Living Labs
Health Lab
Health Lab is an interdisciplinary research laboratory focused on advanced technologies for healthcare and biomedical engineering. The lab combines expertise in biosignal processing, medical imaging, sensor development, and artificial intelligence, including machine learning and deep learning methods.
Our research spans the full technological pipeline — from the design of sensing systems and embedded electronics to data acquisition, signal processing, and AI-driven interpretation. We develop innovative solutions for non-invasive monitoring, clinical decision support, and intelligent diagnostic systems.
Health Lab emphasizes strong collaboration between engineering, medicine, and data science, with access to real clinical data and experimental validation. Our outcomes are designed for real-world deployment in healthcare, industry, and applied research, with a focus on reliability, scalability, and translational impact.
Industry
Services & Equipment
Health Lab offers applied research and development services in biomedical engineering, artificial intelligence, and smart sensing technologies. We support partners from early concept to functional prototype and validation.
Health Lab provides access to a unique combination of laboratory technologies and real-world testing environments.
Our cooperation includes:
Biomedical Electronics and Embedded Systems
From biomedical sensor design and front-ends to synchronized data acquisition, FPGA acceleration and pulsed power electronics, we turn laboratory algorithms and ML models into standalone functional prototypes.
Applications: Instrumentation · Biopotentials · FPGA · Edge AI
Biosignal Analytics and Telemedicine
Machine-learning and knowledge-based analysis of ECG, EEG, EMG, EGG and other physiological signals supports clinical decision-making, while we design telemedicine systems and assess the accuracy of their measurements.
Applications: Telemedicine · Decision support · Neurology · Gastroenterology
Contactless Human Monitoring
Radar and camera systems monitor vital signs, movement patterns and falls without wearable devices, with applications in healthcare, social care and industry.
Applications: Elderly care · Sleep · Safety · Industry
Continuous Glucose Monitoring and Circulation Modelling
Electrochemical biosensors with microdialysis enable sub-minute glucose monitoring, while a physical blood-circulation model verifies sensors and algorithms before clinical validation.
Applications: Diabetes · Biosensors · Critical care · Simulation
Explainable AI for Medical Imaging
We develop AI for retinopathy of prematurity screening, 3D reconstruction of abdominal vessels for surgery planning, and CT-based prediction of lymph-node metastases in lung cancer.
Applications: Ophthalmology · Surgery · Oncology · Radiology
Motion Analysis, Rehabilitation and Smart Orthotics
Markerless motion analysis and sensor-equipped orthoses and prostheses provide objective data on gait, load and everyday use, complemented by interactive rehabilitation devices with real-time feedback.
Applications: Rehabilitation · Orthotics · Prosthetics · Ergonomics
Prototyping, Testing and Educational Aids
We build functional prototypes, test rigs and Hardware-in-the-Loop setups, provide testing and calibration of medical instrumentation, and develop simulators and physical models as educational aids.
Applications: Prototyping · Calibration · Education · Simulation
Psychophysiology, Stress and Digital Mental Health
Multimodal datasets combining ECG, EDA, EEG, respiration and fNIRS enable objective stress detection and pain biomarker research, while wearable biofeedback with speech analysis supports psychodiagnostics and self-therapy.
Applications: Stress · Pain · Mental health · Biofeedback
Smart Living and Assistive Technologies
Our smart apartment lets us test health, energy and home-automation technologies in real living conditions and validate solutions for the independent living of seniors.
Applications: Seniors · Home care · Accessibility · Energy
Vectorcardiography and Personalized Cardiac Diagnostics
We combine vectorcardiography with machine learning to detect myocardial infarction and ischemia that the standard 12-lead ECG misses, and to support hypertension diagnostics.
Applications: Cardiology · Ischemia · Hypertension · Biometrics
Equipment & facilities
3D printing and rapid prototyping
Supports fabrication of enclosures, wearable housings, rehabilitation aids and custom mechanical parts for functional prototypes.
Prototyping · Medical Devices
BIOPAC data acquisition systems
Multimodal recording of ECG, EDA, respiration and blood pressure for stress, pain and psychophysiology experiments.
Biosignals · Psychophysiology
Captury markerless motion capture system
Markerless optical analysis of human movement for rehabilitation, ergonomics and biomechanics research.
Biomechanics · Rehabilitation
Educational aids and medical simulators
Physical models, signal generators and interactive demonstrators of biomedical devices used for teaching and hands-on training in healthcare.
Education · Simulation
Electrochemical potentiostats
Control of enzymatic biosensors and continuous glucose measurement in microdialysis-based monitoring systems.
Biosensors · Glucose Monitoring
Electronics development workplace (microcontrollers, FPGA platforms)
Design of custom-built sensing systems and bioamplifiers, synchronized data acquisition and hardware-accelerated real-time signal processing.
Embedded Systems · Prototyping
fNIRS system
Non-invasive monitoring of cerebral hemodynamics and brain activity in stress and pain research.
Neuroscience · Psychophysiology
g.tec biosignal amplifiers
High-quality acquisition of EEG, ECG, EMG, EDA and other biosignals for research and clinical studies.
Biosignals · Neuroscience
Hyperspectral imaging
Applicable to advanced imaging workflows in biomedical research and AI-assisted diagnostics.
Imaging · Artificial Intelligence
Instrumented orthoses and prostheses
Sensor-equipped orthotic and prosthetic prototypes for measuring load, gait and wearing time in laboratory and real-world conditions.
Orthotics · Wearables
Laboratory magnetic resonance system (permanent magnet)
Low-field MR system for experimental imaging and development of MR-compatible sensing and measurement methods.
Imaging · Biomedical Engineering
mmWave radar systems
Contactless monitoring of vital signs, movement patterns and falls without wearable devices.
Contactless Monitoring · Sensing
Physical model of blood circulation
Simulation of hemodynamics and glucose metabolism for verifying sensors and software models before in vivo testing.
Biosensors · Simulation
SensFloor
Floor-integrated sensing of presence, activity and falls for assisted living and smart-environment research.
Smart Living · Sensing
Smart apartment
Real-world testing environment with smart-home technologies, remote monitoring, medication dispensing, renewable energy and EV charging.
Smart Living · Living Lab
Vectorcardiography (VCG) and ECG recording systems
Acquisition of multimodal cardiac data for the development and validation of diagnostic algorithms.
Cardiology · Biosignals
Wearable biometric devices
Long-term monitoring of HR, HRV and EDA in real-world conditions for stress and mental-health applications.
Wearables · Mental Health
Projects
SMARTTEST – European Doctoral Network for Resilient Remote Healthcare
RADAR Care – Resilient Assistive Detection & Responsive Care Cross-border Innovation Capitalisation Framework for Ethical and Human-Centred Elderly-Care Solutions
LERCO – Life Environment Research Center
Continuous Glucose Monitoring and Metabolic Diagnostics (EGMedical – Application 3)
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