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Revision as of 20:42, 5 January 2015
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Key Investigators
- Adam Rankin (Robarts Research Institute, London, Canada)
Background
- Current approach for aortic valve replacement using a valve prosthesis
- Trans-femoral or trans-apical approach used to insert valve to desired location
- Valve deployment bubble expanded or restricting sheath removed to deploy valve permanently
- Current guidance technique involves angiography and fluoroscopy
- PLUS updated to support capture of 3D+t data
- Philips ie33 probe support in PLUS experimental
Project Description
Objective
- Brainstorm workflow and objectives for prototype experiments
- Implement Slicer module (in python) to accomplish this workflow
