{"id":10142,"date":"2026-04-29T14:57:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T12:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pk.edu.pl\/?p=10142"},"modified":"2026-10-27T15:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T14:02:08","slug":"pk-kut-joins-e4m-lumina-project-to-develop-ai-based-digital-twins-for-lung-cancer-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pk.edu.pl\/en\/pk-kut-joins-e4m-lumina-project-to-develop-ai-based-digital-twins-for-lung-cancer-care\/","title":{"rendered":"PK&nbsp;KUT joins \u20ac4M LUMINA Project to&nbsp;Develop AI-based Digital Twins for Lung Cancer Care"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"535\" src=\"https:\/\/pk.edu.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Luminka-1024x535.png\" alt=\"Blood sample vial representing AI-based research into lung cancer diagnosis and personalised treatment.\" class=\"wp-image-10143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pk.edu.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Luminka-1024x535.png 1024w, https:\/\/pk.edu.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Luminka-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/pk.edu.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Luminka-767x401.png 767w, https:\/\/pk.edu.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Luminka.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-pk-typografia-lead pk-lead\"><strong>Researchers from PK&nbsp;KUT have joined an&nbsp;international consortium awarded \u20ac4 million by&nbsp;the European Innovation Council (EIC) to&nbsp;develop a&nbsp;new generation of&nbsp;AI-based clinical decision-support tools. The LUMINA project will create patient-specific digital twins of&nbsp;the lungs to&nbsp;support predictive diagnosis and personalised treatment selection.\u00a0The funding was granted under the highly competitive EIC Pathfinder Challenges programme. The project, titled LUMINA (Lung Modeling and Intelligence for Advanced Care: A&nbsp;Digital Twin Approach to&nbsp;Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment), integrates generative AI&nbsp;with advanced medical knowledge to&nbsp;translate innovative concepts into real-world clinical impact.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<nav class=\"pkng-toc\" aria-label=\"Contents\"><p class=\"pkng-toc__title\">Contents<\/p><ul class=\"pkng-toc__list\"><li class=\"pkng-toc__item pkng-toc__item--h3\"><a href=\"#h-turning-patient-data-into-predictive-insights\"><span class=\"pkng-toc__nr\">1.<\/span> Turning Patient Data into Predictive Insights<\/a><\/li><li class=\"pkng-toc__item pkng-toc__item--h3\"><a href=\"#h-from-research-to-future-clinical-impact\"><span class=\"pkng-toc__nr\">2.<\/span> From Research to&nbsp;Future Clinical Impact<\/a><\/li><li class=\"pkng-toc__item pkng-toc__item--h3\"><a href=\"#h-project-facts-lumina\"><span class=\"pkng-toc__nr\">3.<\/span> Project Facts \u2014 LUMINA\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class=\"pkng-toc__item pkng-toc__item--h3\"><a href=\"#h-consortium-partners\"><span class=\"pkng-toc__nr\">4.<\/span> Consortium partners:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<em>LUMINA introduces a&nbsp;breakthrough methodology built around an&nbsp;attention-based artificial intelligence architecture designed to&nbsp;integrate longitudinal and multimodal patient data \u2014 including CT&nbsp;scans, medical records, laboratory results, and treatment histories. The project also explores innovative solutions such as&nbsp;the BRONCHI DT&nbsp;interactive digital twin for early diagnosis and risk stratification, as&nbsp;well as&nbsp;the \u2018Blood-to-Image\u2019 concept, which transforms blood biomarkers into CT-quality visualisations,<\/em>\u201d says <strong>Professor Pawe\u0142 P\u0142awiak, Dean of&nbsp;the Faculty of&nbsp;Computer Science and Mathematics<\/strong> at&nbsp;PK&nbsp;Krakow University of&nbsp;Technology and coordinator of&nbsp;the university\u2019s&nbsp;contribution to&nbsp;the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Researchers from PK&nbsp;KUT play a&nbsp;key role in&nbsp;developing the advanced AI&nbsp;methodologies that support tumour growth modelling and individual treatment response prediction. Their work is&nbsp;essential in&nbsp;merging complex clinical datasets into reliable predictive models that assist doctors in&nbsp;making personalized medical decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Turning Patient Data into Predictive Insights<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lung cancer is&nbsp;often detected at&nbsp;a&nbsp;late stage, making early intervention challenging\u2014especially for patients without traditional risk factors. LUMINA addresses these challenges by&nbsp;modelling how the disease evolves over time and generating predictions that support clinical decision-making. The system is&nbsp;trained on&nbsp;a&nbsp;large dataset of&nbsp;approximately 4,000 patients from Denmark, Italy, Poland, and South Korea, with plans to&nbsp;expand the dataset to&nbsp;more than 10,000 records using synthetic data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>From Research to&nbsp;Future Clinical Impact<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ambition of&nbsp;LUMINA is&nbsp;to&nbsp;establish the scientific foundations for breakthrough innovation in&nbsp;oncology. The goal is&nbsp;to&nbsp;provide an&nbsp;open platform adaptable to&nbsp;other cancer types, offering clinicians and patients proactive, data-driven tools for&nbsp;treatment&nbsp;&nbsp;planning.&nbsp;\u201c<em>The grant we&nbsp;have now received is&nbsp;just the first of&nbsp;several steps towards a&nbsp;solution that \u2013 if&nbsp;progress continues successfully \u2013 could be&nbsp;implemented and&nbsp;<\/em><em>significantly&nbsp;<\/em><em>improve lung cancer treatment within 10\u201315 years<\/em>,\u201d says <strong>Professor Izabela Ewa Nielsen<\/strong>, Project Coordinator and Portfolio Manager, Aalborg University.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Project Facts \u2014 LUMINA&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Programme &amp; funding: EIC Pathfinder Challenges \u2013 challenge area \u201cGenerative-AI&nbsp;based agents to&nbsp;revolutionise medical diagnosis and treatment of&nbsp;cancer\u201d.&nbsp;LUMINA is&nbsp;one of&nbsp;seven funded projects in&nbsp;the challenge area, selected from 219 submitted proposals (total allocation: \u20ac30 million). LUMINA receives \u20ac4 million.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Timeline: 2026\u20132030 (48-month project).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coordinator: Aalborg University (Denmark).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Consortium partners:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Aalborg University (AAU), Denmark \u2013 Project Coordinator and Portfolio Manager&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Humanitas Research Hospital \/ Humanitas AI&nbsp;Center (ICH), Italy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Politecnico di&nbsp;Milano (POLIMI), Italy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 PK&nbsp;Krakow University of&nbsp;Technology (PK&nbsp;KUT), Poland<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Maria Sk\u0142odowska Curie National Research Institute of&nbsp;Oncology (MSCNRIO), Poland<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Region Hovedstaden (REGIONH), Denmark<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Disclaimer:<\/strong><br>Funded by&nbsp;the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of&nbsp;the author(s) only and do&nbsp;not necessarily reflect those of&nbsp;the European Union or&nbsp;European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA).&nbsp;Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be&nbsp;held responsible for them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cLUMINA introduces a&nbsp;breakthrough methodology built around an&nbsp;attention-based artificial intelligence architecture designed to&nbsp;integrate longitudinal and multimodal patient data \u2014 including CT&nbsp;scans, 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