Ing. Karel Vrabec, a student of the Faculty of Information Technology at CTU (FIT CTU), achieved success with his thesis titled “Development of a New Visualization Tool for IKEM.” The work focuses on the development of a new web application, MRI Viewer, to facilitate research on cardiovascular diseases at the Institute of Clinical and Experimental Medicine (IKEM). For his work, he received the Dean's Award in the summer semester of 2023/2024.
IKEM, known for its focus on the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, organ transplants, and diabetology, uses magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) equipment for medical and research purposes. Researchers at IKEM use ParaView – a comprehensive tool for visualizing MRI outputs, which, however, is difficult to use on a daily basis and is available only as a desktop application. Karel Vrabec decided to address this issue using modern web technologies through the MRI Viewer application.
The main goal of the thesis was to create a user-friendly web application based on the client’s requirements. Data obtained from MRI can now be more easily visualized and viewed, which would significantly ease the researchers' work. MRI Viewer meets all client requirements and, thanks to the use of Trame technology, offers a modern and efficient solution. The web application provides an interactive and simplified user interface for managing, viewing, and interacting with MRI outputs.
"I am very grateful that I had the opportunity to develop my thesis in the healthcare field. I created a tool that helps researchers working on new treatment methods for cardiovascular diseases. IKEM plans to develop more similar web applications, so my work also serves as a proposal for how to create these medical visualization applications in the future. I hope that future students will work on other interesting projects like this one, continue to bridge IT with healthcare, and deepen the collaboration between FIT CTU and IKEM," comments Karel Vrabec, FIT CTU graduate.
"In the future, we are open to further collaboration and the development of this software, which could one day be used in practice," adds Associate Professor Ing. Jaroslav Tintěra, CSc., from the Department of Computed Tomography, Magnetic Resonance, and Clinical Experimental Spectroscopy at IKEM's ZRIR.M
