The Biomedical Informatics Laboratory of the Heart Institute (InCor), Clinics Hospital, University of Sao Paulo Medical School has been involved in research, development and implementation of solutions in Information Technology aplied to  Health Sciences since 1979.  During this period its Research and Develpment group has worked actively in several projects and contributed to the development of several young investigators in the fields of Digital Signal and Image Processing and Information Technology applied to Medicine.