Innovation in Medical Imaging and Artificial Intelligence
Féminin Pluriel Montpellier Méditerranée recently had the privilege of welcoming Stéphanie Nougaret, Professor of Radiology and researcher at ICM – Institut du Cancer de Montpellier.
She also trained in data science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology while completing a visiting professorship at Harvard Medical School.
Professor Nougaret speaks about Artificial Intelligence with great clarity and brings a very practical perspective to its application in radiology: AI is a powerful tool that can transform cancer detection and treatment. She presented virtual biopsy — a revolutionary advancement replacing invasive procedures in favor of personalized care. More than a technological breakthrough, it’s a human-centered journey filled with hope.
A human journey as well, because AI does not replace the physician, who remains essential for analyzing and segmenting the data.
Professor Nougaret is leading an ambitious project in 2025: launching a data challenge on ovarian cancer in Montpellier. The PINKCC Challenge (named after her research lab) will bring together engineering students, AI experts, and start-ups to develop a segmentation algorithm applied to peritoneal carcinomatosis.
This is a crucial issue, as this form of cancer is one of the deadliest among women due to its often late diagnosis. AI could revolutionize its management and significantly improve survival rates.
If this post resonates with your field or studies and you’re interested in the challenge, sign up here:
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Sensorial Experience by La Prairie
At the beginning of the year, Féminin Pluriel is recruiting.
Lunch followed by a private tour of the exhibition: “Who’s Next? Homelessness, Architecture, and Cities?”
The exhibition Who’s Next, created by the Architekturmuseum der Technischen Universität München (Pinakothek der Moderne), presents a wide range of architectural approaches to addressing the phenomenon of homelessness.
Homelessness has been increasing in slightly larger cities. In the 1970s and 1980s, one could observe “traditional vagabonds” in certain isolated areas. They were, in a way, familiar figures whose stories were known by many. This situation drastically changed with the spread of drugs. The line between drug users and the homeless became blurred. At the same time, with the opening of borders, begging became more widespread. Homelessness grew in scale and became more visible.
We are facing a problem that will persist and needs to be better understood, especially as we deal with multiple types of homelessness and equally varied motivations.
This exhibition, shown in Munich, Hamburg, and Bolzano, consists of panels, videos, and models illustrating a series of examples from cities outside Europe, case studies within Europe, and concludes with a perspective on Luxembourg. International examples—Los Angeles, São Paulo, Hong Kong, and Munich—highlighted in the exhibition, aim to encourage reflection on potential solutions.
Rejecting radical exclusion and instead fostering a nuanced understanding of the phenomenon is one of the exhibition’s goals. It calls for rethinking our approach.