Biomedical Engineering
In 2012, the agreement was updated with an addendum that brought the text in line with the new regulatory framework for doctoral studies. The addendum can be found at: https://esaii.upc.edu/ca/docencia/doctorats/adenda_convenio_UPCUZ2012.pdf
Students of the programme can enrol at either of the two universities and will be administratively dependent on the institution they choose. Students may take any course or activity offered within the framework of the inter-university programme.
The joint doctoral programme in Biomedical Engineering offered by the UPC and Unizar has received a series of annual awards granted by the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport in recognition of its quality and excellence:
• Quality award MCD2003-00157: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
• Pathway to Excellence award MEE2011-0509: 2011, 2012, 2013
Information on the programme is available at the following links:
On the UPC website: https://doctorat.upc.edu/en/programmes/biomedical-engineering?set_language=en
On the Unizar website: https://estudios.unizar.es/estudio/ver-doct?id=7098
The doctoral programme offers students the opportunity to complete doctoral theses by working with renowned groups in modern laboratories that form part of the following centres:
• Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) (http://ibecbarcelona.eu/). Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence.
• Research Centre for Biomedical Engineering (CREB) (https://creb.upc.edu/en). UPC Innovation and Technology Centre
• Aragón Institute of Engineering Research (I3A) (https://i3a.unizar.es/en). University of Zaragoza Research Centre
• Biomedical Research Networking Centre in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN) (http://www.ciber-bbn.es/). Carlos III Health Institute
• NANBIOSIS platform of CIBER-BBN (http://www.ciber-bbn.es/plataformas/nanbiosis-icts). NANBIOSIS is one of 29 outstanding scientific-technical infrastructures recently recognised by the Scientific, Technological and Innovation Policy Council (CPCTI) of the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness.
Other Universities
University of Zaragoza. Information on the doctoral programme at the website of the University of Zaragoza (Unizar): https://estudios.unizar.es/estudio/ver-doct?id=7098
COORDINATOR
CONTACT
Doctoral Area, UTGAEIB-ETSEIB, Pavelló I (South Campus)
Tel.: 934 016 654
E-mail: doctorat.ebio.utgaeib@upc.edu
https://esaii.upc.edu/es/docencia-es/masters-y-doctorados/doctorado-en-ingenieria-biomedica
General information
Access profile
Given the multidisciplinary nature of the scientific field of the programme, there are a wide range of degrees that qualify applicants for admission. For the near future, the applicants considered most suitable for admission to the doctoral programme in Biomedical Engineering will be bachelor’s degree holders with a scientific and technological background who have completed a master's degree in Biomedical Engineering or one related to the scientific field of the programme. In addition to this academic background, it is considered important that applicants have certain personal characteristics—namely, an interest in the research projects carried out within the framework of the programme; critical and analytical skills; initiative and perseverance in their academic work; the ability to work in a team; and the ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
Output profile
Doctoral candidates who complete a doctoral degree will have acquired the following competencies, which are needed to carry out quality research (Royal Decree 99/2011, of 28 January, which regulates official doctoral studies):
a) A systematic understanding of the field of study and a mastery of the research skills and methods related to the field.
b) An ability to conceive, design or create, put into practice and adopt a substantial process of research or creation.
c) An ability to contribute to pushing back the frontiers of knowledge through original research.
d) A capacity for critical analysis and an ability to assess and summarise new and complex ideas.
e) An ability to communicate with the academic and scientific community and with society in general as regards their fields of knowledge in the manner and languages that are typical of the international scientific community to which they belong.
f) An ability to foster scientific, technological, social, artistic and cultural progress in academic and professional contexts within a knowledge-based society.
The award of a doctoral degree must equip the graduate for work in a variety of settings, especially those requiring creativity and innovation. Doctoral graduates must have at least acquired the personal skills needed to:
a) Develop in contexts in which there is little specific information.
b) Find the key questions that must be answered to solve a complex problem.
c) Design, create, develop and undertake original, innovative projects in their field.
d) Work as part of a team and independently in an international or multidisciplinary context.
e) Integrate knowledge, deal with complexity and make judgements with limited information.
f) Offer criticism on and intellectually defend solutions.
Finally, with respect to competencies, doctoral students must:
a) have acquired advanced knowledge at the frontier of their discipline and demonstrated, in the context of internationally recognised scientific research, a deep, detailed and well-grounded understanding of theoretical and practical issues and scientific methodology in one or more research fields;
b) have made an original and significant contribution to scientific research in their field of expertise that has been recognised as such by the international scientific community;
c) have demonstrated that they are capable of designing a research project that serves as a framework for carrying out a critical analysis and assessment of imprecise situations, in which they are able to apply their contributions, expertise and working method to synthesise new and complex ideas that yield a deeper knowledge of the research context in which they work;
d) have developed sufficient autonomy to set up, manage and lead innovative research teams and projects and scientific collaborations (both national and international) within their subject area, in multidisciplinary contexts and, where appropriate, with a substantial element of knowledge transfer;
e) have demonstrated that they are able to carry out their research activity in a socially responsible manner and with scientific integrity;
f) have demonstrated, within their specific scientific context, that they are able to make cultural, social or technological advances and promote innovation in all areas within a knowledge-based society;
g) have demonstrated that they are able to participate in scientific discussions at the international level in their field of expertise and disseminate the results of their research activity to audiences of all kinds.
Number of places
25
Duration of studies and dedication regime
Duration
The maximum period of study for full-time doctoral studies is three years, counted from the date of admission to the programme to the date of submission of the doctoral thesis. The academic committee of the doctoral programme may authorise a doctoral candidate to pursue doctoral studies on a part-time basis. In this case, the maximum period of study is five years, counting from the date of admission to the programme to the date of submission of the doctoral thesis. For calculating these periods, the date of admission is considered to be the date of the first enrolment for tutorials, and the date of submission the moment in which the Doctoral School officially deposits the doctoral thesis.
For full-time doctoral candidates, the minimum period of study is two years, counted from the date of an applicant's admission to the programme until the date on which the doctoral thesis is deposited; for part-time doctoral candidates it is four years. When there are justified grounds for doing so, and the thesis supervisor and academic tutor have given their authorisation, doctoral candidates may request that the academic committee of their doctoral programme exempt them from the minimum period of study requirement.
The calculation of periods of study will not include periods of absence due to illness, pregnancy or any other reason provided for in the regulations in force. Students who find themselves in any of these circumstances must notify the academic committee of the doctoral programme, which, where appropriate, must inform the Doctoral School. Doctoral candidates may also temporarily withdraw from the programme for up to one year, and this period may be extended for an additional year. Doctoral candidates who wish to interrupt their studies must submit a justified request to the academic committee of the doctoral programme, which will decide whether or not to approve the request. Each programme will establish conditions for readmission to doctoral studies.
Extension
If full-time doctoral candidates have not applied to deposit their thesis by the end of the three-year period of study, the academic committee of the programme may authorise an extension of up to one year. In exceptional circumstances, a further one-year extension may be granted, subject to the conditions established by the corresponding doctoral programme. In the case of part-time doctoral candidates, an extension of two years may be authorised. In both cases, in exceptional circumstances a further one-year extension may be granted by the Doctoral School's Standing Committee, upon the submission of a reasoned application by the academic committee of the doctoral programme.
Dismissal from the doctoral programme
A doctoral candidate may be dismissed from a doctoral programme for the following reasons:
- The doctoral candidate submitting a justified application to withdraw from the programme.
- The maximum period of study and of extensions thereof ending.
- The doctoral candidate not having enrolled every academic year (unless he or she has been authorised to temporarily withdraw).
- The doctoral candidate failing two consecutive assessments.
- The doctoral candidate having disciplinary proceedings filed against him or her that rule that he or she must be dismissed from the UPC.
Dismissal from the programme implies that doctoral candidates cannot continue studying at the UPC and the closing of their academic record. This notwithstanding, they may apply to the academic committee of the programme for readmission and the committee must reevaluate them in accordance with the criteria established in the regulations.
Organization
COORDINATOR:ACADEMIC COMMISSION OF THE PROGRAM:
- Casals Gelpi, Alicia
- Ginebra Molins, Maria Pau
- Ginjaume Egido, Merce
- Giraldo Giraldo, Beatriz F.
- Jane Campos, Raimon
- Riu Costa, Pere Joan
- Tost Pardell, Dani
University of Zaragoza. Information on the doctoral programme at the website of the University of Zaragoza (Unizar): https://estudios.unizar.es/estudio/ver-doct?id=7098
STRUCTURAL UNITS:
- Department of Automatic Control (PROMOTORA)
- Department of Computer Science
- Department of Electronic Engineering
- Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy
- Institute of Energy Technologies
https://esaii.upc.edu/es/docencia-es/masters-y-doctorados/doctorado-en-ingenieria-biomedica
CONTACT:
Doctoral Area, UTGAEIB-ETSEIB, Pavelló I (South Campus)
Tel.: 934 016 654
E-mail: doctorat.ebio.utgaeib@upc.edu
Agreements with other institutions
• University of Zaragoza (https://estudios.unizar.es/estudio/ver-doct?id=7098): public inter-university agreement.
• Technical University of Madrid (http://www.upm.es/internacional/): exchange of professors, collaboration on content, student mobility. Launched in January 2005, open-ended.
Public
The research groups involved in the programme have a wide network of collaborations that enrich the student experience. Many doctoral students undertake periods of mobility thanks to these collaborations. The programme maintains well-established collaborations with various centres where doctoral students have completed research stays to work on their theses and obtain a European Doctorate mention.
The acceptance of students by collaborating centres is verified on their applications for mobility grants. Collaborating centres:
• MIT, USA
• Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy
• Oxford University
• Lund University
• Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, Germany
• Kingston University, UK
• Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy
• University of Porto, Portugal
• Centre for Online Health, Australia
• University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Biomedical Engineering Research Centre (CREB), Barcelona
• Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), Barcelona
• Biomedical Research Networking Centre in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN)
• University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
• University of Michigan, USA
• National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation (INRIA), France
• Biomechanics Institute of Valencia, Polytechnic University of Valencia (IBV-UPV)
• Institute of Bioengineering, Miguel Hernandez University, Elche.
• Theoretical Chronobiology Unit, Free University of Brussels, Belgium
• Institute for Mechanics of Materials and Structures, Vienna University of Technology
• Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
• University of Valladolid
• Department of Bioengineering, Institute of Industrial Automation – CSIC, Madrid
• Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
• KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
• Department of Medical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Applied Sciences, Jena, Germany
• Galeazzi Orthopaedic Institute, Milan, Italy
• Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico
• Laboratory of Engineering of the Neuromuscular System and Motor Rehabilitation (ISiN), Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy
• University of Technology of Compiègne, France
• Faculty of Computing, Information Systems and Mathematics, Kingston University, UK
• LTSI, University of Rennes 1, France
• Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona
Access, admission and registration
Access profile
Given the multidisciplinary nature of the scientific field of the programme, there are a wide range of degrees that qualify applicants for admission. For the near future, the applicants considered most suitable for admission to the doctoral programme in Biomedical Engineering will be bachelor’s degree holders with a scientific and technological background who have completed a master's degree in Biomedical Engineering or one related to the scientific field of the programme. In addition to this academic background, it is considered important that applicants have certain personal characteristics—namely, an interest in the research projects carried out within the framework of the programme; critical and analytical skills; initiative and perseverance in their academic work; the ability to work in a team; and the ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
Access requirements
Applicants must hold a Spanish bachelor’s degree or equivalent and a Spanish master’s degree or equivalent, provided they have completed a minimum of 300 ECTS credits on the two degrees (Royal Decree 43/2015, of 2 February)
In addition, the following may apply:
- Holders of an official degree awarded by a university in Spain or any other country in the European Higher Education Area, pursuant to the provisions of Article 16 of Royal Decree 1393/2007, of 29 October, which establishes official university course regulations, who have completed a minimum of 300 ECTS credits on official university degrees, of which at least 60 must be at the master's degree level.
- Holders of an official Spanish bachelor’s degree comprising at least 300 credits, as provided for by EU regulations. Holder of degrees of this kind must complete bridging courses unless the curriculum of the bachelor’s degree in question included research training credits equivalent in value to those which would be earned on a master's degree.
- Holders of an official university qualification who, having passed the entrance examination for specialised medical training, have completed at least two years of a training course leading to an official degree in a health-sciences specialisation.
- Holders of a degree issued under a foreign education system. In these cases, homologation is not required, but the UPC must verify that the degree certifies a level of training equivalent to an official Spanish master's degree and qualifies the holder for admission to doctoral studies in the country where it was issued. Admission on this basis does not imply homologation of the foreign degree or its recognition for any purpose other than admission to doctoral studies.
- Holders of a Spanish doctoral qualification issued under previous university regulations.
Note 1: Doctoral studies entrance regulations for holders of an undergraduate degree awarded before the introduction of the EHEA (CG 47/02 2014)
Note 2: Governing Council Decision 64/2014, which approves the procedure and criteria for assessing the fulfilment of academic admission requirements for doctoral studies by holders of non-homologated foreign degrees (CG 25/03 2014)
Admission criteria and merits assessment
Criteria for admission to the programme include the following:
• Particular consideration will be given to personal contact with the student based on interviews, questionnaires or exercises aimed at assessing their suitability for the programme and motivation.
• Other factors, such as knowledge of languages and previous research experience, will also be considered.
Selection criteria and weighting
To give priority to applicants who meet all of the entry requirements, admission criteria will be weighted as follows:
• Academic record: 50%.
• Personal contact and interview: 25%.
• Motivation: 5%.
• Knowledge of languages: 10%.
• Experience and research: 10%.
The body responsible for admission of students is the Joint Programme Studies Committee for the doctoral degree in Biomedical Engineering of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and the University of Zaragoza. In accordance with the collaboration agreement between the two universities, this committee may authorise the programme coordinators at each university to assume responsibility for the admission process.
Training complements
The academic committee for the programme may require that doctoral students pass specific bridging courses. In such cases, the committee will keep track of the bridging courses completed and establish appropriate criteria to limit their duration. Bridging courses will provide research training, but in no case may doctoral students be required to enrol for 60 or more ECTS credits. The natural pathway for entry to the doctoral programme is via the master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering. Graduates of this master’s degree are not required to take any bridging courses.
Depending on their academic background, students admitted from other master’s degrees may be required to take subjects from the master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering as bridging courses (less than 60 ECTS credits). In all cases, bridging courses will provide research training and will be proposed by the Studies Committee based on each student’s curriculum vitae.
As in the case of admission decisions, the body responsible for determining what bridging courses a student must take will be the Studies Committee for the joint doctoral programme in Biomedical Engineering of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and the University of Zaragoza.
This decision will be based on the subjects the student took for their master's degree and the research area of their thesis. The Studies Committee for the programme will keep track of the bridging courses completed and establish criteria to limit their duration.
Depending on their previous academic training, students may be required to take some of the following subjects from the master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering:
• Fundamentals of Molecular and Cellular Biology
• Fundamentals of Biophysics
• Fundamentals of Physiology
• Fundamentals of Pathophysiology
• Fundamentals of Informatics and Communications
• Fundamentals of Mathematics
• Fundamentals of Physics
• Fundamentals of Circuit Theory, Electronics and Automatic Control
• Bioelectricity and Bioelectromagnetism
• Physiological Control Models and Systems
• Biomaterials
• Biomedical Devices
• Biomedical Imaging
• Biomedical Instrumentation
• Methods for Modelling and Simulation of Biosystems
• Biomedical Signals
• Statistical Analysis of Biomedical Data
• Advanced Analysis and Processing of Biomedical Signals
• Analysis and Visualisation of Medical Images in 2D and 3D
• Biomechanics
• Dosimetry of Ionising Radiations
• Clinical Engineering and Healthcare Models
•Tissue Engineering
• Hospital Engineering
• Microsystems and Nanobioengineering
• Development and Design of Biomedical Equipment and Systems
• Radiation and Human Health
• Medical Robotics
• Bioinformatics
• Fundamentals and Techniques of Instrumental Analysis
• Medical Informatics and Telemedicine
• Medical Radiophysics
• Wireless/FDTD/FEM Simulation Techniques for Biomedical Applications
Subjects from the master's degree linked to the programme have well-defined objectives, methodologies and assessment processes that will enable doctoral students to acquire the skills specified in the previous sections.
In any case, depending on a student’s academic background, the Studies Committee may make adaptations with respect to the bridging courses required.
Taking into account the doctoral student activity report, the Studies Committee for the programme may propose measures that complement those specified in these regulations, and which result in doctoral students who do not meet the specified requirements being excluded from the programme.
Enrolment period for new doctoral students
The enrolment period for new doctoral students will be in September.
More information at the registration section for new doctoral students
Enrolment period
After the first year, the enrolment period for doctoral students will run from September to mid-October.
Monitoring and evaluation of the doctoral student
Procedure for the preparation and defense of the research plan
Doctoral candidates must submit a research plan, which will be included in their doctoral student activity report, before the end of the first year. The plan may be improved over the course of the doctoral degree. It must be endorsed by the tutor and the supervisor, and it must include the method that is to be followed and the aims of the research.
At least one of these annual assessments will include a public presentation and defence of the research plan and work done before a committee composed of three doctoral degree holders, which will be conducted in the manner determined by each academic committee. The examination committee awards a Pass or Fail mark. A Pass mark is a prerequisite for continuing on the doctoral programme. Doctoral candidates awarded a Fail mark must submit a new research plan for assessment by the academic committee of the doctoral programme within six months.
The committee assesses the research plan every year, in addition to all of the other activities in the doctoral student activity report. Doctoral candidates who are awarded two consecutive Fail marks for the research plan will be obliged to definitely withdraw from the programme.
If they change the subject of their thesis, they must submit a new research plan.
Formation activities
Activity: Tutorial.
Hours: 288.
Type: compulsory.
Activity: Complementary courses taught by visiting professors.
Hours: 18.
Type: optional.
Activity: Seminars on very specific research topics and lectures given by visiting professors or researchers.
Hours: 3.
Type: optional.
Activity: Workshops on the use of scientific tools in biomedical engineering.
Hours: 3.
Type: optional.
Activity: International mobility.
Hours: 480.
Type: optional.
Activity: Training in information skills.
Hours: 1.5.
Type: optional.
Activity: Research methodology.
Hours: 12.
Type: optional.
Activity: Innovation and creativity.
Hours: 8.
Type: optional.
Activity: Language and communication skills.
Hours: 18.
Type: optional.
Activity: Assessment based on doctoral student activity report (DAD) and research plan.
Hours: 4.
Type: compulsory.
Procedure for assignment of tutor and thesis director
The academic committee of the doctoral programme assigns a thesis supervisor to each doctoral candidate when they are admitted or enrol for the first time, taking account of the thesis supervision commitment referred to in the admission decision.
The thesis supervisor will ensure that training activities carried out by the doctoral candidate are coherent and suitable, and that the topic of the candidate’s doctoral thesis will have an impact and make a novel contribution to knowledge in the relevant field. The thesis supervisor will also guide the doctoral candidate in planning the thesis and, if necessary, tailoring it to any other projects or activities undertaken. The thesis supervisor will generally be a UPC professor or researcher who holds a doctoral degree and has documented research experience. This includes PhD-holding staff at associated schools (as determined by the Governing Council) and UPC-affiliated research institutes (in accordance with corresponding collaboration and affiliation agreements). When thesis supervisors are UPC staff members, they also act as the doctoral candidate’s tutor.
PhD holders who do not meet these criteria (as a result of their contractual relationship or the nature of the institution to which they are attached) must be approved by the UPC Doctoral School's Standing Committee in order to participate in a doctoral programme as researchers with documented research experience.
The academic committee of the doctoral programme may approve the appointment of a PhD-holding expert who is not a UPC staff member as a candidate’s thesis supervisor. In such cases, the prior authorisation of the UPC Doctoral School's Standing Committee is required. A UPC staff member who holds a doctoral degree and has documented research experience must also be proposed to act as a co-supervisor, or as the doctoral candidate’s tutor if one has not been assigned.
A thesis supervisor may step down from this role if there are justified reasons (recognised as valid by the committee) for doing so. If this occurs, the academic committee of the doctoral programme will assign the doctoral candidate a new thesis supervisor.
Provided there are justified reasons for doing so, and after hearing any relevant input from the doctoral candidate, the academic committee of the doctoral programme may assign a new thesis supervisor at any time during the period of doctoral study.
If there are academic reasons for doing so (an interdisciplinary topic, joint or international programmes, etc.) and the academic committee of the programme gives its approval, an additional thesis supervisor may be assigned. Supervisors and co-supervisors have the same responsibilities and academic recognition.
The maximum number of supervisors of a doctoral thesis is two: a supervisor and a co-supervisor.
For theses carried out under a cotutelle agreement or as part of an Industrial Doctorate, if necessary and if the agreement foresees it this maximum number of supervisors may not apply. This notwithstanding, the maximum number of supervisors belonging to the UPC is two.
Permanence
The academic committee of the programme may authorise an extension of up to one year for full-time doctoral candidates who have not applied to deposit their thesis by the end of the three-year period of study, in the terms outlined in the Academic Regulations for Doctoral Studies of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. In the case of part-time candidates, an extension of two years may be authorised. In both cases, in exceptional circumstances a further one-year extension may be granted by the Doctoral School's Standing Committee, upon the submission of a reasoned application by the academic committee of the doctoral programme.
A doctoral candidate may be dismissed from a doctoral programme for the following reasons:
- The doctoral candidate submitting a justified application to withdraw from the programme.
- The maximum period of study and of extensions thereof ending.
- The doctoral candidate not having enrolled every academic year (unless he or she has been authorised to temporarily withdraw).
- The doctoral candidate failing two consecutive assessments.
- The doctoral candidate having disciplinary proceedings filed against him or her that rule that he or she must be dismissed from the UPC.
Dismissal from the programme implies that doctoral candidates cannot continue studying at the UPC and the closing of their academic record. This notwithstanding, they may apply to the academic committee of the programme for readmission and the committee must reevaluate them in accordance with the criteria established in the regulations.
International Mention
The doctoral degree certificate may include International Doctorate mention. In this case, the doctoral candidate must meet the following requirements:
a) During the period of study leading to the award of the doctoral degree, the doctoral candidate must have spent at least three months at a respected higher education institution or research centre outside Spain to complete courses or do research work. The stays and activities carried out must be endorsed by the thesis supervisor and authorised by the academic committee of the programme. The candidate must provide a certifying document issued by the person responsible for the research group of the body or bodies where the stay or activity was completed. This information will be added to the doctoral student’s activity report.
b) Part of the thesis (at least the summary and conclusions) must be written and presented in one of the languages commonly used for science communication in the relevant field of knowledge, which must not be an official language of Spain. This rule does not apply to stays and reports in Spanish or to experts from Spanish-speaking countries.
c) At least two PhD-holding experts belonging to a higher education institution or research centre outside Spain must have issued officially certified reports on the thesis.
d) The thesis examination committee must have included at least one PhD-holding expert from a higher education or research institution outside Spain who was not responsible for the candidate’s stay abroad (point a) above).
e) The thesis defence must have taken place on UPC premises or, in the case of joint programmes, at the location specified in the collaboration agreement.
Learning resources
In this doctoral programme, doctoral theses are supervised in renowned groups and laboratories for the various programme concentrations (Biomedical Signals and Systems, Robotics and Vision, Biomechanics and Biomaterials, Electronic and Biomedical Instrumentation, Radiation Dosimetry) in departments, institutes and research centres that form part of the following centres:
• Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) (http://ibecbarcelona.eu/). Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence.
• Research Centre for Biomedical Engineering (CREB) (https://creb.upc.edu/en). UPC Innovation and Technology Centre
• Aragón Institute of Engineering Research (I3A) (https://i3a.unizar.es/en). University of Zaragoza Research Centre
• Biomedical Research Networking Centre in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN) (http://www.ciber-bbn.es/). Carlos III Health Institute
• NANBIOSIS platform of CIBER-BBN (http://www.ciber-bbn.es/plataformas/nanbiosis-icts). NANBIOSIS is one of 29 outstanding scientific-technical infrastructures recently recognised by the Scientific, Technological and Innovation Policy Council (CPCTI) of the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness.
Doctoral Theses
List of authorized thesis for defense
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List of lodged theses
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List of defended theses by year
- COMPANY SE, GEORGINA: Temporal and frequency differentiation of healthy and pathological lung tissue through minimally invasive electrical impedance spectroscopy.Author: COMPANY SE, GEORGINA
Thesis file: (contact the Doctoral School to confirm you have a valid doctoral degree and to get the link to the thesis)
Programme: DOCTORAL DEGREE IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Department: Department of Electronic Engineering (EEL)
Mode: Article-based thesis
Reading date: 03/07/2023
Thesis director: NESCOLARDE SELVA, LEXA DIGNA | BRAGOS BARDIA, RAMONCommittee:
PRESIDENT: SAIZ RODRÍGUEZ, FRANCISCO JAVIER
SECRETARI: GARCIA GONZALEZ, MIQUEL ANGEL
VOCAL: JULIÁN IBÁÑEZ, JOAN FRANCESC
Thesis abstract: Respiratory diseases, along with heart diseases, are the most prevalent in the world. The acquisition of lung samples is essential for a correct diagnosis of the disease. For peripheral lesions it is not easy to access the sample and ensure that it is taken at the point previously identified using medical imaging techniques. By measuring bioimpedance, it is intended to evaluate differences in lung tissue according to its state (cancerous, fibrotic, pneumonic, healthy or emphysematous) in order to confirm the appropriate location for taking pathological samples. In order to obtain the highest differentiation between the different states of the tissue, first of all a study is carried out on the measurement method that allows a greater differentiation between healthy tissue and bronchial tissue. The possibility of implementing the 3-electrode method to replace the 4-electrode method, used in preliminary measurements, is evaluated, since it provides practical advantages. Subsequently, due to the great dispersion of the measurements within the same type of tissue among the different patients, the implementation of a calibration method, already used for cardiac applications, is studied. This method consists of using a measurement made in the main bronchus to calibrate the measurements of the lung parenchyma, thus reducing the effect of geometric differences between patients. Next, the thesis presents the global study on the differentiation between the different types of lung tissue with a population of 102 patients on whom 116 measurements have been performed. Finally, the implementation of Machine learning classification algorithms for the real-time classification of measurements is studied in a complementary way in order to help in the correct location of the bronchoscope to take samples of pathological tissue, thus improving the efficiency of bronchoscopy, with the limitations of the low number of measurements. The results of the different studies show that the 3- electrode measurements improve the differentiation and/or separation between tissues compared to the 4-electrode method. In turn, the calibration of the measurements using a sample taken from the bronchus decreases the intragroup dispersion and, consequently, increases the intergroup separation, which improves the differentiation capacity. On the other hand, the differentiation of the tissues (using the 3-electrode method and after the subsequent calibration of the measurements) evaluating the two most discriminatory frequencies, shows significant differences between those pathologies that entail an increase in tissue density (neoplasm, fibrosis and pneumonia) and those tissues that carry a greater amount of air in the lungs compared to the previous ones and/or destruction of tissue (healthy, emphysema). Thus, significant differences are found in the four impedance parameters analyzed [module (|Z|), phase angle (PA), resistance (R) and reactance (Xc)] between: neoplasm and pneumonia (p < 0.05); neoplasm and healthy tissue (p < 0.001); neoplasm and emphysema (p < 0.001); fibrosis and healthy tissue (p < 0.001) and pneumonia and healthy tissue (p < 0.01). There are also significant differences in |Z|, R and Xc between fibrosis and emphysema (p < 0.05) and in |Z| and R between pneumonia and emphysema (p < 0.05). Finally, after the implementation of different classification algorithms, the results show great accuracy when it comes to classifying and detecting a sample of neoplasm tissue, and allow separating some pathologies not detected with classical statistical methods.In conclusion, the implementation of bioimpedance measurements through bronchoscopy can improve clinical diagnosis, since it is capable of discriminating between different types of tissue in a minimally invasive way. However, for the combined use with Artificial Intelligence techniques, the number of measures should be increased for a greater training of the algorithms.
- FINOCCHIARO, MARTINA: Automatic hands-free visualization of a six degrees of freedom agent within a complex anatomical spaceAuthor: FINOCCHIARO, MARTINA
Thesis file: (contact the Doctoral School to confirm you have a valid doctoral degree and to get the link to the thesis)
Programme: DOCTORAL DEGREE IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Department: Department of Automatic Control (ESAII)
Mode: Change of supervisor
Reading date: 28/03/2023
Thesis director: CASALS GELPI, ALICIA | CIUTI, GASTONE | HERNANSANZ PRATS, ALBERTO | MENCIASSI, ARIANNACommittee:
PRESIDENT: VALDASTRI, PIETRO
SECRETARI: MARTIN RULL, ENRIC XAVIER
VOCAL: CIUTI, GASTONE
VOCAL: GINÉS GIBERT, MARIA DELS ÀNGELS
VOCAL: WURDEMANN, HELGE
Thesis abstract: Over the years, a continuous development of intraluminal procedures resulted in strong benefits for the patients. Reduced blood loss, lower risk of infections, diminished scaring impact and quicker recovery time are among the most valuable ones. However, these improvements imposed high mental and physical stress to the clinicians. In this context, the introduction of robotic technologies has resulted in notable improvements in terms of flexibility of the endoscopes and control stability, by designing multi-steerable snake like robots and endoscopic capsules. Robotic devices also introduced additional degrees of freedom (DOF) to control, as well as sensing information to process, posing the basis for a new framework of human-robot interaction. Therefore, in the context of intraluminal robotic surgery, the present research focuses on the human-robot interaction, aiming at investigating the optimal way to design Human Machine Interface (HMI) with multiple levels of assistance. Accordingly, a modular bio-engineering framework was designed and developed for the analysis, evaluation and comparison of different HMI for robot assisted endoluminal procedure (i.e., colonoscopy). The main component of the framework is a virtual simulator of the robotic colonoscopy procedure, developed using the SOFA. The simulator, endowed with 3D models of colons reconstructed from real patients' CT scans, realistically reproduces the anatomy and its performance during the robotic medical procedure in terms of timings, visual rendering and mechanical behaviour. Its open design allows to measure several metrics correlated with the quality of the procedure (e.g., force exerted on the intestinal walls, timings etc.) and of control (e.g., smoothness of trajectory). Therefore, the different HMI can be used to control the robotic endoscope in the virtual simulator and tested with user studies involving the endoscopists. This framework also comprises the use of wearable sensors to measure the cognitive load of the users through physiological data when testing the HMI in the simulation environment. Finally, a set of questionnaires were designed to be filled by the subjects after the tests for measuring their perceived physical and mental stress, and their overall impression on the interfaces. The framework was tested for the first time by 42 clinicians with the goal of deriving the optimal device for teleoperated control of robotic colonoscopes. To this end, a preliminary survey was driven among 71 endoscopists to derive the main characteristics and configuration of the control device desired by the final users. Accordingly, two selected systems were compared with the framework: an haptic serial-kinematic device and a standard videogame joypad. This users' test represented a first case study for the validation of the framework allowing to compare different HMI and derive their optimal features. Nevertheless, being the framework highly modular and open, is meant to be applied for the testing of different aspects of the HMI, both software and hardware e.g., types of feedback, control strategies etc. Indeed, the final goal of the framework, and more in general of the present thesis, is to extract insights, guidelines and metrics over the design of the next generation intraluminal robotic devices.
- PORE, AMEYA RAVINDRA: Surgical Subtask Automation for Intraluminal Procedures using Deep Reinforcement LearningAuthor: PORE, AMEYA RAVINDRA
Thesis file: (contact the Doctoral School to confirm you have a valid doctoral degree and to get the link to the thesis)
Programme: DOCTORAL DEGREE IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Department: Department of Automatic Control (ESAII)
Mode: Change of supervisor
Reading date: 27/07/2023
Thesis director: CASALS GELPI, ALICIA | FIORINI, PAOLOCommittee:
PRESIDENT: FICUCIELLO, FANNY
SECRETARI: MARTÍNEZ MONTIEL, JOSÉ MARÍA
VOCAL: MATHIS-ULLRICH, FRANZISKA
Thesis abstract: Intraluminal procedures have opened up a new sub-field of minimally invasive surgery that use flexible instruments to navigate through complex luminal structures of the body, resulting in reduced invasiveness and improved patient benefits. One of the major challenges in this field is the accurate and precise control of the instrument inside the human body. Robotics has emerged as a promising solution to this problem. However, to achieve successful robotic intraluminal interventions, the control of the instrument needs to be automated to a large extent.The thesis first examines the state-of-the-art in intraluminal surgical robotics and identifies the key challenges in this field, which include the need for safe and effective tool manipulation, and the ability to adapt to unexpected changes in the luminal environment. To address these challenges, the thesis proposes several levels of autonomy that enable the robotic system to perform individual subtasks autonomously, while still allowing the surgeon to retain overall control of the procedure. The approach facilitates the development of specialized algorithms such as Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) for subtasks like navigation and tissue manipulation to produce robust surgical gestures. Additionally, the thesis proposes a safety framework that provides formal guarantees to prevent risky actions.The presented approaches are evaluated through a series of experiments using simulation and robotic platforms. The experiments demonstrate that subtask automation can improve the accuracy and efficiency of tool positioning and tissue manipulation, while also reducing the cognitive load on the surgeon. The results of this research have the potential to improve the reliability and safety of intraluminal surgical interventions, ultimately leading to better outcomes for patients and surgeons
- RODRÍGUEZ FERNÁNDEZ, ANTONIO: Clinical evaluation towards the development of a lower limb exoskeleton for people with spinal cord injury: from gait biomechanics to motor learningAuthor: RODRÍGUEZ FERNÁNDEZ, ANTONIO
Thesis file: (contact the Doctoral School to confirm you have a valid doctoral degree and to get the link to the thesis)
Programme: DOCTORAL DEGREE IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Department: Department of Mechanical Engineering (EM)
Mode: Normal
Reading date: 21/07/2023
Thesis director: FONT LLAGUNES, JOSEP MARIA | LOBO PRAT, JOANCommittee:
PRESIDENT: RUPP, RÜDIGER
SECRETARI: PÀMIES VILÀ, ROSA
VOCAL: ROCÓN DE LIMA, EDUARDO
Thesis abstract: People with spinal cord injury (SCI) may suffer lifelong sequels that influence every aspect of their lives, including motor and/or sensory impairment, difficulty breathing and/or swallowing, bladder/bowel weakness, and sexual dysfunction. In recent years, spinal cord medicine and research have advanced remarkably, thus, significantly extending the life expectancy of patients with SCI. Particular progress has been demonstrated in gait rehabilitation to reduce subjects' dependency since the majority of people with SCI have permanent paralysis of their lower limbs and are unable to stand or walk. Gait rehabilitation using robotic technology has grown quickly in the last twenty years due to its advantages over conventional therapy. Robot-assisted gait training allows for longer and more intense sessions while performing more accurate and continuous physiological movements, as well as reducing therapists' physical loads. Since their first clinical appearance 25 years ago, different rehabilitation robots for gait training have been developed. However, wearable exoskeletons for overground walking have recently gained popularity, primarily because they promote the user's active participation and allow ambulation at home and in the community setting. The ABLE Exoskeleton is a wearable lower limb exoskeleton developed over the last four years for gait rehabilitation and gait training of people with SCI in the clinical setting. Currently, the robotic device is ready for CE certification, before entering the market. The collection of scientific publications in this thesis shows, on the one hand, some of the main studies that provided the insights that allowed the ABLE Exoskeleton to evolve from a first prototype with two independent knee-actuated braces to a bilateral hip-knee-actuated exoskeleton for clinical intended use. On the other hand, this thesis presents initial research into integrating feedback systems to be used in conjunction with the wearable exoskeleton to facilitate the use and learning of the device. A systematic review of wearable exoskeletons for gait rehabilitation in people with neuromuscular impairments laid the foundations for the goal of developing the clinical exoskeleton. Next, we run a first experiment showing that including a passive lumbar module on a former prototype configuration, consisting of two independent knee-actuated braces, improved gait kinematics. This finding led to a new prototype which was compared in a randomized, crossover clinical trial against conventional knee-ankle-foot orthoses (KAFOs), the current standard of care for verticalization and gait ambulation in people with SCI. The robotic device proved to be safe and feasible for gait training in a clinical setting and allowed for a more physiological gait pattern than the orthoses. Yet, the energy cost of walking with the robotic device was as high as with the KAFOs. This result caused the addition of hip actuation and a new lumbar module with increased support to reduce the metabolic cost of walking. These new features resulted in the market version of the ABLE Exoskeleton, which is currently being tested in a clinical trial and is beyond the scope of this thesis. Simultaneously with the evolution of the exoskeleton, we investigated the role that feedback systems could have on the learning process of using the ABLE Exoskeleton. First, a vibrotactile feedback system for replacing the lack of somatosensation in people with SCI was developed based on a questionnaire of sensory feedback preferences in people with SCI. Second, we took a first step toward learning to control lower limb exoskeletons using immersive virtual reality (IVR) to explore which visual feedback elements and from which perspective can better support the motor learning of triggering steps in a virtual exoskeleton. These studies have laid the basis for the future application of feedback systems to improve motor learning and gait performance of ABLE Exoskeleton users.
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Title: | Surgical Subtask Automation for Intraluminal Procedures using Deep Reinforcement Learning |
Reading date: | 27/07/2023 |
Director: | CASALS GELPI, ALICIA |
Co-director: | FIORINI, PAOLO |
Mention: | International Mention |
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Mention: | Menció Doctorat Internacional + Industrial Doctorate Mention (Generalitat) |
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Characterization of T wave amplitude, duration and morphology changes during hemodialysis: relationship with serum electrolyte levels and heart rater Bukhari, H.; Palmieri, F.; Ramírez, J.; Laguna, P.; Ruiz, J.; Ferreira, D.; Potse, M.; Sánchez, C.; Pueyo, E. IEEE transactions on biomedical engineering, ISSN: 0018-9294 (JCR Impact Factor-2020: 4.538; Quartil: Q2) Publication date: 2020 Journal article Monitoring blood potassium concentration in hemodialysis patients by quantifying T-wave morphology dynamics Palmieri, F.; Gomis, P.; Ferreira, D.; Ruiz, J.; Bergasa, B.; Martín-Yebra, A.; Bukhari, H.; Pueyo Paules, Esther; Mártinez, J.; Ramírez, J.; Laguna, P. Scientific reports, ISSN: 2045-2322 (JCR Impact Factor-2021: 4.996; Quartil: Q2) Publication date: 16/02/2021 Journal article Nonlinear T-wave time warping-based sensing model for non-invasive personalised blood potassium monitoring in hemodialysis patients: a pilot study Palmieri, F.; Gomis, P.; Ruiz, J.; Ferreira, D.; Martín-Yebra, A.; Pueyo, E.; Martínez, J.; Ramírez, J.; Laguna, P. Sensors (Basel), ISSN: 1424-8220 (JCR Impact Factor-2021: 3.847; Quartil: Q2) Publication date: 12/04/2021 Journal article ECG-based monitoring of blood potassium concentration: Periodic versus principal component as lead transformation for biomarker robustness Palmieri, F.; Gomis, P.; Ruiz, J.; Ferreira, D.; Martín-Yebra, A.; Pueyo Paules, Esther; Martínez Cortés, Juan Pablo; Ramírez, J.; Laguna, P. Biomedical signal processing and control, ISSN: 1746-8094 (JCR Impact Factor-2021: 5.076; Quartil: Q2) Publication date: 07/2021 Journal article Weighted time warping improves T-wave morphology markers clinical significance Palmieri, F.; Gomis, P.; Ferreira, D.; Pueyo, E.; Martínez, J.; Laguna, P.; Ramírez, J. IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering, ISSN: 1558-2531 (JCR Impact Factor-2021: 4.756; Quartil: Q2) Publication date: 23/02/2022 Journal article Estimation of potassium levels in hemodialysis patients by T wave nonlinear dynamics and morphology markers Bukhari, H.; Sánchez, C.; Srinivasan, S.; Palmieri, F.; Potse, M.; Laguna, P.; Pueyo Paules, Esther Computers in biology and medicine, ISSN: 0010-4825 (JCR Impact Factor-2020: 7.3 Publication date: 04/2022 Journal article Transmural ventricular heterogeneities play a major role in determining T-wave morphology at different extracellular potassium levels. 46th Computing in Cardiology Presentation of work at congresses Estudio de los cambios en la morfología de las ondas T como sustituto de la concentración de potasio en sangre en pacientes de hemodiálisis XXXVII Congreso Anual de la Sociedad Española de Ingeniería Biomédica Presentation date: 28/11/2019 Presentation of work at congresses T-wave morphology restitution in chronic heart failure patient with atrial fibrillation Computing in Cardiology 2018 Presentation date: 25/09/2018 Presentation of work at congresses T-wave morphology changes as surrogate for blood potassium concentration in hemodialysis patients CinC 2019 Computers in Cardiology Presentation date: 11/09/2019 Presentation of work at congresses Monitorización en diálisis de la concentración de potasio en sangre mediante los cambios en la morfología multi-lead de la onda T: comparación entre usar la transformación en componentes periódicas y principales XXXVIII Congreso Anual de la Sociedad Española de Ingeniería Biomédica Presentation date: 29/11/2020 Presentation of work at congresses Potassium monitoring from multilead T-wave morphology changes during hemodyalisis: periodic versus principal component analysis 47th Computing in Cardiology Presentation date: 16/09/2020 Presentation of work at congresses “Time-Warping” ponderado sobre la onda T para reducir el impacto de errores de delineación: implicaciones clínicas XXXIX Congreso Anual de la Sociedad Española de Ingeniería Biomédica Presentation date: 26/11/2021 Presentation of work at congresses Weighted time warping T-wave analysis robust to delineation errors: clinical implications 48th Computing in Cardiology Presentation date: 14/09/2021 Presentation of work at congresses | |
AUTHOR: | BONANY MARIÑOSA, MAR |
Title: | Nanotechnology-based Approaches for Bone Tissue Engineering |
Reading date: | 04/03/2022 |
Director: | GINEBRA MOLINS, MARIA PAU |
Co-director: | ESPAÑOL PONS, MONTSERRAT |
Mention: | International Mention |
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Osteoinduction by foamed and 3D-printed calcium phosphate scaffolds: effect of nanostructure and pore architecture Barba, A.; Diez, A.; Maazouz, Y.; Rappe, K.; Español, M.; Montufar, Edgar B.; Bonany, M.; Sadowska, J.; Guillem-Marti, J.; Ohman, C.; Persson, C.; Manzanares, M.; Franch Serracanta, Jordi; Ginebra, M.P. ACS applied materials and interfaces, ISSN: 1944-8244 (JCR Impact Factor-2017: 8.097; Quartil: Q1) Publication date: 06/12/2017 Journal article Heparinization of beta tricalcium phosphate: osteo-immunomodulatory effects Diez, A.; Español, M.; Bonany, M.; Persson, C.; Ginebra, M.P. Advanced healthcare materials, ISSN: 2192-2640 (JCR Impact Factor-2018: 6.27; Quartil: Q1) Publication date: 07/03/2018 Journal article Impact of biomimicry in the design of osteoinductive bone substitutes: nanoscale matters Barba, A.; Diez, A.; Español, M.; Bonany, M.; Sadowska, J.; Guillem-Marti, J.; Ohman, C.; Persson, C.; Manzanares, M.; Franch, J.; Ginebra, M.P. ACS Applied materials and interfaces, ISSN: 1944-8252 (JCR Impact Factor-2019: 8.758; Quartil: Q1) Publication date: 01/01/2019 Journal article Hydrothermal processing of 3D-printed calcium phosphate scaffolds enhances bone formation in vivo: a comparison with biomimetic treatment Raymond, S.; Bonany, M.; Lehmann, C.; Thorel, E.; Benitez, R.; Franch Serracanta, Jordi; Canal, C.; Ginebra, M.P. Acta biomaterialia, ISSN: 1742-7061 (JCR Impact Factor-2021: 10.633; Quartil: Q1) Publication date: 01/11/2021 Journal article Understanding the interaction of hydroxyapatite nanoparticles with cells 9th International Workshop on Interfaces: New Frontiers in Biomaterials Presentation date: 16/04/2018 Presentation of work at congresses Understanding the cytotoxicity of hydroxyapatite doped nanoparticles on osteosarcoma cells V Congreso Hispano-Luso de Cerámica y Vidrio Presentation date: 08/10/2018 Presentation of work at congresses Understanding the cytotoxicity of doped hydroxyapatite nanoparticles on osteosarcoma cells 30th Annual Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials (ESB) Presentation date: 10/09/2019 Presentation of work at congresses Nanoscale relevance in the osteonductive properties of biomimetic bone substitutes IADR/AADR/CADR General Session & Exhibition Presentation date: 18/03/2020 Presentation of work at congresses Microspheres: a powerful strategy to tune the biological performance of bioinks 6th edition-TERMIS World Congress Presentation date: 15/11/2021 Presentation of work at congresses | |
AUTHOR: | FERRER LLUIS, IGNASI |
Title: | Novel mHealth and multimodal physiological biomarkers for non-invasive monitoring and home healthcare of obstructive sleep apnea and COPD patients with comorbidities |
Reading date: | 25/10/2021 |
Director: | JANE CAMPOS, RAIMON |
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Mention: | International Mention |
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Differences in acoustic features of cough by pneumonia severity in patients with COVID-19: a cross-sectional study M. Davidson, C.; Caguana, O.; Lozano, M.; Arita, M.; Estrada, L.; Ferrer, I.; Castillo-Escario, Y.; Ausín, P.; Gea, J.; Jane, R. ERJ open research, ISSN: 2312-0541 (JCR Impact Factor-2021: 4.6 Publication date: 01/01/2023 Journal article Monitoring sleep apnea patients using built-in sensors of smartphones 40th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Presentation date: 17/07/2018 Presentation of work at congresses | |
AUTHOR: | KONKA, JOANNA MAGDALENA |
Title: | 3D-Printed Biomimetic Bone |
Reading date: | 01/10/2021 |
Director: | GINEBRA MOLINS, MARIA PAU |
Co-director: | ESPAÑOL PONS, MONTSERRAT |
Mention: | No mention |
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Accelerated hardening of nanotextured 3D-plotted self-setting calcium phosphate inks Raymond, S.; Maazouz, Y.; Montufar, Edgar B.; Pérez-Antoñanzas, R.; González, B.; Konka, J.; Ginebra, M.P. Acta biomaterialia, ISSN: 1742-7061 (JCR Impact Factor-2018: 6.638; Quartil: Q1) Publication date: 01/01/2018 Journal article 3D printing of hierarchical porous biomimetic hydroxyapatite scaffolds: Adding concavities to the convex filaments Konka, J.; Buxadera-Palomero, J.; Español, M.; Ginebra, M.P. Acta biomaterialia, ISSN: 1742-7061 (JCR Impact Factor-2021: 10.633; Quartil: Q1) Publication date: 01/01/2021 Journal article Maturation of biomimetic hydroxyapatite in physiological fluids: a physicochemical and proteomic study Konka, J.; Español, M.; Bosch, B. M.; de Oliveira, E.; Ginebra, M.P. Materials today bio, ISSN: 2590-0064 (JCR Impact Factor-2021: 10.761; Quartil: Q1) Publication date: 01/09/2021 Journal article Direct ink writing with self-setting a-TCP inks: effect of processing parameters 9th International Workshop on Interfaces: New Frontiers in Biomaterials Presentation date: 16/04/2018 Presentation of work at congresses Development of biomimetic hydroxyapatite bone grafts by 3D direct ink writing Spanish-Portuguese Congress of Ceramics and Congreso Nacional de la Sociedad Española de Cerámico y Vidrio Presentation date: 08/09/2018 Presentation of work at congresses Maturation of biomimetic hydroxyapatite in cell culture medium XVI Conference and Exhibition of the European Ceramic Society Presentation date: 16/06/2019 Presentation of work at congresses Novel strategies for the hardening of 3D printed biomimetic bone grafts 7th shaping conference Presentation date: 11/09/2019 Presentation of work at congresses Direct ink writing of hierarchically porous biomimetic hydroxyapatite scaffolds: adding concavities to the convex filaments World Biomaterials Congress Presentation date: 11/12/2020 Presentation of work at congresses | |
AUTHOR: | LÓPEZ DEL RÍO, ÁNGELA |
Title: | Data preprocessing and quality diagnosis in deep learning-based in silico bioactivity prediction |
Reading date: | 23/06/2021 |
Director: | PERERA LLUNA, ALEXANDRE |
Mention: | No mention |
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Balancing data on deep learning-based proteochemometric activity classification Lopez, A.; Picart, S.; Perera, A. Journal of chemical information and modeling, ISSN: 1549-9596 (JCR Impact Factor-2021: 6.162; Quartil: Q1) Publication date: 01/01/2021 Journal article Bijective Encoding of Proteins In a Scalable Distributed Deep Learning Framework Pypharma Presentation date: 22/11/2019 Presentation of work at congresses Bijective encoding of proteins in a scalable distributed deep learning framework VII Jornada de Bioinformàtica i Genòmica Presentation date: 17/12/2019 Presentation of work at congresses | |
AUTHOR: | NOLLA COLOMER, CARME |
Title: | Anàlisi de patrons funcionals i estructurals en la regulació del calci en les cèl·lules cardíaques |
Reading date: | 28/05/2021 |
Director: | BENITEZ IGLESIAS, RAUL |
Co-director: | MADSEN, LEIF HOVE |
Mention: | No mention |
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Dynamic and irregular distribution of RyR2 clusters in the periphery of live ventricular myocytes Hiess, F.; Detampel, P.; Nolla-Colomer, C.; Vallmitjana, A.; Ganguly, A.; Amrein, M.; ter Keurs, H. E.D.J; Benitez, R.; Hove-Madsen, L.; Chen, S. Biophysical journal, ISSN: 0006-3495 (JCR Impact Factor-2018: 3.665; Quartil: Q2) Publication date: 23/01/2018 Journal article Detection of calcium release from individual RyR2 clusters in cardiomyocites Nolla-Colomer, C.; Vallmitjana, A.; Hove-Madsen, L.; Benitez, R. Biophysical journal, ISSN: 0006-3495 (JCR Impact Factor-2020: 4.033; Quartil: Q2) Publication date: 02/2020 Journal article Influence of sex on intracellular calcium homoeostasis in patients with atrial fibrillation Herraiz, A.; Tarifa, C.; Jiménez-Sábado, V.; Llach, A.; Colino-Lage, H.; Nolla-Colomer, C.; Benitez, R.; Ciruela, F.; Cinca, J.; Hove-Madsen, L. Cardiovascular research, ISSN: 0008-6363 (JCR Impact Factor-2021: 13.081; Quartil: Q1) Publication date: 31/03/2021 Journal article ß2-adrenergic stimulation potentiates spontaneous calcium release by increasing signal mass and co-activation of ryanodine receptor clusters Nolla-Colomer, C.; Sergi Casabella Ramón; Jiménez-Sábado, V.; Vallmitjana, A.; Tarifa, C.; Herraiz, A.; Montiel, J.; Cinca, J.; Benitez, R.; Hove-Madsen, L. Acta physiologica, ISSN: 1748-1708 (JCR Impact Factor-2020: 6.311; Quartil: Q1) Publication date: 13/04/2022 Journal article Effects of atrial fibrillation on the distribution and phosphorylation of ryanodine receptor clusters at the sites Ser2808 and Ser2814 in human atrial myocytes Cardiac Arrhythmia Copenhagen Meeting 2017 Presentation date: 15/05/2017 Presentation of work at congresses Automatic segmentation of Z-lines in cardiac cells from microscope fluorescence images 39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Presentation date: 14/04/2017 Presentation of work at congresses Excessive activation of beta-2 adrenergic receptors induces arrhythmic calcium oscillations and ryanodine receptor phosphorylation at ser2809 but not at ser2815 European Society of Cardiology Congress 2017 Presentation date: 16/05/2017 Presentation of work at congresses P5364 Male and female sex are associated with different derangements of the intracellular calcium homeostasis in atrial fibrillation European Society of Cardiology Congress 2018 Presentation date: 28/08/2018 Presentation of work at congresses P5695 Inhibition of PDE3 but not PDE4 phosphodiesterases stimulate ryanodine receptor phosphorylation at Ser2808 European Society of Cardiology Congress 2018 Presentation date: 28/08/2018 Presentation of work at congresses Computational model of ryr activation dynamics in ventricular myocytes The Heart by Numbers: Integrating Theory, Computation, and Experiment to Advance Cardiology 2018 Presentation date: 04/09/2018 Presentation of work at congresses Pathological phosphorylation of the ryanodine receptor at s2808 increases the number of individual clusters activated per calcium spark and the calcium released per cluster European Society of Cardiology Congress Presentation date: 30/08/2020 Presentation of work at congresses | |
AUTHOR: | FEBRER NAFRÍA, MÍRIAM |
Title: | Optimal control prediction of assisted walking using torque-driven models |
Reading date: | 25/11/2020 |
Director: | FONT LLAGUNES, JOSEP MARIA |
Co-director: | FREGLY, BENJAMIN J. |
Mention: | International Mention |
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Comparison of different optimal control formulations for generating dynamically consistent crutch walking simulations using a torque-driven model Febrer-Nafría, M.; Pallares, R.; Fregly, B.J.; Font-Llagunes, J.M. Mechanism and machine theory, ISSN: 0094-114X (JCR Impact Factor-2020: 3.866; Quartil: Q1) Publication date: 12/2020 Journal article Prediction of three-dimensional crutch walking patterns using a torque-driven model Febrer-Nafría, M.; Pallares, R.; Fregly, B.J.; Font-Llagunes, J.M. Multibody system dynamics, ISSN: 1384-5640 (JCR Impact Factor-2021: 3.333; Quartil: Q2) Publication date: 01/2021 Journal article Evaluation of Optimal Control Approaches for Predicting Active Knee-Ankle-Foot-Orthosis Motion for Individuals With Spinal Cord Injury Febrer-Nafría, M.; Fregly, B.J.; Font-Llagunes, J.M. Frontiers in Neurorobotics, ISSN: 1662-5218 (JCR Impact Factor-2020: 2.65; Quartil: Q2) Publication date: 24/01/2022 Journal article Calibration of foot-ground and crutch-ground contact models for optimal control prediction of crutch-assisted walking motions 9th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Multibody Dynamics Presentation date: 17/07/2019 Presentation of work at congresses Biomecánica del miembro superior durante la marcha asistida por muletas y un exoesqueleto robótico: un estudio preliminar X Congreso Iberoamericano de Tecnologías de Apoyo a la Discapacidad Presentation date: 20/11/2019 Presentation of work at congresses Effects of tendon compliance on the prediction of human squatting motion XI Reunión del Capítulo Español de la Sociedad Europea de Biomecánica Presentation date: 25/10/2022 Presentation of work at congresses | |
AUTHOR: | ORDOÑO FERNÁNDEZ, JESÚS |
Title: | Lactate: unraveling the regenerative potential for cardiac tissue engineering |
Reading date: | 25/11/2020 |
Director: | ENGEL LOPEZ, ELISABET |
Co-director: | PEREZ AMODIO, SOLEDAD GRACIELA |
Mention: | International Mention |
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Electrospun conducting and biocompatible uniaxial and core-shell fibers having Poly(lactic acid), Poly(ethylene glycol), and Polyaniline for cardiac tissue engineering Bertuoli, P.; Ordoño, J.; Armelin, E.; Perez, S.; Baldissera, A.; Ferreira, C.A.; Puiggali, J.; Engel, E.; del Valle, LJ.; Aleman, C. ACS omega, ISSN: 2470-1343 (JCR Impact Factor-2019: 2.87; Quartil: Q2) Publication date: 19/02/2019 Journal article Tuning multilayered polymeric self-standing films for controlled release of L-lactate by electrical stimulation Puiggali, A.; Ordoño, J.; del Valle, LJ.; Perez, S.; Engel, E.; Aleman, C. Journal of controlled release, ISSN: 0168-3659 (JCR Impact Factor-2021: 11.467; Quartil: Q1) Publication date: 10/02/2021 Journal article Effect of lactate and lactate-releasing materials on endothelial cells 9th IBEC Symposium Presentation date: 29/06/2016 Presentation of work at congresses Lactate based scaffolds as modulators of cardiac tissue remodeling TERMIS European Chapter Meeting 2017 Presentation date: 06/2017 Presentation of work at congresses PLGA lactate-releasing scaffolds for cardiac tissue regeneration 28th European Conference on Biomaterials Presentation date: 09/2017 Presentation of work at congresses Lactate-based strategy for cardiac tissue engineering ESB 2018 - 29th European Conference on Biomaterials Presentation date: 09/2018 Presentation of work at congresses Lactate based scaffolds for cardiac tissue regeneration 25 Seminario anual de automática, electrónica industrial e instrumentación Presentation date: 07/2018 Presentation of work at congresses Lactate promotes cardiac tissue regeneration 5th TERMIS World Congress Presentation date: 09/2018 Presentation of work at congresses Lactate induced cardíac tissue regeneration European Chapter Meeting of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society 2019 Presentation date: 05/2019 Presentation of work at congresses Lactate-induced cardiac tissue regeneration 12th IBEC Symposium Presentation date: 17/07/2019 Presentation of work at congresses | |
AUTHOR: | BLANCO ALMAZÁN, MARÍA DOLORES |
Title: | Noninvasive multimodal analysis of thoracic bioimpedance and myographic signals for the assessment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
Reading date: | 09/11/2020 |
Director: | JANE CAMPOS, RAIMON |
Co-director: | CATTHOOR, FRANCKY |
Mention: | International Mention |
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A 36 µW 1.1 mm2 reconfigurable analog front-end for cardiovascular and respiratory signals recording Xu, J.; Konijnenburg, M.; Ha, H.; van Wegberg, R.; Song, S.; Blanco, M.; Van Hoof, C.; Van Helleputte, N. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, ISSN: 1932-4545 (JCR Impact Factor-2018: 4.252; Quartil: Q1) Publication date: 06/04/2018 Journal article Wearable bioimpedance measurement for respiratory monitoring during inspiratory loading Blanco, M.; Groenendaal, W.; Catthoor, F.; Jane, R. IEEE access, ISSN: 2169-3536 (JCR Impact Factor-2019: 3.745; Quartil: Q1) Publication date: 05/07/2019 Journal article Engineered macroscale cardiac constructs elicit human myocardial tissue-like functionality Valls, M.; Iglesias, O.; Di Guglielmo, C.; Sarlabous, L.; Tadevosyan, K.; Paoli, R.; Comelles, J.; Blanco, M.; Jiménez, S.; Castillo, O.; Samitier, J.; Jane, R.; Martínez, E.; Raya, Á. Stem Cell Reports, ISSN: 2213-6711 (JCR Impact Factor-2019: 6.032; Quartil: Q1) Publication date: 09/07/2019 Journal article Analysis of time delay between bioimpedance and respiratory volume signals under inspiratory loaded breathing Blanco, M.; Groenendaal, W.; Catthoor, F.; Jane, R. Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, ISSN: 1557-170X (JCR Impact Factor-2019: 0.309; Quartil: Q3) Publication date: 07/10/2019 Journal article Chest movement and respiratory volume both contribute to thoracic bioimpedance during loaded breathing Blanco, M.; Groenendaal, W.; Catthoor, F.; Jane, R. Scientific reports, ISSN: 2045-2322 (JCR Impact Factor-2019: 3.998; Quartil: Q1) Publication date: 27/12/2019 Journal article Combining bioimpedance and myographic signals for the assessment of COPD during loaded breathing Blanco, M.; Groenendaal, W.; Lozano, M.; Estrada, L.; Lijnen, L.; Smeets, C.; Catthoor, F.; Jane, R. IEEE transactions on biomedical engineering, ISSN: 0018-9294 (JCR Impact Factor-2021: 4.756; Quartil: Q2) Publication date: 01/2021 Journal article Temporal evolution of bioimpedance and respiratory volume signals during inspiratory loaded breathing XXXVII Congreso Anual de la Sociedad Española de Ingeniería Biomédica Presentation date: 28/11/2019 Presentation of work at congresses Cardiac comorbidities in COPD patients explained through HRV analysis and respiratory indices 47th Computing in Cardiology Presentation date: 16/09/2020 Presentation of work at congresses Relationship Between Heart Rate Recovery and Disease Severity in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients 47th Computing in Cardiology Presentation date: 16/09/2020 Presentation of work at congresses | |
AUTHOR: | PICART ARMADA, SERGIO |
Title: | Statistical Normalisation of Network Propagation Methods for Computational Biology |
Reading date: | 23/07/2020 |
Director: | PERERA LLUNA, ALEXANDRE |
Award: | |
Mention: | No mention |
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The effect of statistical normalisation on network propagation scores Picart, S.; Thompson, W.; Buil, A.; Perera, A. Bioinformatics, ISSN: 1367-4803 (JCR Impact Factor-2020: 6.937; Quartil: Q1) Publication date: 18/10/2020 Journal article MultiPaths: a Python framework for analyzing multi-layer biological networks using diffusion algorithms Marín-Llaó, Josep, J.; Mubeen, S.; Perera, A.; Hofmann-Apitius, M.; Picart, S.; Domingo-Fernández, D. Bioinformatics, ISSN: 1367-4803 (JCR Impact Factor-2020: 6.937; Quartil: Q1) Publication date: 26/12/2020 Journal article mWISE: an algorithm for context-based annotation of liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry features through diffusion in graphs Barranco, M.; Solà, P.; Picart, S.; Kanaan-Izquierdo, S.; Fonollosa, J.; Perera, A. Analytical chemistry, ISSN: 0003-2700 (JCR Impact Factor-2021: 8.008; Quartil: Q1) Publication date: 28/07/2021 Journal article | |
AUTHOR: | PUIGVÍ FERNÁNDEZ, LAURA |
Title: | Caracterització morfològica de cèl·lules limfoides normals, reactives, anormals i blàstiques de sang perifèrica mitjançant processament digital d'imatges |
Reading date: | 22/10/2019 |
Director: | RODELLAR BENEDE, JOSE JULIAN |
Co-director: | MERINO GONZÁLEZ, ANNA |
Mention: | No mention |
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Automatic classification of normal, reactive lymphocytes, abnormal lymphoid cells and blast cells XXIX International Symposium on Technological Innovations in Laboratory Hematology Presentation date: 12/05/2016 Presentation of work at congresses Analysis of the most relevant quantitative features for the automatic differentiation of normal, reactive, abnormal lymphoid cell images and blast cell images from peripheral blood XXIX International Symposium on Technological Innovations in Laboratory Hematology Presentation date: 12/05/2016 Presentation of work at congresses Automatic recognition system of nucleated peripheral blood cell images XXIX International Symposium on Technological Innovations in Laboratory Hematology Presentation date: 12/05/2016 Presentation of work at congresses Automatic cell recognition of abnormal cells in peripheral blood using digital images obtained by a conventional microscope XXX International Symposium on Technological Innovations in Laboratory Hematology Presentation date: 04/05/2017 Presentation of work at congresses New quantitative features obtained by image analysis to standardize morphological assessment of abnormal lymphoid cells in peripheral blood XXX International Symposium on Technological Innovations in Laboratory Hematology Presentation date: 04/05/2017 Presentation of work at congresses Detection of the presence of blasts, atypical promyelocytes, abnormal and reactive lymphoid cells in peripheral blood using image analysis XXX International Symposium on Technological Innovations in Laboratory Hematology Presentation date: 04/05/2017 Presentation of work at congresses Training a convolutional neural network for automatic classification of peripheral blood cells XXXI International Symposium on Technological Innovations in Laboratory Hematology Presentation date: 10/05/2018 Presentation of work at congresses Definition of new quantitative features for the automatic classification of blast cells in peripheral blood by image analysis XXXI International Symposium on Technological Innovations in Laboratory Hematology Presentation date: 10/05/2018 Presentation of work at congresses Automatic recognition of acute leukemia from peripheral blood smears XXXI International Symposium on Technological Innovations in Laboratory Hematology Presentation date: 10/05/2018 Presentation of work at congresses Quantitative features in peripheral blood cell images obtained by different hospitals and acquisition methods: utility for reactive and neoplastic lymphoid cell discrimination XXXI International Symposium on Technological Innovations in Laboratory Hematology Presentation date: 10/05/2018 Presentation of work at congresses A new image-based machine-learning system (Cellsimatic) for the automatic recognition of hematologic neoplasia versus infections in peripheral blood XXXII International Symposium on Technological Innovations in Laboratory Hematology Presentation date: 09/05/2019 Presentation of work at congresses | |
AUTHOR: | PUIGGALÍ JOU, ANNA |
Title: | Biointerfaces based on the combination of synthetic polymers and biomolecules |
Reading date: | 04/03/2019 |
Tutor/a: | JANE CAMPOS, RAIMON |
Director: | ALEMAN LLANSO, CARLOS ENRIQUE |
Director: | DEL VALLE MENDOZA, LUIS JAVIER |
Mention: | International Mention |
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Encapsulation and storage of therapeutic fibrin-homing peptides using conducting polymer nanoparticles for programmed release by electrical stimulation Puiggali, A.; del Valle, LJ.; Aleman, C. ACS biomaterials science & engineering, ISSN: 2373-9878 (JCR Impact Factor-2020: 4.749; Quartil: Q2) Publication date: 01/04/2020 Journal article Electroresponsive alginate-based hydrogels for controlled release of hydrophobic drugs Puiggali, A.; E. Cazorla; Ruano, G.; Babeli, I.; Ginebra, M.P.; Garcia-Torres, J.; Aleman, C. ACS biomaterials science & engineering, ISSN: 2373-9878 (JCR Impact Factor-2020: 4.749; Quartil: Q2) Publication date: 09/11/2020 Journal article Aggregation propensity of therapeutic fibrin-homing pentapeptides: Insights from experiments and molecular dynamics simulations Zanuy, D.; Puiggali, A.; Conflitti, P.; Bocchinfuso, Gianfranco; Palleschi, A.; Aleman, C. Soft matter, ISSN: 1744-6848 (JCR Impact Factor-2020: 3.679; Quartil: Q2) Publication date: 28/11/2020 Journal article Nanotheranostic Interface Based on Antibiotic-Loaded Conducting Polymer Nanoparticles for Real-Time Monitoring of Bacterial Growth Inhibition Enshaei, H.; Puiggali, A.; del Valle, LJ.; Turon, P.; Saperas, N.; Aleman, C. Advanced healthcare materials, ISSN: 2192-2640 (JCR Impact Factor-2020: 9.933; Quartil: Q1) Publication date: 18/12/2020 Journal article Conducting polymer nanoparticles for voltage-controlled release of pharmacological chaperones Enshaei, H.; Puiggali, A.; Saperas, N.; Aleman, C. Soft matter, ISSN: 1744-6848 (JCR Impact Factor-2021: 4.046; Quartil: Q2) Publication date: 2021 Journal article Effect of conducting/thermoresponsive polymer ratio on multitasking nanogels Puiggali, A.; Wedepohl, S.; Theune, L.; Aleman, C.; Calderón, Marcelo Materials science & engineering. C, Biomimetic materials, sensors and systems, ISSN: 1873-0191 (JCR Impact Factor-2021: 8.457; Quartil: Q1) Publication date: 01/02/2021 Journal article Green nanocoatings based on the deposition of zirconium oxide: the role of the substrate Bonamigo, V.; Puiggali, A.; Jimenez-Pique, E.; Armelin, E.; Aleman, C.; Meneguzzi, A. Materials (Basel), ISSN: 1996-1944 (JCR Impact Factor-2021: 3.748; Quartil: Q1) Publication date: 23/02/2021 Journal article |
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- BBT-Biomaterials, Biomechanics and Tissue Engineering
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Teachers
Doctoral Programme teachers:- Amat Girbau, Josep
- Aranda Lopez, Joan
- Ayala Vallespi, Maria Dolors
- Aymerich Martinez, F. Xavier
- Benitez Iglesias, Raul
- Bragos Bardia, Ramon
- Caminal Magrans, Pere
- Canal Barnils, Cristina
- Casals Gelpi, Alicia
- Casas Piedrafita, Jaime Oscar
- Duch Guillen, M. Amor
- Engel Lopez, Elisabet
- Español Pons, Montserrat
- Fernandez Chimeno, Mireya
- Fonollosa Magrinya, Jordi
- Font Llagunes, Josep Maria
- Frigola Bourlon, Manel
- Garcia Gonzalez, Miquel A.
- Ginebra Molins, Maria Pau
- Ginjaume Egido, Merce
- Giraldo Giraldo, Beatriz F.
- Gomis Roman, Pedro
- Jane Campos, Raimon
- Manero Planella, Jose M.
- Mañanas Villanueva, Miguel Angel
- Mas Moruno, Carlos
- Millan Garcia Varela, Maria Sagrario
- Montseny Masip, Eduard
- Nescolarde Selva, Lexa Digna
- Oñate Ibañez de Navarra, Eugenio
- Pallàs Areny, Ramon
- Pegueroles Neyra, Marta
- Perera Lluna, Alexandre
- Pla Garcia, Nuria
- Ramos Castro, Juan Jose
- Riu Costa, Pere Joan
- Rodellar Benede, Jose
- Rodriguez Rius, Daniel
- Rosell Ferrer, Javier
- Sobrevilla Frison, Pilar
- Sola Soler, Jordi
- Soudah Prieto, Eduardo
- Torres Cebrian, Abel
- Tost Pardell, Dani
- Vallverdu Ferrer, Maria Montserrat
- Vigo Anglada, Marc
Research projects
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Quality
The Validation, Monitoring, Modification and Accreditation Framework (VSMA Framework) for official degrees ties the quality assurance processes (validation, monitoring, modification and accreditation) carried out over the lifetime of a course to two objectives—the goal of establishing coherent links between these processes, and that of achieving greater efficiency in their management—all with the overarching aim of improving programmes.
Validation
- Verification Memory (Doctoral Programme) - 2012
- Verification Resolution (MECD)
- Agreement of the Council of Ministers (BOE)
Monitoring
- Monitoring report (Doctoral Programme) - 2016
- University monitoring report (Doctoral School) - 2016
- Follow-up Assessment Report (AQU) - 2017
- Follow-up Assessment Report (AQU) - 2020
Accreditation
- Accreditation Report (Doctoral Programme) - 2018
- University Monitoring and Accreditation Report (Doctoral School) - 2018