jeroen cant on iwt baekeland
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A Talk by Jeroen Cant Agfa Healthcare Researchers in Residence Info Session 6 November 2014TRANSCRIPT
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IWT BaekelandAgfa Healthcare / iMinds Vision Lab (UAntwerpen)Jeroen Cant
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About
� Me
� Agfa Healthcare� iMinds Vision Lab
Baekeland
� Benefits
� Challenges
� Intellectual Property� Positioning @Agfa R&D
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Jeroen Cant
� Burg ir. Elektrotechniek KUL – ESAT (2002)
� Agfa Healthcare R&D, Mortsel (BE)
� Focused on clinical applications in radiology� 1.0 projects
CR workstation Orthopedic measurements Virtual Colonoscopy
Optical
Cohesion
Tomography
CT/MRI
volume viewing
PET - CT fusion
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Agfa HealthCare
Revenue
€ 1.16 Billion
Revenue
€ 1.16 Billion
Employees
4800+
Employees
4800+
Sales Offices & Reps.
100+
Sales Offices & Reps.
100+
R&D
8.4%€ 97 Million
R&D
8.4%€ 97 Million
R&D Centers
Belgian Multinational with Global footprint
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Turnover Analysis
Analog X-Ray10%
Digital Hardcopy30%
Digital Radiography19%
Imaging IT28%
Hospital IT13%
•Radiology PACS/RIS•Cardiology CVIS•Enterprise Imaging•Regional Imaging
•Hospital Information Systems•Clinical Information Systems•Clinician / Patient Portals
•Computed Radiography•Direct Radiography
FY 2013
100% = 1,160 million Euro
•Developers•Film•Chemistry
•Printers•Film
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Agfa Healthcare in Digital Radiology
Feasibility projects
New applications in 3D reconstruction ?
� Need for a partner !
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iMinds Vision Lab
� University of Antwerp� Vision Lab: 40 researchers� Head: Prof. Dr. Jan Sijbers (promotor)� ASTRA group: 12 researchers� Expertise
- 3D reconstruction- 4D tomography- Discrete tomography- GPU powered reconstruction- Motion correction- Industrial tomography- …
http://visielab.uantwerpen.be/
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Benefits Baekeland project (Agfa) ?
� Lower the risk threshold: go/no go
� Invest in knowledge� Invest in people
� Invest in network
� Connect with academic world: state of the art research
Benefits academic partner (UAntwerpen):
� (Extended) application domain for academic experience
� Connect with ‘real’ world: direct radiologist feedback
� Valorization � IP
� Networking
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Challenges
� Company:- Make working products
- Gather IP
� University- Scientific publications
� ExperienceUniv: interesting research path ☺
- Company: IP blocked by competitor �
- Company: technology not available (algorithm too slow) �
Company: configuring/tuning algo for real world applications ☺
- University: not an interesting research path
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Intellectual Property (patents)
� Defined domains vs 50/50 licenses
� Academic publications: patent +3months� Existing technology @ UAntwerpen: licensing option
� Filing cost
Experience
� Scientific conference + patent: no problem
� Invention within Baekeland agreement scope?
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Stage gate
reviewsIWT projects
Baekeland
MCSA
IWT O&O projects
ICON
H2020
Eureka
Life+
Agfa R&D tactics & funding schemes
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Agfa R&D funded projectportofolio 2009-2014 in Belgium
� Total R&D budget 2014: 154 million €� Total R&D budget in Belgium 2014: 94 million €
� IWT projects 11� ICON SIM 2
� Baekeland 1
� European: FP7 , H2020 10� MIP 1
� Total amount of projects externally funded: 25