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
On October 3rd, IBEB welcomed the first-year students of the Bachelor’s Degree in Biomedical Engineering and Biophysics.The visit began with an introduction to IBEB’s three main research lines, presented by coordinators and integrated members Alexandre Andrade, João Coelho, and Hugo Ferreira. Students then had the opportunity to explore the institute’s 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
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
We are recruiting female volunteers who have been diagnosed with breast cancer, between 18 and 80 years old, to perform a medical imaging exam with a novel Axillary and Breast Microwave Imaging Prototype. The session will take place at Instituto de Biofísica e Engenharia Biomédica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade Read more
The students from the Master’s in Biomedical Engineering and Biophysics at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Carolina Margarido, Catarina Lima, and Raquel Costa, supervised by Professor Nuno Matela, won 1st place in the H-INNOVA Digital Health Summit Call for Projects in the student category with their project Health Read more