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  • Eya Ben Amor is joining the team May 18, 2026

    Eya Ben Amor is doing her master 2 internship over the spring-summer 2026 season at CRMSB. In collaboration with I2M (Bordeaux) and LMU (Munich), she will develop new workflow and image processing tools for the creation of thermal numerical models for the treatment of liver tumors. We welcome her to Bordeaux.

  • The team is presenting one abstracts at EUROMIT2026 Apr 20, 2026

    Gwendal Durand-Chatton is presenting his work with Prism and Mitovsac EULITT2026.

    • The mitochondrial TRPV1 receptor: a therapeutical target for heatstroke management? by Gwendal Durand-Chatton.

    This work was supported by THERMOLYSE

  • The team is presenting one abstracts at EULITT2026 Apr 20, 2026

    Dr. Manon Desclides is presenting our work with CHU-LILLE and Onco-Thai at EULITT2026 during the session “Oncology”.

    • 14:51- 14:58 C10 Experimentally validated thermal digital twin for interstitial photodynamic therapy (iPDT): an ex vivo proof of concept. Manon Desclides.

  • The team is presenting two abstracts at RITS2026 Apr 20, 2026

    Nino Avetikovi and Dr. Manon Desclides are presenting their work at RITS2026 during the session “Innovations technologiques en santé 2”.

    • Magnetic resonance thermometry validation of bioheat transfer model for lesion size prediction in liver tumor microwave ablation procedures by Nino Avetikovi.

    • Investigating the thermal effect of photodynamic therapy for glioblastoma treatment by Manon Desclides.

    This work was supported by SMART-HEAT This work has received financial support from the CNRS through the MITI interdisciplinary programs under its exploratory research program under the project [CHAUPATAT].

  • A post-doc position is now opened in MRI and thermoregulation Apr 15, 2026

    L’offre détaillée est accessible à ce lien

    Pour toute question, n’hésitez pas à me contacter.

  • Hippolyte Salles is joining the team Apr 13, 2026

    Hippolyte Salles is doing his master 2 internship over the spring-summer 2026 season at CRMSB. He will develop new segmentation algorithms and image processing tools for the creation of thermal numerical models for the treatment of liver tumors. We welcome him to Bordeaux.

  • Pre-Release-Of-Software-Suite-MilleFeuille Mar 1, 2026

    The Millefeuille ecosystem is a software suite with a strong emphasis on cardiac microstructure that include:

    • Millefeuille extractor (done)

    • Millefeuille calculator (done)

    • Millefeuille segmentator (on going)

    • Millefeuille predictor (starting)

    Millefeuille Services, a private (to be open source after publication) branch focused on the study of structural heterogeneities associated with cardiac arrhythmia.

    link to the code

  • Charlotte Demeret is joining the team Feb 23, 2026

    Charlotte Demeret is doing her master 2 internship over the spring-summer 2026 season at Liryc. In collaboration with Jairo Rodrigez Padilla (INRIA) and Julie Magat (Université de Bordeaux), she will develop new high-resolution MRI acquisition and image processing tools for the creation of new digital electrophysiology models for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. We welcome her to Bordeaux.

  • A blog article has been published in 'Le journal du CNRS' on our latest work. Feb 1, 2026

    Our article ‘New analytical and hybrid heat transfer models for thermal ablation procedures validated by MRI thermometry’ has been accepted at International Journal of Hyperthermia. A related blog article has been published in ‘Le journal du CNRS’. Congratulation to the Smart-Heat team.

    link to the blog article

  • Presenting at the TractAnat Club Jan 22, 2026

    Presenting at the TractAnat Club, how cardiac cell structure influences MRI diffusion signals.

    link to the youtube video

  • Organising and Attending the 1st Low-Field MRI conference in Bordeaux Nov 25, 2025

    The 1st International Conference on the Use of Low and Ultra-low Field MRI for Cohort Imaging in Neuroepidemiology is organised by my lab (the CRMSB) and the VBHI. This conference will be held in Bordeaux from 25 to 26 November 2025.

    link to the conference website

  • Attending the RJRFRR-2026 conference in Bordeaux Oct 5, 2025

    The annual conference of the “Journées du réseau français de recherche reproductible” RJRFRR was in Bordeaux. A focus was done on the transactional package manager GNU Guix. We thanks the organiser for the nice practical course on grid’5000 computers.

  • The team is presenting five abstracts at the ESMRMRB conference in Marseille Oct 5, 2025

    The biannual conference of the European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology ESMRMB will be held in Marseille from 8 to 11 October 2025. The following five contributions will be presented:

    • Extensive experimental validation through MRI thermometry of hybrid model for bioheat transfer in microwave ablation of liver and reconstruction of the temperature field near the needle by Ida Burgers
    • PHYSICS-INFORMED TEMPERATURE FIELD RECONSTRUCTION IN THERMAL ABLATION VALIDATED USING MRI THERMOMETRY by Mariana De Melo Antunes.
    • Magnetic resonance thermometry validation of bioheat transfer model for lesion size prediction in liver tumor microwave ablation procedures by Nino Avetikovi.
    • by Dr. Manon Desclides.
    • A subvoxel correction of boiling-induced susceptibility artifacts in magnetic resonance thermometry and dosimetry for monitoring microwave thermoablation presented by myself. PG262

    This work was supported by SMART-HEAT This work has received financial support from the CNRS through the MITI interdisciplinary programs under its exploratory research program under the project [CHAUPATAT].

  • Manon Deslides is joining the SMART-HEAT projet Aug 1, 2025

    Dr. Manon Deslides is joining the SMART-HEAT project. We welcome her in the Team.

  • Our ANR grant proposal (THERMOLYSE) has been accepted, hourra! Jul 15, 2025

    Our ANR grant proposal THERMOLYSE between MITOVASC (Angers), PRISM (Angers) and CRMSB (Bordeaux) has been accepted.

  • Karoline Honorato Araujo is joining the team Jul 1, 2025

    Karoline Honorato Araujo is doing her master 1 internship over the summer 2025 season. She will develop deep-learning segmentation methods for abdominal imaging. We welcome her to Bordeaux.

  • Journée SFT dedicated to reduced model in heat transfert modeling Jun 16, 2025

    I’ll attend at Paris the “journée SFT” Société Française de Thermique dedicated to reduced model in heat transfert modeling lien.

  • Visit of the Sherbrooke Connectivity Imaging Lab (SCIL) Apr 20, 2025

    I’m visiting the Sherbrooke Connectivity Imaging Lab (SCIL) for a week. Many thanks to Maxime Descoteaux, François Rheault and all members of SCIL.

  • I’ve been invited by the SFRMBM to give a course on phase imaging. Mar 24, 2025

    I’ve been invited by the SFRMBM in Saint-Malo to give a 45 min course on phase imaging.

  • HDR defense Mar 20, 2025

    Done! The title was “Imagerie thermique par IRM : développements méthodologiques et applications en radiologie interventionnelle.”

  • Manel Benabas is joining the team Feb 10, 2025

    Manel Benabas is doing her master 2 internship over the spring-summer 2025 season. In collaboration with Florence Franconi, she will develop non-invasive and volumetric thermometric mapping technique using MR spectroscopy protocol to study hyperthermia and hypothermia. We welcome her to Bordeaux.

  • Bilal Ajdid is joining the team Feb 10, 2025

    Bilal Ajdid is doing his master 2 internship over the spring-summer 2025 season. He will develop non-invasive and volumetric thermometric mapping technique using MR spectroscopy protocol to study brain temperature elevations. We welcome him to Bordeaux.

  • Welcome to Ida Burgers who will start her PhD Jan 1, 2025

    Ida Burgers, former student at University of Bordeaux, is starting a PhD with Jean-Luc Battaglia and me at I2M and CRMSB, respectively. We welcome her to Bordeaux.

  • Anne Josset’s PhD defense for which I served as examinateur. Dec 10, 2024

    Anne Josset’s PhD defense for which I served as examinateur

  • Joao Magnus Bailuni de Bragança is joining the team Nov 26, 2024

    Joao Magnus Bailuni de Bragança is doing his PhD with Cesar Cunha Pacheco in Rio de Janeiro at the Universidade Federal Fluminense. He obtained funding from the Brazilian agency CAPES to spend 6 months of his PhD in France at the CRMSB. We welcome him to Bordeaux.

  • A second application is now opened for a master position in MRI and thermorégulation Nov 26, 2024

    L’offre détaillée est accessible à ce lien Pour toute question, n’hésitez pas à nous contacter.

  • Defense day for Pierre Cabanis Nov 19, 2024

    Pierre Cabanis’s PhD defense And also my first PhD defense as PhD advisor.

  • Welcome to Nino Avetikovi who will start her PhD Nov 4, 2024

    Nino Avetikovi, former student at PHELMA, is starting a PhD with Jean-Luc Battaglia and me at I2M and CRMSB, respectively. We welcome her to Bordeaux.

  • Application is now opened for a master position in MRI and neuroscience Oct 21, 2024

    L’offre détaillée est accessible à ce lien Pour toute question, n’hésitez pas à nous contacter.

  • Our ANR-DFG grant proposal (SMART-HEAT) has been accepted, hourra! Oct 20, 2024

    Our ANR-DFG grant proposal SMART-HEAT between LMU (Munich), I2M (Bordeaux) and CRMSB (Bordeaux) has been accepted. Check this page for additionnal information.

  • L'écosysteme Mille-Feuilles démarre Oct 2, 2024

    L’écosysteme Mille-Feuilles est une suite logicielle avec une forte emphase sur la microstructure cardiaque. Le premier service intégrant une base de donnée publique est maintenant opérationnelle.

    Le site github avec une description très brève des fonctionnalité link

    La base de donnée publique link

  • Application is now opened for a PhD position in personalized image-guided therapies Jun 1, 2024

    link

  • Rebecca-Lafont is joining the team May 6, 2024

    Rebecca-Lafont, student at PHELMA, is doing her 2nd year internship at IHU-LIRYC for 3 months. We welcome her to Bordeaux.

  • Our CNRS MITI grant proposal (CHAUPATAT) has been accepted, hourra! Apr 3, 2024

    Our CNRS MITI grant proposal CHAUPATAT between I2M (Bordeaux) and CRMSB (Bordeaux) has been accepted. By the way, I strongly recommend reading this post emphasising the difference between the expressions “chaud patate” and “patate chaude” : https://www.mots-surannes.fr/chaud-patate/

  • Elodie Kopp is joining the team Mar 6, 2024

    Elodie Kopp is doing her project of engineering school over the spring-summer 2024 season. In collaboration with Alexandre Xenon, she will develop non-invasive and volumetric thermometric mapping technique using MR spectroscopy protocol to study fatigue. We welcome her to Bordeaux.

  • Eber Dantas de Sá Paiva is joining the team Jan 14, 2024

    Eber Dantas de Sá Paiva is doing his PhD with Helcio Orlande in Rio de Janeiro at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). He obtained funding from the Brazilian agency CAPES to spend 10 months of his PhD in France at the CRMSB. We welcome him to Bordeaux

  • First article of Pierre Cabanis has been accepted in JCMR Nov 17, 2023

    ” Cardiac structure discontinuities revealed by ex-vivo microstructural characterization. A focus on the Basal Inferoseptal Left Ventricle region” has been accepted in JCMR. Hourra!

  • SMS-EPI article has been accepted in International Journal of Hyperthermia Mar 30, 2023

    Our paper “3D motion strategy for online volumetric thermometry using simultaneous multi-slice EPI at 1.5T: an evaluation study” has been accepted in International Journal of Hyperthermia. Congrats!

  • Margaux Nussbaumer is joining the team Mar 1, 2023

    Margaux Nussbaumer is doing her project of engineering school over the spring-summer 2024 term. In collaboration with Alexandre Xenon, she will develop non-invasive and volumetric thermometric mapping technique using MR spectroscopy protocol to study fatigue. We welcome her to Bordeaux.

  • Two open master positions Oct 1, 2022

    We have two open master positions for next year. Find more details here.

  • Website is still working Aug 31, 2022

  • Pierre Cabanis starts his PhD under my supervision Oct 1, 2021

  • Website is under construction Aug 25, 2021