Very Low Power Circuits for Medical Imaging

Kris Iniewski
University of Alberta

Monday, February 9, 2009 at 1:00PM
54-134 Engineering IV Building
Refreshments Served

Abstract: Equipment for medical imaging modalities that encompasses X-ray, CT, ultrasound, MRI and nuclear medicine (SPECT/PET) is a $30B market that so far has been largely ignored by IC design community. Even larger opportunities exist in imaging equipment at molecular level that is estimated to be around $100B. Imaging biological processes at the molecular level promises great advances in disease detection and drug development. Today, low noise amplifiers, filters and ADCs are used virtually in all medical imaging circuits. However, integrating tens of thousands of imaging channels/pixels in one chip is still not possible due to excessive power dissipation levels. The talk highlights some opportunities in using circuit design and smart signal processing in order to achieve required density and power targets.

Biography: Krzysztof (Kris) Iniewski is managing R&D at Redlen Technologies Inc., a start-up company in Vancouver, BC, Canada. He is also an Executive Director of CMOS Emerging Technologies (www.cmoset.com). His research interests are in VLSI circuits and semiconductor detectors for medical applications. He has published over 100 research papers, edited or authored 5 books on integrated circuits, and hold 18 international patents.