€6.4 million in research grants was awarded to Tyndall National Institute projects this week by the European Research Council.
The researchers from Tyndall have been working on a project to rid of harmful radiation sources like X-rays used to guide surgeons in real-time during surgery.
The DEEP FIELD project is expected to take a further five years and aims to make magnetic tracking the new standard in surgical navigation.
Speaking to RedFM News, lead researcher Dr Pádraig Cantillon-Murphy outlines how the idea came about:
"The inspiration is very much based on conversations with clinicians in Cork. Clinicians who work in the areas of lung cancer and cardiology and surgery, treating kidney stones and other diseases, and who are very much linked with the network of researchers and engineers who work at Tyndall, and that communication is very much key to how we work in Tyndall."
