Research Program and Theme
Cancer Technology and Data Science | Cancer Imaging
Research Focus
Viktor Gruev’s lab focuses on borrowing critical concepts from nature to develop ultra-sensitive, compact, lightweight, and conformal imaging sensors capable of recording spectral and polarization properties with high spatial resolution and to bring these new sensory devices to clinical settings such as cancer detection. Clinical trials with breast cancer patients have used his near-infrared fluorescence goggle technology has been used in clinical trials in patients with breast cancer. His research aims to bring medical imaging technology to resource-limited hospitals and the developing world. This paradigm-shifting technology has established a new trend in image-guided surgery. It enables resource-limited hospitals worldwide with much-needed technology to promote value-based health care.
Education
- Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2005
Campus Affiliations
- Dunning Endowed Faculty Scholar, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Professor, Bioengineering
- Professor, Biomedical and Translational Sciences
- Professor, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
- Program Leader, Cancer Center at Illinois, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation
Select Honors and Recognitions
- IEEE Donald G. Fink Award, 2016