{"id":9,"date":"2012-10-14T13:30:32","date_gmt":"2012-10-14T13:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbi-cy.com\/tmp\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2026-05-13T13:01:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T13:01:41","slug":"about-lbi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lbi-cy.com\/?page_id=9","title":{"rendered":"About LBI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Laboratory of Physiology and Biomedical Imaging (LBI), University of Cyprus (UCY)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-66 alignleft\" title=\"about02\" src=\"https:\/\/lbi-cy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/about02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" \/>The laboratory was established in February 2007 in the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering with University (start-up) and Departmental funding. 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