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Andre Khalil’s research uses imaging techniques to transcend disciplines

Andre Khalil’s Computational Modeling, Analysis of Imagery and Numerical Experiments (CompuMAINE) lab has used image analysis techniques to solve a range of problems at every scale, from cancer cells to galaxies… READ MORE

 

The State of AI in Maine Digital Report

The State of AI in Maine 2023 united businesses, educators, data scientists, policy makers, and others leading the state into a new era of AI. This inaugural event celebrated the release of a report by the Roux Institute and the Institute for Experiential AI (EAI) at Northeastern University… READ MORE

 

Maine Startup Challenge awards $12,000 to entrepreneurs of all ages to grow their concepts!

On October 26, Maine Venture Fund hosted the first annual Maine Startup Challenge, a business plan competition to encourage entrepreneurial thinking across all ages… READ MORE

 

Finger on the pulse: Five innovative startups set out to ‘disrupt’ health care

From surgical data entry to early breast-cancer detection, innovation in health care is sparking a flurry of new business activity in Maine… READ MORE

 

Fifth cohort of MIRTA accelerator teams wraps up work

Four faculty-led teams pursuing commercialization of research projects are ready for the next steps in that journey having completed the University of Maine’s 2022 MIRTA accelerator program… READ MORE

 

UMaine Today: Breast Cancer Technology

The University of Maine has developed a computational approach that could assist in the early detection of breast cancer. The recently patented technology may help identify dormant, potentially cancerous (Page 59)… READ MORE

 

What are disorganized breast tissues?

We use methods from physics and mathematics, which allow us to analyze signals and images with very complex structures, in particular scale-invariant structures. Among the many metrics available, we use the Hurst exponent (H)… READ MORE

 

World Cancer Day: Early detection of breast cancer

A native of Rimouski, André Khalil, a researcher-professor since 2005 in the Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Maine (located in Orono), is co-author of a patent on a technology that… READ MORE

 

University of Maine issued patent for technology to aid in early detection of breast cancer

A new technological milestone in detecting breast cancer was made at the University of Maine. The school has received a patent for technology that helps in the early detection of breast cancer… READ MORE

 

Breast cancer research: a Rimouskois makes a major breakthrough

Originally from Rimouski, André Khalil, a researcher-professor since 2005 in the Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Maine, is co-author of a patent on a technology that could eventually contribute to early detection of breast cancer… READ MORE

Could breast cancer be detected earlier thanks to a Rimouski researcher?

Rimouski-born researcher André Khalil has just obtained a patent for an analysis method that could enable early detection of breast cancer. In an interview on the Info-réveil program, Mr. Khalil explained that currently, breast cancer… READ MORE

Technology developed at University of Maine aimed at detecting breast cancer earlier

The University of Maine has been issued a patent for technology that could aid in the early detection of breast cancer. The technology uses computers to analyze the whole breast image… READ MORE

University of Maine issued patent that could help detect breast cancer

The University of Maine has been issued a patent for technology that could aid in the early detection of breast cancer. The invention is a computational approach to analyzing the whole breast image from mammography… READ MORE

UMaine receives patent for technology to aid in early detection of breast cancer

The University of Maine has been issued a patent for a computational approach that has the potential to assist in the early detection of breast cancer… READ MORE

Miracles from Maine

Mice genetically altered to mimic Pitt Hopkins afflication could not remember where a platform was located in their Bates College laboratory even though they’d encountered it in the same spot more than a dozen times in the previous two weeks… READ MORE

Detecting Breast Cancer with Geometry

UMaine assistant professor of mathematics Andre Khalil recently received a grant of more than $73,000 from the Maine Cancer Foundation to build on initial research done by his colleagues in France––Pierre Kestener and Alain Arneodo––concerning use of wavelet-based image analysis to detect tumors and improve early detection of breast cancer…READ MORE

 

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