Medical imaging
Technique and process of creating visual representations of the interior of a body
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| 2024 | Jülich Supercomputing Centre will host JUPITER, the first European exascale supercomputer, capable of performing over one quintillion calculations per second as part of the EuroHPC JU initiative. |
| 2024 |
Magnetic resonance imaging
First human MRI studies performed up to 11.7 T, creating the world's most powerful MRI scanner.
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| August 2023 |
Orthanc
Orthanc was recognized as a digital public good by the Digital Public Goods Alliance.
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| 2022 | Forschungszentrum Jülich reported an annual budget of approximately €948 million, with 48% from institutional funding and 52% from external sources including international and national project funding, research services, and project management. |
| August 3 2022 |
Raymond Damadian
Raymond Damadian passed away at the age of 86 due to cardiac arrest, concluding his significant career as a physician and inventor who made groundbreaking contributions to medical imaging technology.
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| 2021 | Frauke Melchior joins the Board of Directors |
| 2021 | Astrid Lambrecht joins the Board of Directors |
| 2021 |
Orthanc
Orthanc development transitioned to being handled by Alain Mazy with Open Collective financial support and the health informatics research team at Université Catholique de Louvain, led by Sébastien Jodogne.
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| January 2021 | Completion of JURECA-DC module installation, increasing the system's peak performance to 23.5 petaflop/s. |
| 2020 | Forschungszentrum Jülich had 6,796 total employees, including 2,700 scientists, 850 doctoral researchers, 867 administrative staff, 1,380 Project Management Jülich employees, and 500 technical employees. The center also hosted 672 visiting scientists from 62 countries. |
| 2020 | Forschungszentrum Jülich trained over 300 people in 23 different professions, continuing their long-standing commitment to professional training and education. |
| 2020 | JUWELS supercomputer was expanded with a GPU-based booster module, increasing its theoretical peak performance to 85 petaflop/s. |
| 2020 | Nicholas Ayache was named Laureate of the International Steven Hoogendijk Award 2020, recognizing his significant contributions to science. |
| November 2020 | JUWELS became the most powerful supercomputer in Europe and ranked 7th most powerful globally on the TOP500 list when its booster module debuted. |
| September 2020 | Beginning of the JURECA cluster module replacement process with the new JURECA-DC module designed for processing large data volumes. |
| 2019 | The Ernst Ruska-Centre 2.0 for ultrahigh-resolution electron microscopy and the German contribution to ACTRIS-D were added to Germany's National Roadmap by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). |
| 2019 |
PI-RADS
The PI-RADS Steering Committee published an updated version: PI-RADS version 2.1.
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| 2019 |
Magnetic resonance imaging
Human MRI studies were performed at 10.5 T field strength.
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| 2019 | Received the Grand Prix de la ville de Nice, highlighting his local and scientific impact. |
| 2019 | Appointed as the Scientific Director of the Interdisciplinary Institute of Artificial Intelligence (3IA) of the Côte d'Azur. |
| 2019 |
Studierfenster
Completion of the bachelor theses that initiated the Studierfenster project during the summer semester at Graz University of Technology.
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| 2018 | JUWELS supercomputer (Jülich Wizard for European Leadership Science) was first put into operation at Forschungszentrum Jülich. |
| 2018 | The global market for medical imaging manufacturing devices was estimated at $5 billion. |
| 2018 | Became a free member of the French Academy of Surgery, acknowledging his expertise in medical technology and research. |
| 2018 |
Studierfenster
Studierfenster was initiated as part of two bachelor theses during the summer bachelor program at the Institute of Computer Graphics and Vision (ICG) at Graz University of Technology, in collaboration with the Medical University of Graz.
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| 2017 | JURECA was expanded with a GPU-based booster module, becoming the world's first supercomputer with a modular architecture in productive operation. |
| 2017 |
Orthanc
Development of Orthanc began being supported by Osimis company, with Sébastien Jodogne remaining the lead developer.
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| 2017 | Awarded the title of Chevalier of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques, recognizing his academic achievements. |
| 2016 |
PI-RADS
The Joint Steering Committee (ACR, ESUR, and AdMeTech Foundation) published PI-RADS version 2 in European Urology. This paper was awarded the 'Best clinical scientific paper of 2016 in European Urology' and helped gain acceptance of prostate MRI among urologists.
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| 2016 | The medical imaging manufacturing industry was characterized as oligopolistic and mature, with new market entrants Samsung and Neusoft Medical emerging. |
| 2015 | JURECA supercomputer replaced JUROPA, introducing a new computational infrastructure at Forschungszentrum Jülich. |
| 2015 |
Orthanc
Orthanc was awarded the Agoria prize for the best e-health project in Belgium.
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| 2015 | Received the scientific medal from the University of the French Riviera, honoring his scientific contributions. |
| 2015 | Delivered inaugural lessons at the Collège de France, published as the book 'From medical images to digital patients'. |
| 2015 | Concluded his role as scientific director of the Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire (IHU) in Strasbourg. |
| 2014 |
Orthanc
Sébastien Jodogne received the Advancement of Free Software award for his work on Orthanc.
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| 2014 | Elected as a member of the French Academy of Sciences and won the Grand Prix Inria - Academy of Sciences. |
| July 1 2014 | Wolfgang Marquardt assumes the role of chair of the Board of Directors at Forschungszentrum Jülich |
| 2013 | Winner of the MICCAI 2013 Enduring Impact Prize in Nagoya, Japan, recognizing his long-term contributions to medical imaging. |
| 2013 | Became a visiting professor at the Collège de France, holding the annual chair in Computer Science and Digital Sciences for the 2013–2014 academic year. |
| 2013 |
Medical ultrasound
Dr. Hessel Wijkstra completes the first exploratory clinical trial in humans for prostate cancer using molecular ultrasonography in Amsterdam, Netherlands, marking a significant milestone in cancer screening techniques.
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| 2012 | Began serving as scientific director of the Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire (IHU) in Strasbourg. |
| 2011 | Karsten Beneke becomes vice-chair of the Board of Directors |
| 2011 |
Orthanc
Orthanc was initiated by Sébastien Jodogne during his postdoctoral research at CHU de Liège.
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| 2011 | Winner of the European Research Council ERC grant, receiving 2.5 million euros to support his research. |
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