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The center for Processing Speech and Images (PSI) is with 70 people one
of the big research units within the Electrical Engineering (ESAT) Department.
Research covers a large area in the field of audio-visual information
processing.
The combination of speech and image processing within the same group is
an important advantage for the future, which is quite unique within the
European context. Our researchers come from different backgrounds:
engineers, physicists, mathematicians, linguists,... This multi
disciplinarity gives PSI the possibility to couple fundamental innovation
with practical solutions in a broad spectrum of applications. The large
number of European projects underlines our international reputation. PSI
has been a starting point of successful spin-offs and a reliable partner
for industry.
The center consists of three subgroups:
- MIC is the
Medical Image Computing group. Work is done on Medical
Imaging (reduction metal artefacts (CT), echocardiography simulation,
reconstruction for fast MR-imaging), Quantitative Image Analysis (image
segmentation, rigid & non-rigid registration, shape analysis, brain
morphometry), visualisation (3D surgery planning with soft tissue
deformation, augmented reality & immersive visualisation), Multimedia
& Telecommunication (PACS/HIS, hypermedia, teleworking).
- VISICS (VISion for
Industry Communications and Services) concentrates
on image processing for industrial applications, communication and the
service sector. The most important areas of research are virtual reality,
multimedia and image compression, 3D reconstruction, surveillance,
space applications, robot vision/navigation, remote sensing and visual
inspection.
- The SPEECH group works on
automatic speech recognition by means of Hidden Markov Models and Neural
networks, processing and quality improvement of audio signals in noisy
environments, speech corpora for Dutch, speech driven user interfaces and
speech coding and speech transformations.
You can reach us by
- Tel.: +32-(0)16-32.17.13
- Fax: +32-(0)16-32.17.23
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