CAI4CAI

We are an academic research group focusing on Contextual Artificial Intelligence for Computer Assisted Interventions.

CAI4CAI is embedded in the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences at King’s College London, UK

About us

We are based at King’s College London

Surgical assistance

Our engineering research aims at improving surgical & interventional sciences

Multidisciplinarity

We take a multidisciplinary, collaborative approach to solve clinical challenges (📖)

London

Our labs are located in St Thomas' hospital, a prominent London landmark

Machine learning

We design learning-based approaches for multi-modal reasonning

Medical imaging

Medical imaging is a core source of information in our research

Computational biophotonics

We design intelligent systems exploiting information captured by safe light

Contextual AI

We thrive at providing the right information at the right time to the surgical team and embrace human/AI interactions (📖)

Translational research

Strong industrial links are key to accelerate translation of cutting-edge research into clinical impact

Open culture

We support open source, open access and involve patients in our research

Collaborative research

CDT SIE

The Centre for Doctoral Training in Surgical & Interventional Engineering (CDT SIE) is an innovative three-and-a-half year PhD training program aiming to deliver translational research and transform patient pathways.

CDT SMI

Through a comprehensive, integrated training programme, the Centre for Doctoral Training in Smart Medical Imaging trains the next generation of medical imaging researchers.

FAROS

The Functionally Accurate RObotic Surgery (FAROS) H2020 project aims at improving functional accuracy through embedding physical intelligence in surgical robotics.

GIFT-Surg

The GIFT-Surg project is an international research effort developing the technology, tools and training necessary to make fetal surgery a viable possibility.

icovid

The icovid project focuses on AI-based lung CT analysis providing accurate quantification of disease and prognostic information in patients with suspected COVID-19 disease.

K-CSC

Up to 100 King’s-China Scholarship Council PhD Scholarship programme (K-CSC) joint scholarship awards are available per year to support students from China who are seeking to start an MPhil/PhD degree at King’s College London.

MRC DTP BiomedSci

The integrated and multi-disciplinary approach of the MRC Doctoral Training Partnership in Biomedical Sciences (MRC DTP BiomedSci) to medical research offers a wealth of cutting-edge PhD training training opportunities in fundamental discovery science, translational research and experimental medicine.

TRABIT

The Translational Brain Imaging Training Network (TRABIT) is an interdisciplinary and intersectoral joint PhD training effort of computational scientists, clinicians, and the industry in the field of neuroimaging.

Wellcome / EPSRC CME

The Wellcome / EPSRC Centre for Medical Engineering combines fundamental research in engineering, physics, mathematics, computing, and chemistry with medicine and biomedical research.

Spin-outs and industry collaborations

Pathways to clinical impact

COSMONiO

COSMONiO is the industrial sponsor of Theo Barfoot’s’s PhD on Active and continual learning strategies for deep learning assisted interactive segmentation of new databases.

Hypervision Surgical Ltd

Following successful in-patient clinical studies of CAI4CAI’s translational research on computational hyperspectral imaging system for intraoperative surgical guidance, Hypervision Surgical Ltd was founded by Michael Ebner, Tom Vercauteren, Jonathan Shapey, and Sébastien Ourselin.

In collaboration with CAI4CAI, Hypervision Surgical’s goal is to convert the AI-powered imaging prototype system into a commercial medical device to equip clinicians with advanced computer-assisted tissue analysis for improved surgical precision and patient safety.