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INSTITUTE FOR IMAGE-GUIDED SURGERY
IHU Strasbourg
The IHU Strasbourg is a multidisciplinary institute dedicated to the creation and dissemination of innovative image-guided therapies guided by imaging for optimized, safe, and personalised patient care.
Our vision is to establish a new standard of care for surgical patients, taking into account the entire journey from preparation for the intervention to the return to normal life, providing them with the best quality of life possible.
Institute’s missions focus
The Institute’s missions focus on four key pillars: patient care, translational research, education, and technology transfer.
These missions include improving patients’ quality of life, researching new treatments, standardization, industrial skills, and training and disseminating knowledge to support the ongoing development of tomorrow’s medicine.
Care
Research
Innovation
Education
LATEST NEWS
Education
15th Annual B.E.S.T. Summer School: Surgical Innovation Without Borders
A Deep Dive into Medical Innovation: A Look Back at the 15th Annual B.E.S.T. Innovation Week at the IHU Strasbourg, where 22 international talents designed the endoscopic devices of the future.
Event
Digital Health: The IHU Strasbourg and the Grand Est Collective to Attend VivaTech 2026
At VivaTech 2026, the IHU Strasbourg shared its vision for data-driven surgery. Discover how the MONIT-OR1 and IMARA clinical and robotic projects are shaping the innovation and logistics of tomorrow’s operating rooms.
Innovation
French Premiere at the IHU Strasbourg: Artificial Intelligence Aids in Pancreatic Diagnosis with the mAI Companion® Medical Device
On August 25, 2026, the IHU Strasbourg and the HUS marked the first clinical use in France of mAI Companion, an artificial intelligence assistant designed for endoscopic ultrasound of the pancreas.
Research
The IHU Strasbourg’s GLP Expertise for the Preclinical Evaluation of Medical Devices
Equipped with five mirror blocks and certified as compliant with Good Laboratory Practice (GLP), the IHU Strasbourg preclinical research platform ensures the safe and accelerated transition of medical devices to clinical use.
Programme for Future Investments (PIA)
The IHU is part of the “Programme d’Investissements d’Avenir” (Programme for Future Investments) and benefits from financial support managed by the French National Research Agency (ANR) under the reference code ANR-10-IAHU-02. The aim of this programme was to develop translational research and its tech transfer through centres of excellence, equalling the best international institutions in terms of research, care and training.
Founding members
The Institute for Image-Guided Surgery was founded on November 28, 2011 by 7 founding members.
