Functional Imaging during X-ray Interventions (Marie-Curie Program)

The technical objective of the project is to develop and exploit basic and application-specific methods for tomographic X-ray imaging, with the vision of improved medical treatment procedures in interventional medicine in Europe. In particular, the project aims at making currently unavailable quantitative information on physiological parameters, such as arterial blood flow and brain tissue perfusion, accessible during X-ray interventions. A second major technical objective is to enable interventional tomographic X-ray imaging of fast moving objects such as the human heart. Availability of such imaging capabilities is expected to significantly improve planning, guidance, and outcome control of existing and future minimal-invasive medical treatment procedures.