Simulation of thermal effects of high intensity focused ultrasound.
MRI monitoring of ultrasonic heating.
Ultrasonic tissue characterization.
MR-compatible robotics.
MRI coil design
Sonothrombolysis
Brain ablation
Skull phantoms
Motion phantoms
C. Damianou participated in several grants related to:
An introduction to the field of bioengineering, including the application of engineering principles and methods to problems in biology and medicine and the integration of engineering with biology. Application of analytic methods from Statistics, Mathematics and Computer Science to biological data so as to extract useful knowledge. Introduction to Bioinformatics. Pairwise sequence alignment and multiple sequence alignment algorithms. Statistical significance of alignment results. Phylogenetic prediction. Database searching for similar sequences, efficiency of relevant algorithms. Protein classification and structure prediction. Statistical analysis of DNA microarray experimental data. Special topics include, biomechanics and biomaterials, bioprocessing and telemedicine, biomedical instrumentation, signal processing and imaging modalities. Introduction to the emerging medical devices industry.
Introduction to Medical Imaging (EEN 311)
The course examines the physical principles of the main types of medical imaging such as ultrasound, X-ray imaging, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (PET), SPECT, and positron emission tomography (PET). In ultrasonography emphasis will be given on issues such as interaction of ultrasound and soft tissue, Doppler ultrasound, artifacts, design of ultrasonic transducers and wave equations. In X-rays emphasis will be given on interaction of X-ray and soft tissue, X-ray tube design, Fluoroscopy, Mastography, and Digital subtraction Angiography. In MRI emphasis will be given on issues such as creation of magnetization, resonance, MRI hardware, imaging in 2 dimensions, slice selection, fast sequences, K-space, functional MRI, PWI, DWI, and MRI spectroscopy.