by | Jan 20, 2022 | Bayly, Philip, Derdeyn, Colin, Elbert, Donald, Genin, Guy, Leuthardt, Eric, McCoy, Kathleen, Suh, JunWoo, Teh, Yuni, Vemuri, Chandu, Zhao, Alan, Zipfel, Gregory
— Background: Popliteal artery aneurysms are the most prevalent type of peripheral aneurysms and are treated surgically to prevent rupture. Currently, surgical options include open surgery or endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR). EVAR is less invasive than open surgery, resulting in shorter hospital st…
by | Feb 9, 2021 | An, Hongyu, Eldeniz, Cihat
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Researchers in Prof. Hongyu An’s laboratory have developed a new image processing system for faster acquisition of motion-corrected MR or PET/MR images. This technology could be expanded to multiple sampling schema to correct both respiratory and cardiac motion.
Liv…
by | Nov 30, 2020 | Chandrasekaran, Vinay, Genin, Guy, Hafez, Daniel, Hartquist, Chase, Leuthardt, Eric, Lowe, Halle, Osbun, Joshua, Zayed, Mohamed
— An interdisciplinary team at Washington University has developed an easy-to-use neurovascular catheter system designed to reduce surgery time and prevent herniation during transradial interventions for stroke, aneurysms and other conditions. This device, called “String Theory”, can be sw…
by | Nov 5, 2020 | Damiano, Ralph, Schuessler, Richard
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This technology is a patented method aimed at increasing the success rate of atrial fibrillation (AF) treatment by designing customized, patient-specific cardiac ablation lesion sets.
AF, the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia, has traditionally been treated with a ma…
by | Jul 13, 2020 | Ory, Daniel, Peterson, Linda, Schaffer, Jean
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A team of researchers has developed a high throughput, FDA-compliant assay to predict coronary heart disease and mortality in the general population 6-10 years before the onset of disease. This fully validated two-dimensional liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (L…