“Look and See. Feel and Live” and “Other Portraits and Self-Portraits” is the title of the exhibition that will be inaugurated on February 23 at 4:00 pm at MIRA FORUM, in Porto. This photo and video exhibition gives a look into the project led by Professor Aurélio Campilho from INESC TEC’s Centre for Biomedical Engineering Research (C-BER) that is being developed under the CMU Portugal 2014 Entrepreneurial research Initiative, SCREEN DR.
In addition to the exhibition, the initiative will also count with two Conferences (free entrance):
- On March 9 at 4:00 pm: “A cegueira como forma de visão na poesia e fotografia” (“Blindness as way of seeing poetry and photography) by Renato Roque; and “A Imagem Médica. Abordagem histórica” (“Medical Images. An historical approach”) by Manuel Valente Alves.
- On March 16 at 4:00 pm: “A imagem médica e o rastreio” (“Medical images and screening”) by Fernando Tavares; “A imagem médica e a inteligência artificial”(“Medical images and artificial intelligence) by Aurélio Campilho; and “Ver a Saúde com outros olhos” (“Another way to perceive Health”) by Constantino Sakellarides.
The exhibition “Outros Retratos e Auto-retratos” will be open until March 16. These events are organized by Aurélio Campilho, full Professor at Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto and Renato Roque, a photographer with an Engineering background.
More about the SCREEN DR Project
The Project “SCREEN DR: a Image Analysis and Machine Learning Platform for Innovation in Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) Screening” , consists on a automatic screening platform for DR based on state-of-the-art ICT, including advanced Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS) management, Machine Learning and Image Analysis, enabling immediate response from health carers, allowing accurate follow-up strategies, and fostering technological innovation.
Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) is a leading cause of blindness in the industrialized world that can be avoided with early treatment, demanding an earlier diagnosis in a stage where the treatment is still possible and effective. DR evolves silently without any visual symptoms, during the early stages of the disease.
