Introduction
The main research interests of this research group include medical imaging (in the areas of breast, brain, cervical and colon imaging), live cell imaging using confocal microscopy, biomechanical research and injury prevention, and health informatics (using machine learning and knowledge management tools). Our medical imaging research is focussed on the development of novel image analysis and machine learning tools to develop automated solutions to finding lesions and features of interest in X-Ray, CT, MRI and Ultrasound images. The group has considerable expertise in the areas of human factors in image processing. Live cell imaging research is focussed on the developing video analysis tools for particle tracking and data analysis for drug development and disease understanding in the areas of cancer and diabetes. The Biomechanical Injury Prevention work is aided by the recent technological advances in the field of biomechanical modelling, design and analysis, primarily applied to injury prevention. Collaborators for this work include several automotive manufacturers, sports equipment companies, and industrial research associations.
Group contact: b.s.acar@lboro.ac.uk
Group homepage: http://bmip.lboro.ac.uk/
Keywords and Topics
- Biomechanics
- Injury prevention
- Spine modelling
- Spine curvature analysis
- Safety design
- Design for the needs of pregnant women
- Design for elderly
- Designer tools
- Human-machine Interfaces
