The Laboratory of Information and Computer Technologies is a structural unit of the Scientific Research Institute of Experimental and Clinical Medicine of the Belarusian State Medical University.
The Laboratory of Information and Computer Technologies was established as a scientific and methodological base:
- to support scientific research carried out in the training of highly qualified medical personnel,
- to create analytical computer systems and software applications focused on solving problems in scientific, practical and educational fields of medicine,
- to implement developments in scientific, clinical, and educational practice.
The tasks assigned to the laboratory determine its human resources and areas of activity. Among which the main ones are:
1. Search and research of new patterns and dependencies in the functioning of the human body in various pathologies using artificial intelligence.
2. Automated processing and analysis of biomedical images obtained by magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography, optical coherence tomography, positron emission tomography.
3. The use of artificial neural networks and computer mathematics for three-dimensional modeling of anatomical structures and the implementation of interactive interaction with them to improve the quality of surgical intervention planning.
4. The use of machine learning algorithms to predict the nature and severity of diseases, as well as to evaluate the effectiveness of therapy.
5. Automation of the educational process
6. Development of client-server applications
The laboratory has extensive experience in creating products that are actively used in research, medical practice, and education.:
1. Bioscan image input and analysis system
2. Computer system of surdo-pedagogical rehabilitation "Guidance" («Руко_водство»).
3. Software package for analyzing the color components of the neuroretinal girdle for detecting degenerative changes in the optic nerve disc "ColorX"
Demonstration
4. Virtual Stomatology software package for planning the surgical stage of dental implantation in the upper jaw
Demonstration
5. Software package for assessing the dynamics of pathomorphological changes in the brain "BrainSnitch"
Demonstration
6. The software application "PathDetector", which allows you to automatically identify Gleason patterns on a histological image, to form a prognosis of pathology in accordance with ISUP recommendations.
Demonstration
History
The Laboratory of Information and Computer Technologies (ICT) was established in 1998 during the reorganization of the Laboratory of Morphological Research Methods (MRM), which at that time consisted of two groups - electron microscopy and computer data processing.
The teams of both groups were staffed by highly qualified, experienced specialists who gave birth to a variety of original techniques based on the use of complex precision technology: mass spectrometers, electron microscopes, ultratoms, Hall sensors, the IVK-2 information and computing complex, which included a powerful UVK SM4 computer with a rack of special CAMAC equipment (CAMAC — Computer Automated Measurement and Control), capable of receiving, processing and analyzing electrical signals coming from medical devices – cardiographs, encephallographs, myographs, etc..
A considerable part of the techniques developed in the laboratory were supported by copyright certificates for inventions. However, the development directions of the groups varied significantly, and this was largely the reason for the reorganization of the laboratory. Specialists with technical education were united within the framework of a new structural unit, which received the status of the laboratory of information and computer technologies. The direction of development of scientific and applied products of the new laboratory was determined by its name and is based on the use of extensive digital technology capabilities.
Today it is one of the most dynamic departments of the university, solving complex technical tasks in the field of healthcare.
The laboratory staff, in close cooperation with medical scientists, biologists, and psychologists, created hardware and software complexes and techniques that have gained recognition not only in Belarus, but also far beyond its borders.
The laboratory's developments have been repeatedly presented as exhibits at National Exhibitions of the Republic of Belarus held outside our country.
Oncology, ophthalmology, neurosurgery, dentistry, pharmacology, and histology are not a complete list of medical fields in which laboratory developments have determined the success of scientific, diagnostic, and therapeutic practice.