Institute News

The European Congress of Radiology (ECR) is an international event, renowned for its significance in radiology. It ranks among Europe's largest medical gatherings and globally as the second-largest radiological congress. A key highlight of this year’s ECR is Pixel Pandemonium, a showcase of novel AI and machine learning tools for medical imaging. This first-of-its-kind session is co-hosted by Fraunhofer MEVIS institute director Prof. Horst Hahn and is endorsed by the Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention Society (MICCAI). Fraunhofer MEVIS is excited to contribute to this year’s program with an oral presentation, a poster, and several live demonstrations.

Artificial intelligence and computer-aided support for diagnosis and therapy in digital medicine—these are the topics the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Medicine MEVIS is presenting at the SPIE Medical Imaging conference, which is held in San Diego/USA from February 16 to 20. This year, Fraunhofer MEVIS is again well represented at the renowned conference with numerous scientific and educational contributions, including a live demonstration workshop, two training courses, three oral and six poster presentations.

Fraunhofer MEVIS simplifies the introduction to MRI imaging with a workshop for students.

Prof. Dr. med. Fabian Kiessling has been recognized by Clarivate as a Highly Cited Researcher 2024 in the Pharmacology and Toxicology category. This is the sixth consecutive year he has been on the Highly Cited Researcher list, having already been recognized in the same category between 2021 and 2023 as well as in the Cross-Field category in 2019 and 2020.

On the occasion of Breast Health Awareness Month, the “Breast Health Awareness STEAM Workshop” took place at the Institute on October 28th—an event by women for women, featuring scientists, school students from the trial run of the “Digital Medicine” specialization at the Oberschule am Waller Ring, along with their friends, mothers, and teachers.

Andrea Schenk, Deputy Director of Fraunhofer MEVIS and Professor of Computer-Assisted Diagnosis and Therapy at Hannover Medical School, has been a visiting professor at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and Harvard Medical School (HMS) for three months since August 1, 2024.

“We Flow into the World, and the World Flows into Us — The Beauty of Blood Flow" wins Industry Award for Best Animation at the Raw Science Film Festival 2024. The Awards Ceremony was held on October 5, 2024, in New York, USA.

The European Society of Radiology (ESR) in cooperation with the European Institute for Biomedical Imaging Research (EIBIR) invites applications for the Pixel Pandemonium at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) 2025. ECR 2025 will be taking place in Vienna, Austria, from February 26 – March 2, 2025.

On September 25, 2024, Institute Director Prof. Horst Hahn and employees of Fraunhofer MEVIS welcomed Kathrin Moosdorf, Senator for Environment, Climate and Science of the State of Bremen, her State Councilor Irene Strebl, and the Head of the Department for Science Planning and Research Funding Dr. Lars Henning. In a presentation accompanied by video and sound, Horst Hahn explained what the institute’s activities aim for – which is nothing less than optimizing computer support and AI systems in such a way that they serve as the key to a more precise, affordable and sustainable healthcare.

As part of its activities to promote young talent, Fraunhofer MEVIS once again offered a course at this year's Informatica Feminale for female practitioners from all disciplines with an interest in medicine, computer science, and mathematics.