What the English police and the hospital UMCG Groningen in common? Both use of Cosmonio from Leeuwarden software to extract information from images.
Like their Dutch colleagues British police should regularly visit the shooting range to remain familiar with their service weapons. They then shoot at a target at a distance. Every time their magazine is empty, they then wait until all their colleagues are ready. They walk to the target and count the bullet holes. A time consuming task. A difficult, moreover, since the holes are not always easy to see. The holes are also after each round taped with stickers, which most agents after a few times the survey are completely lost.
To solve this problem, the British arrived at a Greek office in Leeuwarden loves: Ioannis Katramados. He designs his company Cosmonio software that can extract information from images.
Lego brick
,, That software is like a Lego brick ‘ tells Katramados. ,, Each time to make different combinations, you can do endless things along. And sometimes you have to make an additional contribution. “The English police he put a camera and software that can count bullet holes at a distance and remember at every round where the balls are smashed. For a water scientist he made a system that identifies bacteria in a water filter. And the UMCG works with software that can project 3D scans that a doctor can view the scan from all sides. ,, He can truly a heart diving to inspect the valves. “
As different as these applications are, in the base revolves around images every time. ,, Images can break into pixels, “Katramados explains. ,, And those pixels forming patterns. The software I recognize construction learns patterns then and there to do something with it. “
Focusing
So bacteria In the case of the water scientist identify. Something that is quite difficult with the naked eye because they are in the liquid at different levels. ,, With a microscope can therefore not focus on all bacteria simultaneously. The software can. Which recognizes that a bacterium is and paste all the sections together to form a new image. “
The software that fails the human eye. Another application is the evaluation of Cosmonio of scans. Pick from thousands of X-ray images of organs can program the photographs showing abnormalities, and therefore may be tumors. ,, Because we have presented the software thousands and thousands of images of all those abnormalities. “The program can therefore make a choice much quicker and sharper than a radiologist. Which does not mean that it is unnecessary. ,, A man must always have the last voice, “says Katramados. ,, But the software can help him by letting him see the most divergent images first. “
Search
Cosmonio Katramados focuses on the investigation. The systems he designs and builds, he sells to other companies that do the operation. In Leeuwarden he ended up by accident. His girlfriend (now wife) got four years ago offered a job in Friesland. Katramados just completed his PhD at an English university, and went after her. ,, I wanted to set up a business, googled ‘Inqubator Leeuwarden’ and one thing led to another. “
Meanwhile, he has four employees. Two of them work in Groningen where they develop with the UMCG software. The other two are located in Britain. Step by step to grow the business. Preferably from Leeuwarden. ,, I like it here. It seems the town where I grew up, “says the entrepreneur. He thinks for a moment. ,, Although it is a bit far from the airport. “
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