Project: Image-guided catheter navigation in the outer airways

Acronym Mariana (Reference Number: 11581)
Duration 01/12/2017
Project Topic This project aims to create the most advanced image-guided flexible catheter platform on the market with immediate application to diagnosis and treatment of intraluminal disease such as lung cancer. The project combines high-precision electromagnetic tip tracking with novel instrument control and navigation. Image-guidance is by means of virtual, patient-registered navigation which can enable lower radiation exposure for the patient and lower healthcare costs to the hospital and patient.
Network Eurostars 2
Call Eurostars Cut-Off 7

Project partner

Number Name Role Country
1 Ceetron AS Coordinator Norway
2 DEAM BV Partner Netherlands
3 Smart Electronics Ltd Partner Ireland
4 Stiftelsen SINTEF Partner Norway
5 Delft University of Technology Partner Netherlands
6 University College Cork Partner Ireland