Projects

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Preparation of auctioning documents for a proposal that aims to list/record sources of non-ionizing radiation

The scope of the project is to conduct a study that aims to prepare the auctioning documents for a proposal which scope is to list/record sources of non-ionizing radiation. The proposal involves a) the recording of the main sources of non-ionizing radiation, including: i) high-voltage lines and substations, ii) radio and telecommunications stations, iii) wireless communications stations, iv) radar, as well as b) the installation of a database and its connection with the GIS (Geographic Information System).

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Emerging EMF Technologies and Health Risk Management

The main objective of the project is to create a structure in which researchers in the field of EMF and health can share knowledge and information on: 1. How existing EMF technologies change either in their operating characteristics or in novel ways and applications in which they are used, 2. Identifying what entirely new EMF technologies are introduced and on what time-scale, 3. What novel emission and operating characteristics might result and what impact these would have on the device-specific and overall EMF exposure of people, 4. What possible health effects could consequently arise and the scientific evidence for health concerns if any, 5. How such concerns should be addressed through the use of evidence-based information, and 6. What tools are effective in communicating and managing such risks and perceived risks. And, effectively publish all such information in the public sector for the benefit of all stakeholders.

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Advanced Methods for the Estimation of Human Brain Activity and Connectivity (NEUROMATH)

The main objective of the Action is to increase the knowledge on the mathematical methods able to estimate the cortical activity and connectivity in the human brain from non invasive neuroelectric and hemodynamic measurements. Additional objectives include the developing of new techniques for the multimodal integration of neuroelectromagnetic and hemodynamic measurements, and their application in several contexts, from the study of human cortical activity during cognitive tasks to the field of the brain computer interface. The NEUROMATH Action aimed to develop an European network in the neuroscience field which, if possible, should become reference in Europe and contribute to the scientific development of the domain.

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Development of multi-scale computational methods based on time-stepping to study neuronal networks dynamics in motor disorders

The project aims at the development of tools for a deeper understanding of the physiology of neurological functions and their divergence from normal functionality, and the use of these tools to control neurological disorders. In collaboration with the team of neurosurgeons of the Neurosurgery Clinic at the Hospital "Evangelismos", for the first time in Greece we collect and analyze data of intracranial recordings from patients who underwent surgery for electrode placement for "deep stimulation" of the nuclei of the brain. The project is divided into three components: (a) the development of mathematical models starting from the microscopic level, based on the physiology of neural cells to effectively approach the dynamic behavior of real cases, (b) the development of modern computational methods for the systematic analysis of models to identify the critical parameters, which determine changes in the behavior of the neural system with the appearance of malfunctions (eg. Alzheimer's Parkinson) and (c) the development of modern control methods for the regulation and control of emerging pathologies.

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Development of advanced computational algorithms and tools to assist the design of functional interventions in Parkinson's disease and resistant epilepsy

The surgical treatment of chronic neurological diseases that cannot be adequately treated by medicines is widely applied for two diseases: epilepsy and Parkinson's disease. This project aims at the development of advanced computational algorithms and software tools for the digital processing of brain signals (EEG, microelectrode recordings) and for the computational modelling of brain structures/functions based on individualized anatomical and neurophysiological data. The computational tools that will be developed will mainly aim at the establishment of quantitative features (measures) to assist diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of therapeutic outcome in Parkinson's disease and epilepsy. Furthermore, the applicability of the developed algorithms and computational tools to other neurological/ neuropsychiatric diseases will be investigated.

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FP6-IST-4-027333-STP, "Micro2DNA: Integrated polymer-base microfluidic micro system for DNA extraction, amplification, and silicon-based detection"

The project is going to develop a single device integrated micro system for nucleic acid extraction, purification, PCR amplification, reagent mixing, biochemical reactions and finally DNA micro array detection in real time. The technologies combined are silicon-based for the implementation of the DNA micro array detection and polymer-based for the construction of the micro fluidic module. A chip that will be developed in the project will be ideally suited for being integrated in the portable low cost system and will perform the signal transduction, interpretation and data analysis. The aim is to deliver a product targeting to point-of-care applications, with emphasis on providing very rapid and accurate results. The micro system which will be developed will be validated in four different healthcare applications.

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SMARTDIAB: Smart Insulin Infusion System for Patients with Diabetes

Development of a smart insulin infusion system for patients with diabetes, using telematics and embedded GSM and WPAN technologies. Issues relating to the management of medical data of patients with diabetes, processing and development of simulation models of the metabolic glucose-insulin system, combined with the monitoring of blood glucose levels and insulin injection technologies, are the main objects of the project. Particular emphasis is placed on safety during transport, treatment and management of medical patient data.

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Implementation of Variance Reduction Techniques for Improvement in Computation Efficiency of GATE Monte Carlo Simulation Package on a Distributed Computing Platform- fastGATE

GATE is a novel openSource toolkit for simulation of full-edged clinical PET and SPECT systems. It allows the user to model realistic nuclear medicine experiments with an easy to use, yet powerful, scripting language. GATE simulations are CPU-bound computations, in the sense that most of the work corresponds to numerical calculations related to particle transport. Thus, realistic imaging simulations, including transmission tomography, usually take weeks or months to complete in state-of-the-art single-CPU computers. However, it is also generally true that Monte Carlo simulations are excellent candidates for embarrassingly parallel solutions to the computational problem, because the amount of interprocess communication is small, and usually only at process start-up and termination. In addition, variance reduction techniques provide execution speed up since a number of physical processes such as photon splitting, electron history repetition etc can improve the efficiency of the simulated code. It is possible to further improve the efficiency by optimizing transport parameters such as electron energy cut-off, maximum electron energy step size, photon energy cut-off, a cut-off for kerma approximation and use of delta scattering technique, without loss of calculation accuracy. The aim of the proposed project is the implementation and application of variance reduction techniques (VRTs) in order to speedup the execution time of the GATE Monte Carlo simulation package on distributed computing platforms and the development of a cluster in BIOSIM.

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Analysis, design and development of telemedicine network for remote areas in the Aegean and Cyprus

Design and development of telemedicine services to serve the needs of the inhabitants of the region, focusing on situations of emergency medical care. Services will be based on technologies that enable the collection and transmission of important diagnostic biosignals (ECG, blood pressure, pulse oximetry, temperature), the collection and transmission of video signals or image sequences. Services include diagnosis, medical support in long distances and counseling services in remote medical units (ambulance, rural health centers, provincial doctors, etc.) by specialists at regional hospitals or medical centers.