Welcome at the IME!
At the Institute for Electrical Engineering in Medicine (IME) we perform cutting-edge research on autonomous and physiological systems, state-of-the-art methods in parameter estimation and the ethical implications of engineering. Head over to the project pages to learn more:
Physiological Control Loops
Feedback control in the human body, also known as homeostasis, is one of the main reasons why we can cope with a variety of changing environmental conditions and pathologies. At the IME we study these control loops and their interaction with medical devices from an engineering point of view that mainly focusses on dynamic systems and control.
More details on our research activities can be found on the project page.
Parameter and State Estimation
Precisely estimating parameters and states of physiological systems is hard - the underlying systems are not well understood, and there is a large number of physiological processes influencing each measurement.
At the IME, we therefore focus on the application of advanced, robust methods for parameter and state estimation to physiological systems. For more information, refer to the project page.
Autonomous Systems
Autonomous systems play an increasingly important role in the field of robotics. Their technical potential is expanding rapidly and practical implementation is now possible. Autonomous vehicles, for instance, bear great potential for safety, comfort and the environment.
At the IME, we therefore focus on algorithms for autonomous systems that guarantee safe and reliable operation based on rigorous methods for relevant applications. For more information, refer to the project page.
Ethics of Innovative Technologies
At the IME we are fully aware that technological developments bear societal implications that need to be assessed and evaluated cooperatively and in an interdisciplinary context. Be it in a bio-medical context or in autonomous systems in general - we take ethical engineering seriously.
At the IME, we therefore engage in research on how to best develop autonomous systems with society and for society, reflect our methods and present them in a concise and understandable way to foster mutual and transdisciplinary communication. For more information, refer to the project page.
News
Montag, 26.07.2021
Survey Preprint Published: Responsible and Regulatory Conform Machine Learning for Medicine
We have just published a preprint of a comprehensive survey of technical challenges and solutions to achieve responsible and regulatory machine learning for medical applications.
Machine learning is set to affect the medical community...
Montag, 19.07.2021
Comprehensive muscle simulator now available on github
The simulation model and software described in our publication “A Comprehensive Mathematical Model of Motor Unit Pool Organization, Surface Electromyography and Force Generation” is now available open source on github!
The simulator...
Donnerstag, 03.06.2021
IME part of Consortium working on new MCEA Medical Cause and Effects Analysis: Gateway to hybrid Health Care AI project
The IME has partnered with several institutes from the university of Lübeck, the University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH), Plato AG and the UniTransferKlinik GmbH to develop a medical AI expert system. The MCEA project explores a system to support diagnoses and advice on therapy modes...
Donnerstag, 27.05.2021
The Fraunhofer Research Institution for Individualized and Cell-Based Medical Engineering IMTE gets the green light
Individualized medical engineering is the answer to a growing demand for precision diagnostic techniques that identify patient-specific and disease-specific influencing factors and use these to develop highly effective prevention, diagnosis and treatment procedures with few side effects. This is...
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
The Institute for Electrical Engineering in Medicine is directing the new study program "Robotics and Autonomous Systems" (B.Sc./M.Sc.)!
Head over to www.ras.uni-luebeck.de/ for more information.
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