Imaging by a multitude of modalities from electron, atomic force & optical microscopy, X-ray & neutron imaging, ultrasonic and focused ion beam techniques and more, as well as different methods and techniques used for performing image analysis.

This edition of the Topical Days on Imaging and Image Analysis, will present a broad range of different imaging methods, techniques and applications for material, life and medical science problems. It entails different multi-dimensional and multi-modal methodologies ranging from imaging by microwaves, visible light microscopy, X-rays, neutrons, electrons to chemical imaging and spectroscopy. The ever increasing resolution of modern imaging methods and the growing availability of multi-dimensional imaging capabilities, poses new challenges for the downstream image analysis workflow. Therefore apart from the imaging techniques, this year an unprecedented number of talks will address different aspects of the processing of those images by machine learning and data science methods. The invited speakers will present recent developments in these fields and tools available for the imaging community. 

The program is organized to have a balanced distribution of talks by external speakers and talks highlighting Empa internal research. See the full program and speakers below. 

Target audience

Scientists, Ph.D.’s and post-docs working with different imaging techniques and image analysis methods. Anyone who is interested in learning about the latest developments in imaging and image analyses.

Kindly register by May 10, 2024

Programm/Ablauf

08:30 Robert Zboray, Center for X-ray Analytics, Empa
Welcome & opening remarks
08:40 Wim Mailfait & Shanyu Zhao, Laboratory for Building Energy Materials and Components, Empa
3D imaging of aerogels and other porous materials
09:20 Amjad Khan, Institute of Tissue Medicine and Pathology (ITMP), University of Bern
Post-integration Insights into “MetAssist”: A Colorectal Cancer Lymph Node Screening Model
10:00 Henrik Eliasson, Electron Microscopy Center, Empa
Towards atomically precise nanoparticle size estimation using scanning transmission electron microscopy and generative AI
10:40 Coffee break
11:00 Tessa Nogatz, Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität, Department of Mathematics
Estimation of Motion Vector Fields of Complex Microstructures by Time Series of Volume Images
11:40 Tony McEnroe, Sirius XT, Dublin
Table-Top Soft X-ray Microscopy - from Design to Application
12:20 Lunch break
13:20 Dario Ferreira Sanchez, Chemical Imaging Group and the microXAS Beamline, Laboratory for Synchrotron Radiation and Femtochemistry, PSI
Recent Progress and New Trends in (hard) X-Ray based Chemical Imaging
14:00 Claudio Mucignat & Mattia Turchi, Laboratory for Computational Engineering, Empa
Supervised algorithms for velocimetry and scalar quantification
14:40 Coffee break
15:00 Anders Kaestner, Applied Materials Group, Laboratory for Neutron Scattering and Imaging, PSI
Quantification of processes in porous media
15:40 Eleni Mavrona & Erwin Hack, Transport at Nanoscale Interfaces Laboratory, Empa
THz Nanoscopy
16:20 Closing

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