{"id":49,"date":"2019-10-30T09:49:10","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T09:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.cartcas.polimi.it\/?page_id=49"},"modified":"2019-12-19T16:55:14","modified_gmt":"2019-12-19T15:55:14","slug":"projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.cartcas.polimi.it\/projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>CART<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Research in Computer Aided Radiotherapy is focused on 2D-3D-4D&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Medical_imaging\">medical imaging<\/a>, methods for automatic structures delineation (segmentation), rigid and elastic&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Image_registration\">image registration<\/a>&nbsp;for planning and on the integration between in-room imaging and&nbsp; technologies for organ motion management, patient positioning, treatment verification and tumor localization in image-guided radiotherapy, as <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/External_beam_radiotherapy\">photon<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Particle_therapy\">particle therapy<\/a> (proton and carbon ion therapy).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Specific research topics are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Time-resolved robust&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Radiation_treatment_planning\">treatment planning<\/a>&nbsp;and radiation dose delivery for the treatment of moving organs (<a href=\"http:\/\/cartcas.polimi.it\/organ-motion-management\/\"><strong>Organ Motion Management<\/strong><\/a>).<\/li><li>Methods for treatment personalization and adaptation are developed and tested relying on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/cartcas.polimi.it\/multi-parametric-imaging\/\">Multi-parametric Imaging<\/a><\/strong> and clinical-related information and advanced modelling tools. <\/li><li>Design, development and clinical testing of robotic technologies for in-room patient imaging (<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/cartcas.polimi.it\/in-room-systems\/\">In-room Systems<\/a><\/strong>) and 2D-3D, 3D-3D image registration are part of the activities of the group in Computer Aided Radiotherapy.<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/cartcas.polimi.it\/validation-strategies\/\">Validation Strategies<\/a><\/strong> for testing and benchmarking of computer-aided solutions.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A strategic collaboration exists with the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnao.it\/index.php\/en\/\">National Centre of Oncological Hadrontherapy (CNAO, Pavia, Italy)<\/a>&nbsp;in the frame of a several year ongoing project which led to the design, manufacturing, installation, commissioning and clinical use of a customized integrated system for patient positioning in protontherapy and carbon-ion therapy, including optical and image-based patient position verification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"426\" height=\"318\" src=\"http:\/\/new.cartcas.polimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/cart2.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"278\" data-link=\"http:\/\/new.cartcas.polimi.it\/projects\/cart2\/\" class=\"wp-image-278\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.cartcas.polimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/cart2.jpg 426w, http:\/\/www.cartcas.polimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/cart2-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 426px) 100vw, 426px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"476\" height=\"332\" src=\"http:\/\/new.cartcas.polimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/cart3.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"279\" data-link=\"http:\/\/new.cartcas.polimi.it\/projects\/cart3\/\" class=\"wp-image-279\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.cartcas.polimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/cart3.jpg 476w, http:\/\/www.cartcas.polimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/cart3-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"358\" height=\"324\" src=\"http:\/\/new.cartcas.polimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/OrganMotion_DEF.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"636\" data-link=\"http:\/\/new.cartcas.polimi.it\/projects\/organmotion_def\/\" class=\"wp-image-636\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.cartcas.polimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/OrganMotion_DEF.png 358w, http:\/\/www.cartcas.polimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/OrganMotion_DEF-300x272.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 358px) 100vw, 358px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>CAS<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Research in Computer Aided Surgery is focused on modeling of anatomo-pathological structures from volumetric images (CT, MRI) to provide decision support tools in surgical planning and navigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Latest developments in the fields of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/cartcas.polimi.it\/artificial-intelligence\/\">Radiomics and Artificial Intelligence<\/a><\/strong> are currently under investigation in the framework of a project for lung cancer screening in collaboration with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ieo.it\/\">Istituto Europeo di Oncologia<\/a> (Milano, Italy). This project aims at finding imaging features which allow detecting lung nodules and predicting their evolution along with defining the optimal time for surgery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group has also experience in orthopedic surgery and plastic and reconstructive surgery with a particular focus on the autologous fat grafting technique for prosthetic-free breast reconstruction and deformities correction. Reserch topics on this include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li> modeling of anatomical structures from volumetric images <\/li><li> range laser scanner for breast 3D surface modeling <\/li><li> microrobots for minimal invasive surgery and NOTES <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"539\" height=\"356\" src=\"http:\/\/new.cartcas.polimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/cas1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"198\" data-link=\"http:\/\/new.cartcas.polimi.it\/projects\/cas1-2\/\" class=\"wp-image-198\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.cartcas.polimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/cas1-1.jpg 539w, http:\/\/www.cartcas.polimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/cas1-1-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 539px) 100vw, 539px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"907\" height=\"580\" src=\"http:\/\/new.cartcas.polimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/cas2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"199\" data-link=\"http:\/\/new.cartcas.polimi.it\/projects\/cas2-2\/\" class=\"wp-image-199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.cartcas.polimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/cas2-1.jpg 907w, http:\/\/www.cartcas.polimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/cas2-1-300x192.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.cartcas.polimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/cas2-1-768x491.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"735\" src=\"http:\/\/new.cartcas.polimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/CAS_lung-1024x735.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"846\" data-link=\"http:\/\/new.cartcas.polimi.it\/projects\/cas_lung\/\" class=\"wp-image-846\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.cartcas.polimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/CAS_lung-1024x735.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.cartcas.polimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/CAS_lung-300x215.png 300w, http:\/\/www.cartcas.polimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/CAS_lung-768x551.png 768w, http:\/\/www.cartcas.polimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/CAS_lung.png 1266w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CART Research in Computer Aided Radiotherapy is focused on 2D-3D-4D&nbsp;medical imaging, methods for automatic structures delineation (segmentation), rigid and elastic&nbsp;image registration&nbsp;for planning and on the integration between in-room imaging and&nbsp; technologies for organ motion management, patient positioning, treatment verification and tumor localization in image-guided radiotherapy, as photon and particle therapy (proton and carbon ion therapy). &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cartcas.polimi.it\/projects\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Research&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cartcas.polimi.it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cartcas.polimi.it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cartcas.polimi.it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cartcas.polimi.it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cartcas.polimi.it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"http:\/\/www.cartcas.polimi.it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":874,"href":"http:\/\/www.cartcas.polimi.it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49\/revisions\/874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cartcas.polimi.it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}