisciplinary research.

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