IWT BaekelandAgfa Healthcare / iMinds Vision Lab (UAntwerpen)Jeroen Cant

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About

� Me

� Agfa Healthcare� iMinds Vision Lab

Baekeland

� Benefits

� Challenges

� Intellectual Property� Positioning @Agfa R&D

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Jeroen Cant

� Burg ir. Elektrotechniek KUL – ESAT (2002)

� Agfa Healthcare R&D, Mortsel (BE)

� Focused on clinical applications in radiology� 1.0 projects

CR workstation Orthopedic measurements Virtual Colonoscopy

Optical

Cohesion

Tomography

CT/MRI

volume viewing

PET - CT fusion

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Agfa HealthCare

Revenue

€ 1.16 Billion

Revenue

€ 1.16 Billion

Employees

4800+

Employees

4800+

Sales Offices & Reps.

100+

Sales Offices & Reps.

100+

R&D

8.4%€ 97 Million

R&D

8.4%€ 97 Million

R&D Centers

Belgian Multinational with Global footprint

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Turnover Analysis

Analog X-Ray10%

Digital Hardcopy30%

Digital Radiography19%

Imaging IT28%

Hospital IT13%

•Radiology PACS/RIS•Cardiology CVIS•Enterprise Imaging•Regional Imaging

•Hospital Information Systems•Clinical Information Systems•Clinician / Patient Portals

•Computed Radiography•Direct Radiography

FY 2013

100% = 1,160 million Euro

•Developers•Film•Chemistry

•Printers•Film

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Agfa Healthcare in Digital Radiology

Feasibility projects

New applications in 3D reconstruction ?

� Need for a partner !

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iMinds Vision Lab

� University of Antwerp� Vision Lab: 40 researchers� Head: Prof. Dr. Jan Sijbers (promotor)� ASTRA group: 12 researchers� Expertise

- 3D reconstruction- 4D tomography- Discrete tomography- GPU powered reconstruction- Motion correction- Industrial tomography- …

http://visielab.uantwerpen.be/

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Benefits Baekeland project (Agfa) ?

� Lower the risk threshold: go/no go

� Invest in knowledge� Invest in people

� Invest in network

� Connect with academic world: state of the art research

Benefits academic partner (UAntwerpen):

� (Extended) application domain for academic experience

� Connect with ‘real’ world: direct radiologist feedback

� Valorization � IP

� Networking

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Challenges

� Company:- Make working products

- Gather IP

� University- Scientific publications

� ExperienceUniv: interesting research path ☺

- Company: IP blocked by competitor �

- Company: technology not available (algorithm too slow) �

Company: configuring/tuning algo for real world applications ☺

- University: not an interesting research path

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Intellectual Property (patents)

� Defined domains vs 50/50 licenses

� Academic publications: patent +3months� Existing technology @ UAntwerpen: licensing option

� Filing cost

Experience

� Scientific conference + patent: no problem

� Invention within Baekeland agreement scope?

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Stage gate

reviewsIWT projects

Baekeland

MCSA

IWT O&O projects

ICON

H2020

Eureka

Life+

Agfa R&D tactics & funding schemes

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Agfa R&D funded projectportofolio 2009-2014 in Belgium

� Total R&D budget 2014: 154 million €� Total R&D budget in Belgium 2014: 94 million €

� IWT projects 11� ICON SIM 2

� Baekeland 1

� European: FP7 , H2020 10� MIP 1

� Total amount of projects externally funded: 25