UMEDS: Ultrasonographic Monitoring and Early Diagnosis of Stroke

• Research unit: EU RFP
• Project number: 02.0408

Key words (English)

Life Sciences; Medicine; Health; Scientific Research

Alternative project number (English)

EU project number: QLG1-CT-2002-01518

Research programs (English)

EU-programme: 5. Frame Research Programme - 1.1.8 Generic R&D activities

Short description (English)

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Abstract (English)

The UMEDS project will establish non-invasive techniques for early diagnosis and bedside monitoring of stroke to improve stroke outcome. An important goal will be to expand recent developments in microbubble technology and ultrasonographic harmonic imaging to establish ultrasound techniques for both qualitative and quantitative evaluation of brain perfusion. UMEDS will develop new technologies to meet these goals. These include an automated system for detection of microemboli, a device for imaging the brain through the skull, a dual transducer system for microemboli detection and enhanced features for commercial applications of ultrasound perfus on imaging. We will investigate novel targeted microbubble technology for characterizing microemboli.

References in databases (English)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
State Secretariat for Education and Research
Hallwylstrasse 4
CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
Tel. [phone]
Swiss Project-Number: 02.0408