Research funding
Projects and grants
Our research activities are funded through research projects supported by national and European grant agencies and through contracts with industrial partners.
European projects
- Interreg Central Europe: Microwave imaging technology transfer to innovate the medical sector. CTU as partner
- EURAMET: Affordable, Accessible, Adjustable and Accurate MR Imaging. CTU as partner
- Left atrial appendage electrical isolation via bio-photonic optical confirmation to treat persistent atrial fibrillation.
- European network for advancing electromagnetic hyperthermic medical technologies.
- ElectroMagnetic imaging for a novel genERation of medicAL Devices.
- European network for innovative uses of EMFs in biomedical applications. David Vrba, management committee member
- Development of a European-based collaborative network to accelerate technological, clinical and commercialisation progress in the area of medical microwave imaging. Jan Vrba, management committee substitute
Czech Health Research Council (AZV)
- Diagnosis and therapy of orofacial pain. co-investigator Jan Vrba
- Prevention of motor deficits after epilepsy surgery in children. team member David Vrba
Czech Science Foundation (GAČR)
- Multiphysical study of superposition of electromagnetic waves in a human head model to verify the feasibility of microwave hyperthermia of brain tumours. Standard project. PI prof. David Vrba
- Electrically read quantum diamond sensors for nuclear magnetic resonance and chemical detection. Standard project. PI prof. Nesládek
- Physical nature of interactions of EM fields generated by metamaterial structures with the human body and a study of their prospective use in medicine. PI Jan Vrba
- Non-invasive temperature determination in the human body using physical aspects of the ultra-wideband microwave channel. team member Ondřej Fišer
- Study of thermal and non-thermal effects of high-power electromagnetic fields on the structure of matter. PI Jan Vrba
- Use of new mouse strains for research on the regulatory role of NK cells in tumour development and therapy. team member Jan Vrba
- Interaction of the human body with EM fields radiated by metamaterial structures. PI David Vrba
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
- INTER-EXCELLENCE: Development of metamaterial applicators and a laboratory prototype of a regional hyperthermia system, and evaluation of the accuracy of treatment planning algorithms. PI Jan Vrba
- Theranostic use of microwaves and nanoconstructs for selective anti-tumour interventions. team member Jan Vrba
- Real-time microwave imaging system for stroke. PI Jan Vrba
- Laboratory for practical teaching of medical diagnostic and therapeutic methods based on the electromagnetic properties of biological tissues. co-investigator Jan Vrba
Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TAČR)
- TAČR GAMMA: Applicators for local superficial microwave hyperthermia. PI Tomáš Dřížďal
CTU Student Grant Competition (SGS)
- Microwave imaging methods for medical applications.
- Microwave systems for monitoring hyperthermia treatment of cancer in the pelvic region.
- Design and testing of microwave metamaterial sensors for non-invasive blood glucose measurement. PI Lukáš Malena
- Microwave system for stroke detection and classification. PI Jan Tesařík
- Numerical modelling of neurostimulation. PI David Vrba
- Modelling of the ectopic focus of ventricular arrhythmia. PI Olena Punshchykova
- Optimisation of hyperthermia treatment using ferromagnetic nanoparticles.
- Testing of a microwave imaging system on phantoms. PI Tomáš Pokorný
- Microwave systems for monitoring hyperthermia treatment of cancer in the pelvic region. PI Jan Vrba
CTU Student Scientific Conference
- Research in ElectroMagnetic Medical Applications (REMMA) 2025. PI Tomáš Pokorný
- Research in ElectroMagnetic Medical Applications (REMMA) 2024. PI Tomáš Pokorný
- Research in ElectroMagnetic Medical Applications (REMMA) 2023. PI Tomáš Pokorný