Thematic Session 24

THEMATIC SESSION #24

Francesca Pennati

Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy

• francesca.pennati@polimi.it

Chiara Veneroni

Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy

• chiara.veneroni@polimi.it

Antonella Lo Mauro

Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy

• antonella.lomauro@polimi.it

Metrology in respiratory medicine ensures accurate and reliable measurements, essential for diagnosing, treating, and monitoring respiratory conditions, such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and respiratory infections. Reliable data allows clinicians to track disease progression and evaluate treatment efficacy with confidence. Metrology guarantees the consistency of monitoring devices and supports the development of advanced diagnostic tools, ensuring their comparability and high standards of safety, effectiveness, and reliability across settings. As a result, metrology provides the foundation for innovations in diagnostic technologies and therapies, ensuring they meet the highest standards of safety, effectiveness, and reliability.

This session will focus on the critical issue of data quality in respiratory medicine. Topics covered will include advanced methods for validating and calibrating novel respiratory parameters, including cross-validation, internal and external validation, and method comparison studies. Key topics will also include the principles and practices of calibration, including the use of reference standards, calibration curves, and uncertainty measurements. Maintaining calibration over time to ensure reproducibility and accuracy in measurements will also be covered.

By fostering collaboration between researchers, this session aims to drive innovation and improve patient outcomes through the enhancement of data quality and measurement reliability in respiratory medicine.

Topics of interest for this Special Session include but are not limited to:

• Emerging Technologies in Respiratory Diagnostics;
• Wearables and Mobile Health Devices for Real-Time Respiratory Monitoring;
• Metrology and Validation of Image-Based Respiratory Diagnostics;
• Standardization of Measurement Protocols in Respiratory Medicine;
• Calibration and Validation Techniques for Respiratory Devices;
• Calibration of Imaging Systems for Accurate Image-Derived Metrics in Respiratory Diagnostics;
• Impact of Environmental and External Factors on Respiratory Metrics;
• Comparative Studies of Emerging Technologies vs. Traditional Diagnostic Methods;
• Ensuring Data Quality and Consistency in Respiratory Medicine;
• Metrology in Remote Respiratory Diagnostics.

Francesca Pennati received both her M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Biomedical Engineering from Politecnico di Milano (Milan, Italy) in 2010 and 2014, respectively. She is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Electronics, Information, and Bioengineering, where she teaches Advanced Medical Imaging and Diagnostics in the MedTec Course in Medicine and Biomedical Engineering (Politecnico di Milano-Humanitas University). Since 2014, she has been conducting research at the Lares (Respiratory Analysis Lab), focusing on thoracic imaging in clinical and preclinical settings, microscopy, and artificial intelligence applied to physiological data and images. She serves on the editorial boards of Respiratory Research and PLOS One and is a member of the European Respiratory Society (ERS) and the European Society of Molecular Imaging (ESMI). She authored or co-authored over 50 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals.

Chiara Veneroni received a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering in 2014 and is an Assistant Professor at Politecnico di Milano University, Department of Electronics, Information, and Bioengineering. Her research at the Technologies for Respiration (TechRes) Laboratory focuses on combining innovative lung function assessment and modeling for advancing respiratory medicine and optimizing respiratory treatments. She collaborates with clinical institutes in several countries to study different respiratory pathologies and conditions. She teaches Electronic Technologies and Biosensors Laboratory for the M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering at Politecnico di Milano and Biomedical Electronics and Instrumentation for the M.Sc. in Medicine and Biomedical Engineering at Humanitas University in collaboration with Politecnico di Milano. She is an associate editor for the “Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine” and a member of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. She co-authored over 45 peer-reviewed publications in peer-reviewed international journals.

Antonella Lo Mauro is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Electronics, Information, and Bioengineering at Politecnico di Milano. She graduated in Biomedical Engineering from Politecnico di Milano and completed her PhD in diaphragm physiology at the Medical Science Faculty of Uppsala University. She also holds a second-level Master's degree in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from Sacro Cuore University in Rome. She teaches “Motor Rehabilitation” for the Bachelor of Science Degree and the Master of Science Degree in Biomedical Engineering at Politecnico di Milano. She is an associate editor for the European Respiratory Review and a member of the European Respiratory Society. Her current research work focuses on the physiology and pathophysiology of the respiratory system and motor rehabilitation with particular attention on motion analysis. She is the author or co-author of more than 90 papers published in international peer-reviewed journals.