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Dynamic Chemical Imaging
Dr Varun Sharma, Institution: The University of Melbourne
2021 PhD Scholarship
Years funded: 2022-2023
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is Australia’s leading cause of death, but our diagnostic methods are flawed. Data are emerging for new technology - dynamic chemical imaging (DCI) – which combines artificial intelligence, laser beams and non-harmful radiation to provide diagnoses in real time. Dr Sharma and team, plan to build and validate this technology for CVD: in particular diagnosing heart damage, weak sternums and irregular heart rhythms, with life-saving potential for more than 1 million Australians diagnosed CVD each year.
This will involve:
(a) building a DCI probe that can be used clinically
(b) validating it on high-risk cardiovascular tissue- Heart tissue
- Sternum
- Arrhythmia
- Amyloid
(c) Assessing its impact on cardiac surgery
- Avoiding biopsies to assess heart muscle, allowing targeted operations for transplant or revascularisation
- Reducing infection rates by early detection of at-risk sternal bones
- Reducing arrhythmia, particularly post cardiac surgery, by identifying at-risk hearts and implementing prophylactic measures
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