GonzÃlez Ballester, Miguel
Research Professor
Engineering Sciences
Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avancats
Spain
Biography
Degree in Computer Science from Universitat Jaume he (1996), and doctorate from the University of Oxford (2000). He was a senior researcher at Toshiba Medical Systems (Japan), INRIA (France), and the University of Bern (Switzerland), where he was leading the Surgical Technology Division at the Faculty of Medicine. From 2008 until September 2013 he was in charge of the Research Department of the company Alma IT Systems in Barcelona. In October 2013 he was appointed ICREA Research Professor, and joined the Department of Information and Communication Technologies at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, where he lead the Barcelona Centre for New Medical Technologies (BCN Medtech). He has approx. 250 publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals and conferences, and have supervised 18 PhD theses. He was awarded Fellowships from Toshiba and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
Research Interest
His research focus is on computerised medical image analysis and computer-assisted surgery, including: image processing and computer vision, image-based diagnosis, medical imaging physics, computational modelling and simulation of virtual organs and surgical interventions, navigation in computer-assisted surgery, surgical devices and implants, and applied clinical research. In addition to basic research with solid mathematical foundations (notably his work on statistical biomechanical models), all his projects have a marked translational character, focusing on concrete clinical and industrial applications.
Publications
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Gil D., Vera S., Borràs A., Andaluz A., González Ballester M.A. Anatomical medial surfaces with efficient resolution of branches singularities. Medical Image Analysis (ISSN: 1361-8415, IF: 4.248), vol. 35, pp. 390-402, 2017.
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Puigbò J.Y., González Ballester M.A., Verschure P.F.M.J. Learning relevant features through a two-phase model of conditioning. IBM Journal of Research and Development (ISSN: 0018-8646, IF: 0.626), 2017 (in press).
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Carrera I., Gelber P.E., Chary G., Gómez Masdeu M., González Ballester M.A., Monllau, J.C., Noailly J. An intact fibula may contribute to allow early weight-bearing in surgically treated tibial plateau fractures. A computational evaluation. Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy (ISSN: 0942-2056, IF: 3.097), 2017 (in press).
