Sensing and Imaging

Tomography is the method that underlies medical scanners, which historically were large, fixed installations, e.g. for X-ray CT scanning and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Fundamentally, the portability and adaptability of any tomography system depend on the nature of the measurement process that it exploits, and it turns out that many tomography systems are "agile" in these respects.

Agile Imaging Tomography demonstration at the Edinburgh International Science Festival

IDCOM researchers apply innovative tomographic techniques to a wide range of sensing problems, from sensing for chemical concentrations, through imaging inside engines, to reliable data reconstruction.

Major research themes:

Chemical Species Tomography
Electrical Impedance Tomography
Image Reconstruction Algorithms
Robotic Applications

Academic theme members:

Nick Polydorides – Computational Engineering
Jiabin Jia – Process Measurement and Analysis
Chang Liu – Data Driven Optical Imaging and Sensing
Yunjie Yang – AI-powered Sensing and Imaging

Current research projects:

IDCOM hosts the European Research Council (ERC) Starter Grant Smart E-skins for Life-like Soft Robot Perception

Laboratory facilities:

The institute hosts two major laboratory facilities:

Agile Tomography Laboratory
Agile Tomography Laser Laboratory

This article was published on 2024-09-14