Institute News

Fraunhofer MEVIS hosted a Science Night under the motto "Systems Biology Meets Digital Medicine" on its premises yesterday evening.

How can we use the potential of scientific expertise and artistic creativity to make STEM-topics accessible with fun? In the field of medical technology, we are accustomed to working across disciplines. With our web-based interactive STEAM-application "Inside Insight" we teach now in a two-and-a-half hour online workshop methods of medical image processing for 12 to 14 year old students.

In cooperation with the Foundation for MINT-Entertainment-Education-Excellence (MINTEEE) we are pleased to give filmmakers exclusive insights into the future of medicine and hospitals in a one-day workshop on June 27.

In Bremen on Wednesday, June 20, 2018, the Fraunhofer MEVIS Advisory Board (Kuratorium) met for the tenth time.

From May on, visitors of the Ars Electronica Center can watch the new short film “Physicians’ Colleague, Patients’ Helper: The Cognitive Computer” in the 3D theater Deep Space 8K. The film shows how deep neural networks contribute to the evaluation of medical data and how this also changes the role of physicians and patients.

Fraunhofer MEVIS researchers Markus Wenzel and Hans Meine instructed a 1-day-course on “Deep Learning for Image Understanding” on Saturday, February 10 as part of this year‘s SPIE Medical Imaging Conference held February 10–15 in Houston, Texas.

Fraunhofer MEVIS mourns the loss of an extraordinary person and a generous supporter of science. Conrad Naber died at the age of 95 on the night of January 29th.

About 100 participants and international experts from medicine, science, and industry discussed the potential of ultrasound technologies and solutions for medical diagnosis and therapy at the Charité Berlin in a 2-day symposium and a 1-day expert meeting on January 17–19, 2018.

Fraunhofer MEVIS is honored to receive the “Industry Award for Best Immersive Media” for the movie “The Beauty of Blood Flow Analysis” at the 4th “Raw Science Film Festival: The Bridge between Science and Media” held between January 5–7, 2018 in Santa Barbara, CA.

Fraunhofer MEVIS co-chairs the Live Demonstrations Workshop as part of the 2018 SPIE Medical Imaging Conference held February 10–15 in Houston/Texas.