Miguel Angel Gonzalez Ballester

Head of the Research Department. Medical image analysis software. Management of research teams and research collaborations.

- Manage and coordinate approx. 40 people in 4 research groups: medical image analysis, smart surgical instrumentation (mechatronics), orthopaedic navigation and navigation around the head (CMF and ENT). - Identify and promote new research areas. - Networking with industrial, clinical and academic partners. - Head of Medical Image Analysis Group.

Epidaure/Asclepios Research Group (headed by Prof. Nicholas Ayache), INRIA Sophia Antipolis, France: - Research on medical image analysis (segmentation, registration, etc.). - Supervision of PhD students.

Toshiba Medical Systems, Otawara, Japan: - Research on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology. - Clinical collaborations.

Researcher at Medical Vision Lab, Robotics Research Group (Oct. 1996 - Feb. 2000): - Research on medical image analysis, mainly for neurological applications (schizophrenia, multiple sclerosis). Research Assistant at Dept. of Clinical Neurology (Oct. 1996 – Jan. 2000): - Image processing software for clinical research on schizophrenia.

EDEFSOFT, S.A. (Castellon, Spain): - Development of Windows-based commercial software for business applications.

Universitat Jaume I, Castellon, Spain. Research Assistant at Computer Graphics Lab: - Visual realism, simulation of natural scenes via parametric surfaces and ilumination / shading algorithms.

- PhD thesis on computer-assisted medical image analysis for neurological studies related to schizophrenia and multiple sclerosis. - Supervisors: Prof. Sir Michael Brady and Prof. Andrew Zisserman (Robotics Research Group). Clinical guidance by Prof. Timothy Crow (Clinical Neurology Dept.)