Projects

Current Projects

3d BCT (3D Models for Aesthetic Evaluation and Prediction of Breast Cancer Interventions - PTDC/SAU-ENB/114951/2009) project (Principal Investigator), funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), with a budget of 69K EUR for 2011/14.
In 3dBCT we investigate new methods to reconstruct 3D data from one or more uncalibrated views of the breast of the patient.
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NeTS (NeTS: Next Generation Network Operations and Management) (Co-Principal Investigator)
Funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), under the CMU-Portugal Program, with a budget of 390K EUR for 2010/2012.
The goal of NeTS is to develop a novel network operation and management framework that departs from conventional approaches through a cross-disciplinary research collaboration based on hierarchical network abstraction modeling, structure learning of probabilistic graphical models for machine learning, and wavelet and kernel-based signal processing technologies.

Semantic PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication System with Semantic Search Engine) (Principal Investigator)
Funded by the Portuguese Agency for Inovation (ADI), with reference 3472, with a budget of 320K EUR for 2009/2011.
Semantic PACS aims to develop a software module to integrate with PACS that supports automatic, semantic based, description and search methods directly over medical images. In opposition with existent systems, this solution will make possible to generate on-the-fly diagnosis reports based on the similarity of medical images archived in the system.
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INCT-MACC: Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Medicina Assistida por Computação Científica
Funded by CNPq
Sistema Inteligente para Diagnóstico de Patologias da Coluna Vertebral
Funded by CNPq

Past Projects

Optical Recognition System for Handwritten Music Scores (FCT - PTDC/EIA/71225/2006) (Principal Investigator)
Funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), with a budget of 50K EUR for 2007/2010.
In OMR we investigate and develop algorithms to recognise handwritten music scores to obtain a digital, easy-to-manage version of the original scores.
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Advanced Objective Method for the Evaluation of the Aesthetical Result of Breast Interventions (FCT - PTDC/EIA/64914/2006) (Principal Investigator)
Funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), with a budget of 95K EUR for 2007/2010.
In BCCT we investigate the development of a totally objective methodology for the evaluation of the overall aesthetic outcome of breast cancer treatments.
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Complex Statistical Models for Image Segmentation, with a funding of 10K EUR from DEEC/FEUP for 2007 (Principal Investigator)