Professors and full members Nuno Matela and Ana Margarida Mota, together with PhD student João Mendes, represented IBEB at the 18th International Workshop on Breast Imaging (IWBI), held in Thessaloniki, Greece. During the event, Ana Margarida Mota presented the work:“Deep Learning for Aggressive Breast Cancer Classification Using Breast Tomosynthesis and Read more
A study developed by researchers from the Institute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering (IBEB) and faculty members of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon was recently highlighted by the international scientific journal Biomedicines on its official communication platforms, including LinkedIn, Facebook, and X. The recognition focused on Read more
PhD student João Mendes, and full members of IBEB Prof. Ana M. Mota and Prof. Nuno Matela have published new research on using AI to differentiate breast lesions with very similar radiological appearance. A key highlight of this work is the implementation of Explainable AI (XAI), ensuring transparency and providing Read more
PhD student João Mendes took part in the “90 segundos de Ciência” program of Antena 1, where he spoke about his work to predict risk of developing breast cancer. Click here You can also listen to previous episodes of the show where other IBEB’s researchers talk about their work: Diana Read more
On September 25th, the Physics Day took place — a day of lectures promoted by the Department of Physics that brought together PhD students from various fields (Physics, Physics and Astrophysics, and Biomedical Engineering and Biophysics) and companies. IBEB was represented by several PhD students in Biomedical Engineering and Biophysics Read more
The paper “Deep learning in breast cancer risk prediction: a review of recent applications in full-field digital mammography”, recently published in Frontiers in Oncology, reviews state-of-the-art techniques for Breast Cancer Risk Prediction using Deep Learning. This work, developed by IBEB’s PhD student João Mendes and undergraduate students Bernardo Oliveira, Carolina Read more
Professors and PhD students from IBEB participated in the 47th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), which took place from July 14–17 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Professor Sofia Fernandes contributed to the organisation of a symposium dedicated the most up-to-date research on magnetic stimulation Read more
In the last few months, the Department of Physics of the Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa and the Instituto de Biofísica e Engenharia Biomédica (IBEB) have been welcoming high school students who came to learn about our educational offerings — namely the Biomedical Engineering and Biophysics degree — Read more
A new paper has just been published on “Computers in Biology and Medicine”. The research focuses on using AI to predict Breast Cancer risk. This work was done by our PhD student João Mendes and by our undergraduates Bernardo Oliveira, Carolina Araújo, and Joana Galrão; under the guidance of IBEB’s Read more
On November 22nd, six IBEB PhD students —Ana Catarina Pelicano, Henrique Lopes, João Mendes, Leonor de Oliveira Pires, Maria Gonçalves, and Tânia Gonçalves—participated in the 8th Annual RedeSaúde Conference in Lisbon. They showcased their work in a poster session and took on the challenge of delivering 1-minute pitches about their Read more