VITM 2025

Andreu Badal is a research physicist and regulatory consultant at the U. S. Food and Drug Administration. His regulatory research focuses on the development and validation of Monte Carlo-based X-ray imaging simulation software, and the application of this computational tool to medical physics problems. Current research projects include advanced geometric modelling of computational anatomical phantoms, GPU-accelerated X-ray transport techniques, real-time dosimetry for interventional fluoroscopy, validation of machine learning algorithms in radiology, and the application of in silico imaging and virtual clinical trials for optimising breast imaging systems. Dr Badal’s regulatory expertise encompasses a broad range of imaging and computational device classes, including the regulatory evaluation of complete medical imaging systems (X-ray, CT, MRI, endoscopy), radiation treatment planning software, coronary physiologic simulation software, and machine learning-based image post-processing algorithms. He has also served as the lead reviewer for multiple Medical Device Development Tools submissions.