22 DAILY MICCAI Tuesday ImFusion is acutely aware of this trend and is responding by enhancing its SDK with powerful Python bindings, which enables users unfamiliar with C++ to harness the capabilities of its C++ program libraries, ensuring it remains at the forefront of high-performance computing. ImFusion’s operations are distributed across seven departments, with computer vision being one of six technical divisions alongside machine learning, ultrasound, computed tomography, robotics, and SDK. “You could say that almost everything relates to computer vision,” Wolfgang adds. “In the vision group that Alexander Ladikos leads, we focus on RGBD, real-time point cloud and geometry processing, endoscopic image processing, and industrial vision in some projects. Computer vision is broader than that, and you also have projects where this is combined with robotics. Some of the endoscopic image processing is associated to our computer vision group. We want to cover all interventional modalities. We also need to use ultrasound and X-ray and be at the absolute state of the art in processing all of those, which requires heavy computer vision.” ImFusion is actively involved in transforming patient care, with 90% of its business centered in the medical sector. A range of customers have been able to commercialize fully with its help, and devices running on its framework are being used on patients in surgical settings everyday. “That makes us very happy,” Wolfgang smiles. “It also creates some of the most interesting and exciting research problems. There are certain interventional images in edge cases where we barely see anything in the images, so from all these regressions of the real-world use of our software, we can improve it even further.” This dynamic environment allows ImFusion to enhance its solutions continually, a unique experience that many in academia seldom encounter. The company also dedicates time each year to developing new technologies and methodologies, publishing its findings at leading conferences, including MICCAI and MIDL, and sharing discoveries with the global research community. As well as sponsoring the event, it has two papers on the MICCAI program this year and its is staffing a booth. AI in the Real World
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