Projects
Seismology in the human body: exploring supersonic shear wave imaging for the assessment of arterial stiffness. Ghent University
Supersonic Shear wave Imaging (SSI) is used to characterize elasticity of soft tissues by generating and detecting shear waves (SW). SSI has proven successful for cancer diagnosis in breast and liver. Application of SSI to arterial walls is challenging due to complex SW propagation phenomena related to anisotropy and geometry of arteries. The project goal is to study SW physics in arteries by means of computer, in-vitro and ex-vivo ...
Is arterial stiffness an overlooked marker in cardio-oncology? University of Antwerp
Arterial stiffening as a common pathophysiological mechanism in cardiac and kidney failure and brain degeneration. University of Antwerp
Identification of signaling pathways as druggable targets to combat vascular stiffness, a life threatening vascular pathology with high impact on multiple organs. University of Antwerp
An accurate and easy method for measuring the local stiffness of superficial arteries: validation and on-site feasibility testing Ghent University
The aim of the PhD research is to further develop and validate a method that allows to accurately measure arterial stiffness from fast and easy non-invasive ultrasound measurements on the neck arteries and to design and prototype a system to demonstrate the feasibility of on-site measurements in Havana, Cuba.
Can non-invasive myocardial stiffness measurements characterize the dysfunctional septum in the presence of a left bundle branch block? KU Leuven
Heart failure is a progressive disease with a morbidity and mortality similar to cancers. It is often associated with a left bundle branch block (LBBB) conduction delay, causing typical left ventricular (LV) remodelling with a thin and dysfunctional septal wall. Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) can compensate for the conduction delay and may reverse the remodelling, mainly by recovering septal function. Unfortunately, its non-responder ...