CIT UPC - Health sector

SARAS: Autonomous robotic arms with a cognitive system to assist surgeons in the operating room
SARAS: Towards cognitive robotics in surgery Currently, during a laparoscopic or robot-assisted surgical procedure, several units of medical personnel are requested in the operating room: the […]
Hospitals 4.0 with more effective management due to machine learning algorithms
The project involves the participation of the Center for Innovation in Electronics, Motion Control and Industrial Applications (MCIA) of the UPC. The main aim is to construct a digital twin to monitor, visualise and manage the state of maintenance of hospital equipment.
BIOPHOCH: Photonic technologies and machine learning to improve the diagnosis of visual, neurological and hematological diseases
BIOPHOCH, led by the Centre for Sensors, Instruments and Systems Development (CD6), is designed to develop new tools and methodologies for image analysis and processing of data in the health area using photonic techniques.
Cardiovascular Scale and other devices for fast, remote
cardiovascular monitoring
Researchers from the Instrumentation, Sensors and Interfaces (ISI) research group are specialised in the development of electronic instrumentation to characterise a person's cardiovascular system in just a few seconds. The reason for this is clear: cardiovascular diseases cause around three out of every ten deaths in the world, which represents over 17 million deaths annually, according to statistics published by the World Health Organization.
An application to assist the diagnosis of injuries to the anterior cruciate ligament of the knee
The Multimedia Applications Laboratory (LAM UPC) has developed an application that measures the anteroposterior movement of the tibia with respect to the femur to help in the diagnosis of anterior cruciate ligament knee injuries.
An APP to assist with the differential diagnosis of patients with Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor
15/02/2022rightno-repeat;left top;;auto El Laboratorio de Aplicaciones Multimedia (LAM UPC) ha desarrollado una aplicación móvil que ayuda en el diagnóstico diferencial ente pacientes con Parkinson y Temblor […]
GOPHYTOVID: Optimisation of the use of plant health products based on plant vigour maps
The Agricultural Machinery Unity (UMA) of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) has participated in the GOPHYTOVID project to develop an automatic, universal device for the variable application of plant health products, based on plant vigour maps.
Smart spraying of plant health products for vineyards and olivetrees
The Agricultural Machinery Unit (UMA) of the UPC is coordinating the national project Smart Spraying for Sustainable Vineyards and Olive Trees (PIVOS). The aim of the project is to demonstrate the benefits of smart spraying of plant health products for sustainable use of pesticides in vineyards and olive trees. These benefits include maintaining biological efficacy and reducing economic and environmental costs.
Serious games to improve the training of perfusionists in heart surgery
Serious games to train perfusionists in cardiac surgery interventions
More efficient mechanical ventilation for intensive care patients
Monitoring odour episodes in Vacarisses
An app is developed based on intangible cultural heritage to prevent memory loss in elderly people
DIVINE – Improving care for COVID-19 patients based on risk factors
Processing of AngioTAC images to identify and characterise the perforator flap of the inferior epigastric artery
Telerehabilitation for people who have suffered a stroke and have chronic injuries
NICVA: A non-invasive device for fast cardiovascular condition assessment