MedTeQ focuses on creating the next generation of medical imaging and monitoring systems as well as creating completely new ways of making medical images required to measure physiological function. This technology platform provides both hardware and software solutions to clinical problems, thereby combining medical R&D with information technology R&D.

The MedTeQ Centre, located in facilities within the School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering on the St. Lucia campus of The University of Queensland, undertakes all the R&D development of medical devices in consultation with clinicians at each of the partner hospitals. MedTeQ facilities, in clinical diffusion laboratories at Prince Charles, Wesley Research Institute and The Mater Hospitals, houses researchers working directly with clinicians.

The broad aims of the research undertaken through MedTeQ are to address the growing number of surgical procedures that are carried out using minimally invasive techniques, specialized devices and instruments used in the procedures (including monitors and imaging equipment, electrosurgical devices, handheld instruments, auxiliary devices, and accessories).

The overall R&D focus covers innovation in medical imaging engineering including improved imaging systems and the development of new systems and the development of advanced image processing – semi-automated diagnostic software  and new sensors and systems for physiological monitoring and the transmission of signals.

A number of new software or software-enhanced products will be developed, including systems and devices that facilitate the integration of medical signal and images into telehealth systems, systems and devices that enable or facilitate a variety of new image handling, image analysis and visualization capabilities, and intelligent systems for semi-automated screening and automated risk analysis.

The two main research focuses of our work will be: