PiLAB is a research team at the Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, Electronics and Applied Mathematics (ICTEAM), Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), Belgium, led by Professor Benoît Macq, with around 30 researchers.
The team focuses on three main research areas: Signals & Pixels, Medical Imaging, and Interactions.
Signals & Pixels: Designs innovative software and hardware signal processing solutions for images, speech, LiDAR, biosignals, etc., covering watermarking, image compression, IoT, blockchain, trusted transmission, image segmentation, iterative reconstruction, distributed signal processing, and speech analysis.
Medical Imaging: Conducts medical image acquisition, processing, and analysis to enable personalized medicine, with emphasis on adaptive radiotherapy and brain microstructure imaging, using MRI, Cone Beam CT, proton radiography/CT, dual-energy CT, deep learning, radiomics, and in-vivo proton range measurements.
Interactions: Employs multimodal HCI and user-centered design to enhance user experience, developing immersive and effective interaction methods, collaborating with SMEs, and launching spin-offs in AR/VR, multi-agent systems, IoT, patient empowerment, e-learning, gamification, transmedia, and e-health.