SOLUS
Innovation in the diagnosis of breast cancer using ultrasound and diffuse optics.
The SOLUS project aims to develop a new multimodal imaging system which can classify breast cancer detected by mammography screening, in a non-invasive manner, and significantly improve the ability to differentiate between benign and malignant tumours. Invasive procedures, such as biopsies, are currently carried out in an unnecessarily high number of cases. SOLUS can help avoid such unnecessary biopsies by improving the characterisation of lesions in the breast.
About the project
Smart optical and ultrasound diagnostics of breast cancer
SOLUS is a four-year, trans-disciplinary collaborative research project. It brings together highly-experienced engineers, physicists and radiologists to develop an innovative imaging system which combines cutting-edge developments in diffuse optics, ultrasound and shear wave elastography for high-specificity diagnosis of breast cancer.
Work packages
The project is divided into eight work packages responsible for the various aspects and stages of the development and validation of the new SOLUS device.
Results and deliverables
We're making our research findings, and some data available free-of-charge for interested readers and are providing open access to published papers and reports.
The SOLUS Consortium
Our multidisciplinary consortium combines the expertise of nine partners from five European countries. It includes major universities and research institutes, industry partners and a clinical partner. To find out more about our consortium and its scientists, click on the country on the map below and the individual partner logos to the right.
Press, media and publications
You can find all our press publications, media, research results and public data here.
Press and media
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Our research results and data
Our research is published free of any restrictions on access. View our scientific publications and our public reports. Certain data is also shared and available to all.
Contact
SOLUS welcomes inquiries from the public. If you have any questions about our research or the SOLUS device we're developing, feel free to contact us using the form below.
Paola Taroni
Project coordinator
Paola Taroni is a professor of physics at the Department of Pyhsics of POLIMI. She is the project coordinator of SOLUS and leads the project in scientific aspects. Her research focuses mainly on the development of laser systems for time-resolved spectroscopy and imaging, and their applications in biology and medicine with specific attention to the translation of novel techniques to the clinical use.
Peter Gordebeke
Project manager
Peter Gordebeke is a project manager at the European Institute for Biomedical Imaging Research, and leads the project management of SOLUS. He has done research in RNA biology in both academic and industry settings, and has past experience in project management of clinical studies, and EU-funded research.
SOLUS
The SOLUS project is a collaborative research effort, developing a non-invasive and easy-to-operate multi-modal imaging system for high-specificity diagnosis of breast cancer. The system combines optical tomography and and ultrasound in a low-cost, point-of-care medical device.
Legal
The SOLUS project is an initiative of the Photonics Public Private Partnership. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 731877. www.photonics21.org.
Fore more information, visit the project's page on the European Commission's Community Research and Development Information Service CORDIS.
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Contact
SOLUS Project Office
European Institute for Biomedical Imaging Research (EIBIR)
Neutorgasse 9
AT-1010 Vienna, Austria
Phone: +43 1 533 4064 323
www.eibir.org
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