The platform II "Medical Technology" is based on the research and study program cooperation with the University of Stuttgart and is part of the University of Tübingen's excellence strategy. The goals are to strengthen networking in the field of medical technology between the institutions of both universities and industry, to bundle basic research for the application-related development of new technological concepts at the Tübingen site and to develop initiatives in the areas of "imaging techniques and image processing" and "sensor technology and signal transmission".