Image Sciences Institute

Image Sciences Institute, an interdisciplinary research institute located in the University Medical Center Utrecht. ISI focuses on both fundamental and applied research in medical image processing and acquisition.

The first joint activities in imaging research in Utrecht took place in 1978 when an interfaculty working group on medical image processing was established. Disciplines represented in this working group included Dentistry, Medical Physics, Nuclear Medicine, Radiology, and Radiotherapy. In 1984 this collaboration became an official spearhead programme of Utrecht University. In 1988, the Faculty of Medicine appointed Max Viergever on the newly established chair in medical imaging.

The institute was called 3D Computer Vision, or 3DCV for short. However, the activities comprised much more than volumetric computer vision, and in 1996 the group was renamed to Image Sciences Institute, and it became one of five research institutes of the University Medical Center Utrecht. Two years later the Graduate School for Biomedical Image Sciences (ImagO) was established, of which ISI is the largest participant.