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Mimics Innovation Awards 2006 Winners

Mimics Innovation Awards 2006

 

Barcelona, 26.05.2006 - The winners of the second edition of the Mimics Innovation Awards have been announced at the International Mimics User Group Meeting in Barcelona. An independent, international jury, composed of world leading experts in Advanced 3D Medical Image Processing, selected the three most innovative publications in 3 categories. We congratulate:

  1. Category 1:
    Innovative implant design system & the development of innovative medical procedures.

     

    Linninger A.A., Modi M., Mullapudi R., Somayaji M.R., Xenos M., Zhu D.C., Penn R. - Michigan State University, USA, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA, University of Chicago, USA

    Mimics - An Indispensable Tool for Patient-Specific Image Analysis

  1. Category 2:
    Adaptation of medical systems or procedures to the needs of third world countries or the lowering of threshold of medical procedures


    Clijmans T., Gelaude F., Mommaerts M., Suetens P., Vander Sloten J. - BMGO K.U.Leuven, Belgium, General Hospital St. Jan, Bruges, Belgium, PSI K.U.Leuven, Belgium

    Computer Supported Pre-Operative Planning of Craniosynostosis Surgery: a Mimics-Integrated Approach

  1. Category 3: Open Category


    Lamvohee J.M.S., Mootanah R., Ingle P., Dowell J., Cheah K. - Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford, Essex, UK, Broomfield Hospital, Broomfield, Essex, UK, Capio Springfield Hospital, Chelmsford, Essex, UK

    Optimum Thickness of Cement Mantle for Hip Replacement Patients with Different Acetabulae Sizes, Bone Quality and Body Mass Index

  1. Runner up in Category 1

    De Backer J., Vos W., Vanderveken O., Devolder A., Braem M., Van Dyck D., De Backer W. - University of Antwerp, Belgium

    Combining MIMICS and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to Assess the Efficiency of a Mandibular Advancement Device (MAD) to Treat Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)

Materialise congratulates these winners and wishes to thank all who participated in the Mimics Innovation Awards 2006.

 

Facts and figures

This third edition of the Mimics Innovation Awards was again very successful. 31 papers, from 16 different countries, were submitted, all of them of very high quality.

To overview the list of submissions, click here.

 

 

 

Materialise makes the articles, submitted in the course of the Mimics Innovation Awards, available to any third party interested. In no event shall Materialise, its directors, employees, subsidiaries, or affiliates be liable for any damages arising out of or related to the use of the information in these articles.