Research

The research activities of our group aim to provide patients with easy access to reliable non- invasive and sustainable diagnostics of cardiovascular disease.  The research group has established collaborations with the Engineering and Computing Science Departments of the University of Alberta, colleagues in international universities and partners in industry. Over the last 10 years the research team has succeeded in making substantial contributions which increased the applicability and accuracy of ultrasound imaging of the heart and vessels (echocardiography). This has reduced errors and the need for other expensive and more invasive tests. The results/conclusions of our research have been translated into the recent recommendations of the American and European Societies of Echocardiography. Recent research activities address prevention of atherosclerotic disease by identifying patients at risk using neck ultrasound, transforming diagnostic ultrasound for therapeutic intervention (such as lysis of blood clots) and the efficiency of ultrasound imaging by applying machine learning and robot arm technology. In particular, the robot arm assisted echocardiography has a great potential to provide sustainable ultrasound imaging during the current and future pandemics.