Master's research projects

The Master's training curriculum dedicates a significant amount of time to immersion research in our partner institutes and laboratories at each level of studies. 

In the M1, students take part in a second-semester research project led by a permanent researcher affiliated with HealthTech and take part in a short summer internship in a field related to HealthTech.

In the M2, students take part in a 3rd semester research project that culminates in a 5-6-month internship. In the 3rd semester, the students spend a minimum of one day per week working on their research project. Students will also complete coursework in initiation to research as well as an introduction to creativity and innovation methods. During the 4th semester, students will be immersed full-time in the laboratory to pursue their end-of-studies internship.

The Master's projects listed below are the 2nd-year Master's projects.

• Gaze following in the operating room: enabling surgical role, phase, and team communication analysis
  Supervisors: V. Srivastav (ICube), D. Mutter (CHRU), N. Padoy (ICube & IHU Strasbourg)
  Master's student: S. Baributsa
   
• Planning for volumetric robot-assisted blood-brain- barrier opening
  Supervisors: J. Vappou (ICube), F. Nageotte (ICube), P. Cabras (IGT & ICube)
  Master's student: A. Carrara
   
• SurgiLingo VQA: Developing & Benchmarking Causal Reasoning in Surgical Video for Multimodal AI
  Supervisors: N. Padoy (ICube, IHU Strasbourg), P. Mascagni (IHU Strasbourg)
  Master's student: N. Chanel
   
• Text modality as additional input for imitation learning to better teach a robot how to assist the nurses in the operation room
  Supervisors: M. Yguel (ICube), A. Garcia (IHU Strasbourg)
  Master's student: D. Genotelle
   
• Behavior and brain activity under auditory beat stimulation in humans with attention deficits
  Supervisors: A. Hutt (ICube, INRIA), C. Gontier (ICube), A. Bonnefond (Inserm 1329)
  Master's student: R. Huaranca
   
• Differentiable simulation for parameter estimation and control of endovascular devices
  Supervisors: S. Cotin (INRIA, ICube), F. Nageotte (ICube)
  Master's student: A. Kenawi
   
• Electroencephalography under magnetic neurmodulation of time prediction in schizophrenia
  Supervisors: A. Hutt (INRIA, ICube), A. Giersch (Inserm 1329)
  Master's student: S. Lakhal
   
•  Robotization of a trans-oesophageal probe for interventional echocardiography
  Supervisors: B. Rosa (ICube), E. Galli (CHRU, ICube), F. Nageotte (ICube)
  Master's student: L. Leroy
   
• MYOMAT - Scanning electron microscopy image analysis of murine skeletal muscle extracellular matrix collagen fibers using morphological and deep learning approaches
  Supervisors: B. Naegel (ICube), S. Chatelin (ICube), S. Bensamoun (BMBI)
  Master's student: F. Morini
   
• Relationship between bone microstructure and mechanical behaviour of healthy and implanted femurs: micro-CT and modelling approach
  Supervisors: S. Berthe (ICube), M. Ehlinger (CHRU, ICube), M. Boillat (ICube)
  Master's student: N. Drissi
   
•  Developing skull-adaptive deep learning models for real-time acoustic wave propagation simulation for transcranial focused ultrasound
  Supervisors: V. Srivastav (ICube), P. Cabras (IGT, ICube), N. Padoy (ICube, IHU Strasbourg)
  Master's student: B. Oztas
   
• Distributed impedance control for surgical continuum robots Supervisors: B. Rosa (ICube), H. Omran (ICube)
  Master's student: M. Reina
   
• Innovative Electromagnetic Tracking System for Assisted-Surgery Navigation Supervisors: M. Madec (ICube)
  Master's student: A. Salman
   
• DELIMAD - DEep Learning for IMaging biomarkers in Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia with  Lewy Bodies using anatomical and diffusion MRI
  Supervisors: M. Mondino (ICube), J. Pontabry (ICube)
  Master's student: N. Schaff
   
•  Towards real-time control of ultrasound-induced cavitation for non-invasive drug delivery
  E. Breton (ICube), L. Cuvillon (ICube), J. Vappou (ICube)
  Master's student: J. Tanzini
   
• Human balance disorders after a head trauma: finite element approach to simulate injury biomechanics in the inner ear
  Supervisors: D. Baumgartner (ICube), A. Charpiot (HUS, ICube)
  Master's student: R. Valcourt
   
• Inference of Attentional Mechanisms in Cognitive Tasks
  Supervisors: M. Hashemi (Institut de neurosciences des systèmes), M. Woodman (Institut de neurosciences des systèmes)
  Master's student: S. Muwahed

Here are the 14 Master's research projects selected in 2024:

• Drivers and Barriers to AI and Robotics Adoption in Medical Sciences
  Supervisors: P. Pelletier (BETA), V. Schaeffer (BETA) & F. Nageotte (ICube)
  HealthTech Master's student: Brian Aboujaoudé (PolyMtl)
  Read the project abstract
   
• Automatic detection and classification of carpal dislocations from frontal radiographs
  Supervisors: R. Allègre, P. Liverneaux, C. Wemmert
  HealthTech Master's student: Mirna Alnakri
  Read the project abstract
   
• Enhanced Animal Wellbeing and Preclinical Research Quality with AI Monitoring (WELL-AIM)
  Supervisors: F. Wanert (IHU), N. Padoy (ICube), J. Verde (IHU)
  HealthTech Master's student: Florent Dell'Aniello Picard (PolyMtl)
  Read the project abstract
   
• DENT-IA: Development of explainable artificial intelligence tools for the identification and classification of oro-dental anomalies based on multimodal data
  Supervisors: A. Ayadi (ICube), C. Wemmert (ICube), O. Poch (ICube), A. Bloch-Zupan (IGMBC)
  HealthTech Master's student: Kareem Elgohary
  Read the project abstract
   
• Advancing Multi-Modality Learning Methods for Automated Report Generation from 3D Head and Neck Cancer Medical Images
  Supervisors: V. Srivastav & N. Padoy (IHU-ICube RDH CAMMA), K. Rangarajan (AIIMS, India)
  HealthTech Master's student: Ayush Gupta
  Read the project abstract
   
• Biomechanical modeling and numerical simulation of peripheral vertigo: a focus on patient specific surrogate
  Supervisors: D. Baumgartner & A. Charpiot - ICube
  HealthTech Master's student: Louis Joly
  Read the project abstract
   
• Cognitive and emotional state detection in interactive time based on physiological sensors and behavioral data
  Supervisors: A. Capobianco, A. Ayadi - ICube
  HealthTech Master's student: Moustafa Ahmed
  Read the project abstract
   
• Biomechanical study of connected prostheses
  Supervisors: H. Chibane (INSA) & N. Bahlouli - ICube, P. Liverneaux - HUS
  HealthTech Master's student: Margherita Nada
  Read the project abstract
   
• Developing physics-aware deep-learning approaches for real-time acoustic simulation for blood brain barrier opening planning
  Supervisors: P. Cabras, V. Srivastav, N. Padoy - IHU-ICube RDH CAMMA
  HealthTech Master's student: Juliette Puel
  Read the project abstract
   
• Multi-localization for the Digital Twin of a Hospital
  Supervisors: F. Theoleyre & V. Goepp (INSA) - ICube
  HealthTech Master's student: Luna Salameh
  Read the project abstract
   
• Design and Control of a Haptic Interface for Collaborative Needle Insertion Training
  Supervisors: H. Omran, F. Nageotte & B. Bayle - ICube
  HealthTech Master's student: Carlos Simoes
  Read the project abstract
   
• Focused Ultrasound-triggered Disruption of Bacterial Biofilms
  Supervisors: J. Vappou (ICube), G. Mislin (BSC)
  HealthTech Master's student: Anna Soliani
  ​​​​​​​Read the project abstract
   
• Slice-to-volume stitching for free-hand oblique plane microscopy
  Supervisors: V. Maioli & D. Fortun - ICube
  HealthTech Master's student: Anna Beatriz de Souza Perotto
  Read the project abstract
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• Spectroscopic approach to identify tissue types
  Supervisor: F. Canbaz, University of Basel
  HealthTech Master's student: Aurélien Guzzetti
  Read the project abstract​​​​​​​

Here are the fifteen master projects which were selected for the "training through research" program for the academic year 2023-24:

• Improving a decision support system in medical Intensive Care Unit
  Supervisors: N. Lachiche & V. Castelain - ICube & CHRU Strasbourg
  HealthTech Master student: Rama Abdulhamid
  Read the project abstract

• Unsupervised cross-modality Stain translation using transitive domain adaptation
  Supervisors: M. Islem, T. Lampert, I. Spiridon, & B. Seeliger - ICube &IHU Strasbourg
  HealthTech Master student: Ali Alhaj Abdo   
  Read the project abstract

• EXO- Parsimonious technologies for upper limb muscles activation
  Supervisors: B. Bayle & M Gandolla - ICube & Politecnico de Milano
  HealthTech Master student: Jesse Alves
  Read the project abstract

• Effects of haptic guidance in telemanipulated robotic surgery scenarios
  Supervisors: F. Nageotte & B. Seeliger - ICube & IHU Strasbourg
  HealthTech Master student: Giorgia Baldazzi
  Read the project abstract

• Wireless cellular connectivity for operating room
  Supervisors: T. Noel & J. Montavont - ICube
  HealthTech Master student: Anna Beatriz de Souza Perotto
  Read the project abstract

• C-HUMBLE: Classification of human body movement with application to Lewy Body Disease
  Supervisors: H. Seo & A. Hutt - ICube
  HealthTech Master student: Gauthier Debes
  Read the project abstract

• Autonomous robot control: an optical fiber and deep neural network-based method to estimate the 3D position of endovascular devices
  Supervisors: S. Cotin & F. Nageotte - ICube
  HealthTech Master student: Francesco Dettori
  Read the project abstract

• "PReSEEG" : Fast and accurate planning for minimal electrode deployment in SEEG surgeries for epilepsy
  Supervisors: C. Essert, I. Ollivier, & L. Gauer - ICube
  HealthTech Master student: Léa Drolet-Roy
  Read the project abstract

• Acceleration of MRI-based in vivo pH mapping
  Supervisors: J. Lamy & C. Bund - ICube & ICANS
  HealthTech Master student: Antoine Gilliet
  Read the project abstract

• Pancreatic precancerous lesion detection by ensemble deep learning
  Supervisors: C. Wemmert & J. Cros - ICube
  HealthTech Master student: Osman Gullu
  Read the project abstract

• Biomechanical modelling and numerical simulatin of peripheral vertigo: a focus on endolymphatic hydrops and benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
  Supervisors: D. Baumgartner & A. Charpiot - ICube
  HealthTech Master student: Mathias Halm
  Read the project abstract

• Postoperative phase of femoral osteotomy: numerical and experimental study
  Supervisors: - Y. Othmani, M. Bilasse, & M. Ehlinger - ICube & ICAM
  HealthTech Master student: João Luiz Machado Junior
  Read the project abstract

• Joint analysis of 3D Hippocampus Shape, Skeleton-based Gait and behavioural tests for Alzheimer disease diagnosis and monitoring : translational study in mice and human
  Supervisors: H. Drira & L. Harsan - ICube
  HealthTech Master student: Mubarak Olaoluwa
  Read the project abstract

• Disentangled variational autoencoders for multiomics data. Application to study mechanisms leading to radioresistance in high-grade glioblastoma
  Supervisors: S. Faisan, J. Godet, & N. Entz-Werlé  - ICube
  HealthTech Master student: Luis Villamarin
  Read the project abstract

• MRI Anthropomorphic cross-sectional phantoms
  Supervisors: JP Dillenseger,S. Chatelin, & PE Zorn - ICube
  HealthTech Master student: Habeeb Yusuff
  Read the project abstract

Here are the master projects which were selected for the "training through research" program for the academic year 2022-23:

• Parsimonious technologies for sensing upper limb muscles activation
  Supervisors: B. Bayle & M. Gandolla - ICube & Politecnico di Milano
  Master student: Mahrukh Azhar
  Read the project abstract
   
• Three-dimensional roving tissue imaging with oblique plane microscopy
  Supervisors: V. Maioli & D. Fortun - ICube
  HealthTech Master student: Ariadna Bachiller Pulido
  Read the project abstract
   
• Optimal auditory neurostimulation to alleviate visual attention deficits in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  Supervisors: A. Hutt & A. Bonnefond - ICube, Inria & Inserm 1114
  HealthTech Master student: Gabriel Alves Castro
  Read the project abstract
   
• Design and control of a training device for needle insertion
  Supervisors: H. Omran, B. Bayle & F. Nageotte - ICube
  HealthTech Master student: Thomas Cesare
  Read the project abstract
   
• Advanced modeling of cable-actuated continuum robots for surgical applications
  Supervisors: B. Rosa & H. Courtecuisse - ICube
  HealthTech Master student: Chiara Cignolini
  Read the project abstract
   
• Deep Learning methods applied to endoscopic ultrasound video stream, deployment test to the examination room on low-capacity hardware
  Supervisors: N. Padoy, L. Sosa-Valencia & J.-P. Mazellier - ICube & IHU Strasbourg
  HealthTech Master student: Erik Feragotto
  Read the project abstract
   
• Machine learning for multimodal analysis of histopathological images and mass spectrometry data for improved diagnosis of mixed liver cancers
  Supervisors: C. Wemmert & V. Paradis - ICube & Paris VII
  HealthTech Master student: Elena Ferraguti
  Read the project abstract
   
• Study of the damage mechanisms and of cortical bone consolidation in view of the optimization of a prosthesis
  Supervisors: N. Bahlouli, C. Cluzel & R. Allena - ICube, Paris-Saclay & Université Côte d’Azur
  HealthTech Master student: Marie Gesser
  Read the project abstract
   
• Numerical modelling of the balance sensors of the inner ear : influence of specific, variable and individual anatomy
  Supervisors: D. Baumgartner & A. Charpiot - ICube & HUS Strasbourg
  HealthTech Master student: Ethan Giolito
  Read the project abstract
   
• Multimodal attention-based AI tool for recognition of intrahepatic vascular structures in intraoperative ultrasound images
  Supervisors: A. Karargyris & J. Verde - IHU Strasbourg
  HealthTech Master student: Dylan Meckes
  Read the abstract of the project
   
• Tumor Segmentation in Multimodal 3D Imagery using Self-Supervised Learning: A Case Study on the Liver
  Supervisors: T. Lampert, A. Venkatasamy & J.-P. Mazellier - ICube & IHU Strasbourg
  HealthTech Master student: Laetitia Rebière
  Read the abstract of the project
   

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Here are the master projects which were selected for the "training through research" program for the academic year 2021-22:

• Automating OCT scanning for colorectal applications
  Supervisors: F. Nageotte, B. Rosa & M. Gora - ICube
  Read the project abstract written by HealthTech Master student Tania Olmo Fajardo
   
• Biomechanical modeling and simulation of the human balance system
  Supervisors: D. Baumgartner & A. Charpiot - ICube & HUS
  Read the project abstract written by HealthTech Master student Abdulmassih Saba
   
• Biopsy simulation of musculoskeletal tumors
  Supervisors: H. Courtecuisse, D. Baumgartner, N. Bahlouli & M. Ehlinger - ICube & HUS
  Read the project abstract written by HealthTech Master student Claire Martin
   
• Wrist Fracture Surgical Video Analysis for AI-Based Training
  Supervisors: T. Lampert, P. Liverneaux & N. Padoy - ICube
  Read the project abstract written by HealthTech Master student Camille Graëff
   
• CRYO-Track : Guiding multiple needles on planned trajectories
  Supervisors: C. Essert & A. Mukhopadhyay - ICube & TU Darmstadt
  Read the project abstract written by HealthTech Master student João Victor Galvão da Mata
   
• Finite Element and Deep Learning Joined Approach for Developing an Augmented Reality Tool dedicated to Livery Surgery
  Supervisors: J.-P. Mazellier & H. Courtecuisse - ICube, IHU & Inria
  Read the project abstract written by HealthTech Master student Alessandro Albanesi
   
• deep-LIOUS: an AI-enabled educational tool for laparoscopic intraoperative ultrasound based on automatic and real-time detection of intrahepatic landmarks
  Supervisors: A. Karargyris & J. Verde - ICube & IHU
  Read the project abstract written by Master student Karl-Philippe Beaudet
   
• Automated segmentation of 3-D electron micrographs and dynamic changes in cellular organization during metastasis
  Supervisors: B. Naegel & P. Schultz - ICube & IGBMC
   
• Solution for magnetic resonance elastography using artificial intelligence
  Supervisors: S. Chatelin & G. Exarchakis - ICube & IHU
  Read the project abstract written by Master student Claudia Boily
   
• Multiscale model based on medical imaging and influence of the KLF10 gene on the biomechanical behavior of skeletal muscle
  Supervisors: S. Chatelin & S. Bensamoun - ICube & UTC
  Read the project abstract written by HealthTech Master student Aude Loumeaud
   
• Robotic assistance for Blood-Brain-Barrier opening using focused ultrasound
  Supervisors: J. Vappou, F. Nageotte & L. Barbé - ICube
  Read the project abstract written by HealthTech Master student Adnan Saood
   
• Camera network for skin lesion analysis by optical biopsy
  Supervisors: T. Noël & J. Zallat - ICube & INetlab
  Read the project abstract written by HealthTech Master student Florian Déchaux
   
• Development of an artificial mouth for in-vitro assessment of the degradation of orthodontic aligners, made of a polymeric material, when subjected to masticatory constraints
  Supervisors: H. Jmal & D. Wagner - ICube
   
• System for sensorimotor function recovery for hemiparetic patients
  Supervisors: B. Bayle & M. Pradines - ICube and UPEC
  Read the project abstract written by HealthTech Master student Nada Salman
   
• Prediction of endoscope movements in robotic endoluminal interventions
  Supervisors: F. Nageotte & B. Rosa - ICube
  Read the project abstract written by HealthTech Master student Edgard Weissrock
   

• Robotized additive manufacturing of soft robots for medical devices
  Supervisors: L. Barbé, B. Wach, M. Bednarczyk & F. Geiskopf - ICube
  Read the project abstract written by HealthTech Master student Jérémy Sand