Research and Development

To preserve its head start in the field of innovative image management solutions VISUS is working on new product enhancements and technologies. VISUS cooperates in research and development with several universities and research institutions.

Research projects

VISUS is a partner in various publicly funded research projects. By participating in publicly funded research projects, VISUS is actively expanding its know-how for future product developments.

Current and ongoing projects

Completed projects

COMPASS is a project funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) within the framework of the funding initiative "KMU-Innovativ: Human-Technology Interaction" [Innovation Program for SMEs].

The project aims to develop an intelligent and cooperative surgical assistance system. The system is intended to ensure through comprehensible, immersive visualization that the surgeon is proactively assisted through targeted and comprehensible human-machine interactions throughout surgical workflow.

The content of intraoperatively produced video recordings is recorded live using state-of-the-art image analysis methods. This information is used to provide context-aware surgical assistance though interactions adapted to a concrete situation. In addition, the recording of semantically meaningful surgical procedures opens up new possibilities for automated documentation at various levels (for example, surgical documentation, billing, preparation of study collectives).

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Sponsored by:

Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

Sponsored by:

Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

Research partners

VISUS is a partner in various publicly funded research projects. Together with our research partners, we evaluate and develop new technologies and methods in the interests of innovative product development.

The BO-I-T is a non-university interdisciplinary research and development institute, which aims to increase the implementation of scientific findings into economic value creation in the Bochum region.

This closes the gap between academic research and commercial exploitation in cooperation with regional companies and universities.

The institute is supported by Bochum universities, the Wirtschaftsförderung Bochum and the Förderverein Technologietransfer Bochum e. V., in which industrial partners have joined forces to support BO-I-T both financially and in terms of content. The VISUS is also a sponsor of the BO-I-T.

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Business Unit eHealthcare

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Developer of Antivirus Software

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Initiative of users and manufacturers with the goal of standardizing and harmonizing the exchange of data between IT systems within the healthcare sector.

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