A2VI Laboratory
The A2VI Lab, founded and leaded by Giuseppe Placidi, is situated in the Coppito 2 building, level 3, room B.4.24. The research is centred on algorithms for numerical modelling, signal acquisition and processing, image reconstruction, enhancement, filtering, compression, analysis, interpretation and visualization for medical applications. In details:
- Numerical modelling covers algorithms for the optimization of structures producing magnetic and electromagnetic fields;
- Signal acquisition covers innovative coding/decoding schemes for functional and open MRI;
- Reconstruction and Enhancement cover algorithms for signal deconvolution, image reconstruction and noise reduction in medical tomography;
- Analysis covers image registration, automatic signal and image interpretation and features extraction for applications such as radiotherapy, tele-rehabilitation, angiography based on virtual 3D/4D models, Brain Computer Interfaces.
- Visualization covers methods and programs for virtual reality applications.
- Techniques of Artificial Intelligence in medicine are also studied, implemented and tested.
Six people are actually involved in the research activities: the head of the laboratory, two Ph.D. students, two undergraduate students and a technician.
Software Download
Here you can find some pilot examples regarding the current study about An Efficient Framework for Fast Prototyping of Customized Human-Computer Interfaces and Virtual Environments for Rehabilitation. Both the source code, developed in C++, and the installer, for Windows OS, are provided. Our aim is to facilitate the implementation of rehabilitation tasks that are not supported by the current system. This process, and thus the evaluation of different rehabilitation tasks, is encouraged by the modular design of the framework, which is designed such that an increment of new tasks produces an enrichment of the task database and, consequently, a facilitation in the implementation of further applications. By substantially reducing labor and cost, the proposed framework can facilitate the implementation of different rehabilitation tasks and their personalization. For this reason, the software is available free of charge for research or educational purposes and we are willing to furnish a complete assistance on its installation or usage. The users are encouraged to contribute to the system improvement. Note that, for the software usage, the iisu SDK (www.softkinetic.com) is required.