University of Oslo

University of Oslo, in Norway, is the co-ordinating institution of the ARIS*ER network. The Interventional Centre is a uniqually cross-disciplinary organised hospital research department. The department has pioneered many image-guided therapy techniques and are developing novel techniologies for computer-aided surgery. The clinical research department has three experimental operation rooms, all equipped for cutting edge image-guided therapies. One room as an interventional MRI scanner, another room is a combined cath-lab and surgical suite, the third room is specialized for endoscopic procedures and robot aided surgery. The department represents a paradigm shift in the way hospitals are organized. Multi-disciplinary teams are put together to improve patient care, and image-guided technology is the common neutral ground that allows turf battles to be put aside.

As a part of the Interventional Centre is the Image-Guided Therpy technology core. This is a group a technological researchers who work closely with the clinicians to identify and develop tomorrows procedures. The group has expertice in image processing, computer graphics, robotics, biomedical sensors and surgical navigation systems. You can learn more about the Interventional Centre by following this link.