Medical Engineering
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Research in medical engineering is of utmost importance in a society which is facing significant demographic change. Medical engineering is integrated into an excellent research environment at FAU. Digitalisation is gaining ground in the healthcare sector, with the aim of improving the quality of life for patients and optimising cost structures in healthcare. Scientists at FAU have made fundamental contributions to medical imaging analysis, biomaterials, digital health, medical robotics, bioinformatics, sensors, personalised medicine and artificial intelligence in medicine. More than 90 professors and lecturers specialise in this area at our university and the Central Institute of Healthcare Engineering (ZiMT) was established in 2009 to provide an institutional framework for their collaboration. Strategic partnerships with Siemens Healthineers, Unversitätsklinikum Erlangen, the Fraunhofer institutes, Medical Valley EMN and many other companies in the Nuremberg Metropolitan Region promote efficient technology transfer. The diversity of research networks in medical engineering demonstrates the increasing complexity and importance of interdisciplinary partnerships in engineering, science, entrepreneurship and medicine.
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