Department of Biomedical Engineering (IMT)

In close collaboration with the medical technology industry and medical clinics we work to meet the needs in healthcare. Since 1972, we have been a national center for research and graduate and undergraduate education in medical technology. 

We strive towards being a catalyst for sustainability in future medical systems and innovations – an arena for leading international researchers and teachers where new knowledge is created and dispersed

Our research and education centers around biomedical optics, ultrasound and bio-acoustics, modeling and simulation of physiological processes, neuro-technology, knowledge-based decision support systems as well as signal and image processing methods.

Research in biomedical engineering

Image: Anders Brun, Hae-Jeong Park, Hans Knutsson och Carl-Fredrik Westin

Biomedical Image Science

We develop methods & techniques for depicting anatomy & function in the human body & its organs. From imaging techniques, through methods of analysis and quantification of image information, to validation of new methods and image-based biomarkers

Biomedical optics.

Biomedical optics

Biomedical Optics studies the basic principles of interaction between light and biological tissues, cells and molecules and develops new technologies for use in basic research and clinical applications.

Klinisk informatik

Clinical Informatics

The goals of our research are to gather knowledge from medical data and improve the flow of information in healthcare systems.

Our latest publications

2024

Sara Bergstrand, Hanna Jonasson, Ingemar Fredriksson, Marcus Larsson, Carl Johan Östgren, Tomas Strömberg (2024) Association between cardiovascular risk profile and impaired microvascular function in a Swedish middle-aged cohort (the SCAPIS study) European Journal of Preventive Cardiology Continue to DOI
Alfredo Miguel Ordinola, Evren Özarslan, Ruiliang Bai, Magnus Herberthson (2024) Limitations and generalizations of the first order kinetics reaction expression for modeling diffusion-driven exchange: Implications on NMR exchange measurements Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 160, Article 084701 Continue to DOI
Johan Jönemo (2024) Deep learning on large neuroimaging datasets
Muhammad Usman Akbar, Måns Larsson, Ida Blystad, Anders Eklund (2024) Brain tumor segmentation using synthetic MR images - A comparison of GANs and diffusion models Scientific Data, Vol. 11, Article 259 Continue to DOI
Velencia J. Witherspoon, Michal E. Komlosh, Dan Benjamini, Evren Özarslan, Nickolay Lavrik, Peter J. Basser (2024) Novel pore size-controlled, susceptibility matched, 3D-printed MRI phantoms Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Continue to DOI

Doctoral studies

Postgraduate studies at the Department of Biomedical Engineering are characterized by their multidisciplinary profile, where research and education takes place at the meeting place of medicine and technology. The aim of postgraduate education is to provide broader and deeper knowledge within the field of medical technology and specific knowledge in the dissertation field, as well as providing research experiences and skills in research methodology.

Faculty of Science and Engineering Doctoral studies Biomedical Engineering Sciences Martin Hultman

Doctoral studies in Biomedical Engineering Sciences

Biomedical Engineering Sciences is characterised by its interdisciplinary profile, where research and education take place in the scientific field between medicine and technology.

Undergraduate education

We educate bachelor level engineers and master level engineers. This is done both through the degree program in biomedical engineering as well as in collaboration with other engineering programs. The proximity to the hospital allows for field trips, demonstrations and laboratory work in clinics. Experts from the hospital are often hired as lecturers in their areas of expertise. 

Biomedical Engineering, Master's Programme, 120 credits

This programme combines fundamental concepts and knowledge in engineering, biology, and medicine to develop innovative technologies, materials, processes, and systems, with the aim of improving healthcare.

News about biomedical engineering

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“Got further than I could have imagined”

LiU’s interdisciplinary investment in e-health is here to stay. In a course, students from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences are working together with students from the Faculty of Science and Engineering to develop digital solutions.

The world's largest eye research organization praises LiU researchers

Neil Lagali and Mehrdad Rafat earn global acclaim, winning ARVO Foundation's 2023 Point of View Award. Recognized by the world's largest eye research organization, their work in regenerative ophthalmology offers new hope for vision restoration.

Picture from the emergency department at Linköping US.

Triaging tomorrow: Hyperspectral imaging redefines emergency care

Each year, more than 2 million patients in Sweden visit an emergency department. These departments often experience crowding leading to a rise in return visits and increased mortality. A WCMM project will target shortcomings of current triage tools.

Upcoming events

21 May 2024

BME@LiU 2024

8.30 am – 5.30 pm Hugo Theorell, Antracit and Dolomit, floor 9, University Hospital, Linköping

BME@LiU is a day filled with activities related to the field of biomedical engineering. The activities reach out to all researchers, companies, organisations, students and clinicians who support, contribute to, or utilise BME technologies. This year have an extra focus on medical applications in LiU's strategic research areas on cancer and inflammatory diseases (MIIC). Welcome to participate on site or via Zoom.

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Department of Biomedical Engineering
Building 462, entrance 71 or 65, floor 11-13
Building 006, entrance 54, floor 11
Campus US

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Linköping University
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Campus US
SE-581 83 Linköping

Fint your way to IMT

IMT has its premises at Campus US. Our administration as well as the majority of our researchers are located in building 462. The easiest ways to find us are via the University Hospital Campus (US) Main entrance (entrance 65), entrance 71 (IMT's parking), entrance 54 (Hugo Theorells torg) or entrance 69 (clinical pathology).

Entrance 65

Walk past Deli Marché on the left and follow signs for IMT down the stairs. When you get to the lower floor follow the corridor straight ahead until it divides. You will then find stairwells and lifts to IMT directly on your left.

Entrance 71

Enter the corridor through the doors to the left immediately after the entrance. When the corridor divides you find stairwells and lifts to IMT on your right.

Entrance 54

Directly on your right take the stairs down one floor, go straight ahead in the corridor named "Cellgången". Soon you will see lifts to IMT on your left.

Entrance 69

Go up the ramp and then take the spiral staircase up one floor to floor 8. From here take left in the corridor marked "Kulvert till övriga sjukhuset". Go straight ahead until you see lifts to IMT on your right.

House 006, entrance 54

Our neuroengineering researchers can be found in house 006. The easiest way to get to them is via entrance 54 at Hugo Theorells torg. Go straight ahead and then left through the IT department's premises. Follow signs for "IMT, Neuroteknik".

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