Tom Kimpe, M.Sc. PhD MBA
VP Technology & Innovation
Barco NV
Kortrijk, Belgium
Tom Kimpe (°1978) holds a M.Sc. in computer science engineering, a Ph.D. in electrical engineering/medical imaging from Ghent University and an MBA from the Vlerick Management School, Belgium.
He joined Barco’s healthcare division in 2001 as R&D engineer for medical display systems and quickly started focusing on innovation. Together with his teams he aims at pushing forward the state-of-the-art in medical imaging and visualization. He contributed to several successful Barco solutions and industry first’s such as display solutions for digital mammography and digital breast tomosynthesis, Nexxis digital operating room, digital pathology display solutions and imaging solutions for dermatology.
Dr. Kimpe is inventor of several patents, and (co-)author of tens of scientific publications in the domain of medical imaging & displays, visualization, human vision perception, quality assurance and calibration, optics, image processing and artificial intelligence. He regularly is scientific reviewer, member of program committees of scientific conferences and contributes to international standardization activities.
Dr. Kimpe is currently leading Barco’s innovation activities for the healthcare market. He enjoys working on the edge of technology innovation, clinical research and business innovation. His teams often work in close cooperation with universities, research institutes, hospitals and medical device companies.
He joined Barco’s healthcare division in 2001 as R&D engineer for medical display systems and quickly started focusing on innovation. Together with his teams he aims at pushing forward the state-of-the-art in medical imaging and visualization. He contributed to several successful Barco solutions and industry first’s such as display solutions for digital mammography and digital breast tomosynthesis, Nexxis digital operating room, digital pathology display solutions and imaging solutions for dermatology.
Dr. Kimpe is inventor of several patents, and (co-)author of tens of scientific publications in the domain of medical imaging & displays, visualization, human vision perception, quality assurance and calibration, optics, image processing and artificial intelligence. He regularly is scientific reviewer, member of program committees of scientific conferences and contributes to international standardization activities.
Dr. Kimpe is currently leading Barco’s innovation activities for the healthcare market. He enjoys working on the edge of technology innovation, clinical research and business innovation. His teams often work in close cooperation with universities, research institutes, hospitals and medical device companies.