Engineering for Health
Welcome to the Institute of Biomedical Engineering (IBT) at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). For more than 60 years we have been active in research and teaching in the field of biomedical engineering.
In interdisciplinary projects together with medical doctors and medical industry, we investigate new technical systems that help to diagnose diseases earlier and more accurately as well as systems that make therapies more successful.
The main focus of the research program of Prof. Dr. Werner Nahm's group is optical systems in medicine and life sciences. Current projects are focussing on surgical visualization and optical diagnosis [more].
The group of PD Dr. Axel Loewe develops computational models of the heart and applies them to cardiological problems. We focus on cardiac electrophysiology and elastomechanics to contribute to answer clinical questions such as the genesis of e.g. cardiac arrhythmias and appropriate treatment strategies. Signal processing of cardiac signals (ECG and electrograms), machine learning, and artificial intelligence are further focus fields [more].
On November 15th, 2024, from 6:00 PM to midnight, the Triangel will host the first "Nacht der Biosignale”. No prior knowledge is required. This event takes place simultaneously across 11 locations, with Karlsruhe being one of them.
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From September 18 to September 20 the IBT took part at the BMT2024 (“58th Annual Conference of the German Society for Biomedical Engineering) in Stuttgart. Sara Schwab won the second place in the student’s competition.
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This years Cardiac Physiome Workshop 2024 took place from September 12 to 14, where around 140 researchers engaged on integrating experimental and mathematical approaches to advance cardiac physiology research. In addition to three posters from our group, the contribution of our PhD student Stephanie Appel was selected for a presentation. Our PhD student Jonathan Krauß won the poster award.
The state of Baden-Württemberg would like to thank Irenen Günter for her forty years of service in the public service. The certificate of thanks was presented to her by Professor Werner Nahm in the presence of her colleagues. We wish her all the best for her future endeavors.
The 48th conference of the ESC Working Group on Cardiac Cellular Electrophysiology took place in Graz from July 1 to 3. The focus was on the influence of the autonomic nervous system on heart rate and arrhythmias, compartmentalisation within cardiac myocytes and the latest experimental findings on iPSC cardiac myocytes. Moritz took the opportunity to present his work on the influence of the autonomic nervous system in sinoatrial node cell models.
Julian Mierisch is working on model-informed machine learning for the prediction of postoperative atrial fibrillation and its targeted prevention. His focus areas were Data Science and Software Engineering.
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