La doctora Pilar Beatriz García Allende logra una de las prestigiosas becas de investigación Marie Curie
Se incorporará a un centro alemán para trabajar en el desarrollo de métodos de mejora de los resultados en cirugías de resecación del cáncer

Pilar Beatriz García Allende, doctora en Ingeniería por la Universidad de Cantabria, ha logrado una de las prestigiosas becas internacionales Marie Curie, programa de la Comisión Europea que este año permitirá a 400 jóvenes investigadores europeos acceder a empleos a tiempo completo en instituciones de I+D+i del continente. La ingeniera cántabra iniciará en julio su trabajo en el Instituto de Imagen Biológica y Médica del Helmholtz Zentrum München (centro de investigación alemán para la salud medioambiental), donde se dedicará al desarrollo de métodos ópticos para la mejora de los resultados en cirugías de resecación del cáncer.

Journal: NDT&E International
Paper: Infrared thermography processing based on higher-order statistics

AUTHORS: J. Madruga, Clemente Ibarra-Castanedo, Olga M. conde, José M. López-Higuera, Xavier Maldague
Abstracts:
Active thermography has reached a high status as a non-destructive evaluation method due to both ease and speed of inspection. Nevertheless, automatic processing of an infrared (IR) sequence is essential in order to reduce human intervention. Unfortunately, this target is difficult to achieve given the amount of data recorded by the IR camera during a typical inspection process and human participation is absolutely necessary. In this paper, higher-order statistics (HOS) analysis is employed to process IR sequences and to compress the most useful information into a unique image for each inspection. Pulsed infrared thermographic temporal response is well-known with a statistical behaviour. This statistical behaviour is analyzed and the results of its application to carbon fibres reinforced plastic (CFRP) samples are reported.

Journal: Measurement Science & Technology
Paper: Resilent long-distance sensor system using a multiwavelength Raman laser

AUTHORS: M. Fernández-Vallejo, S. Díaz, R.A. Pérez-Herrera, D. Passaro, S. Selleri, M.A. Quintela, J.M. López-Higuera, M. López-Amo
Abstracts: This paper shows a long-distance remote sensing system using a multiwavelength Raman laser. The sensor network is based on a 50 km long standard single-mode fiber (SMF) and is composed of a simple cavity based on a loop mirror and four fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) arranged in a star configuration. FBGs are used for both the sensing function and the selection of the lasing wavelengths. The system is designed to be inherently resilient to fiber failures. The multiwavelength laser has been characterized for temperature measurements showing a good stability performance.