Research Project seeking students: Cardiovascular disease is the single largest killer in the world, causing heart attacks and strokes. Experimental investigation of the underlying principles is key to combating this epidemic; however, individual considerations are still missing.
We are continuously expanding the Coronary Atlas, which is a virtual map of arterial shape and blood flow. Using in-house-built tools to run bash-programmed batch processes on the National Computing Infrastructure, we can process hundreds of medical CT images at a time. We then computationally model these to reveal hemodynamic processes that directly link to clinical risk. This large data set enables unique, personalised insights.
This work forms the foundation for groundbreaking advances in personalised heart disease research and will improve clinical practice.