research activities

The Cardiovascular Biomechanics & Imaging research unit, directed by Dr. Damien Garcia, is affiliated with the LBUM, the department of radiology of the University of Montreal Hospital Center (CHUM) and the cardio-metabolic axis of the Research Center of CHUM (CRCHUM). Our research is focused on the analysis of the blood flow in the cardiovascular system (heart valves, coronary arteries, the left ventricle, microcirculation…) and the mechanistic evaluation of heart diseases (aortic and mitral stenoses, cardiac dysfunction…) by ultrasound imaging. The main objectives are to develop new clinical non-invasive indices measurable by Doppler echocardiography in order to improve the clinical diagnosis of such diseases. Each project contains three stages: 1) theoretical modeling and/or numerical programming, 2) validation in an in vitro model, 3) in vivo validation and analysis of the clinical applicability in patients.

recent publications  (complete list)

	Garcia D, del Álamo JC, Tanné D, Yotti R, Cortina C, Bertrand E, Antoranz JC, Pérez-David E, Rieu R, Fernández-Avilés F, Bermejo J. Two-dimensional intraventricular flow mapping by digital processing conventional color-Doppler echocardiography images. IEEE Trans Med Imaging, 2010; in press.
	Gaillard E, Garcia D, Kadem L, Pibarot P, Durand LG. In-vitro investigation of the impact of aortic valve stenosis severity on left coronary artery flow. J Biomech Eng-T ASME, 2010;132:044502-1.
	Garcia D. Robust smoothing of gridded data in one and higher dimensions with missing values. Comput Statist Data Anal, 2010;54:1167-1178.

recruitement

The Cardiovascular Biomechanics & Imaging research unit of CRCHUM is searching for students wishing to make a master or a doctorate in biomedical engineering. The projects' objectives are to analyze the dynamics of the myocardial wall and the 2-D blood flow in the cardiovascular system by Doppler echocardiography. Priority will be given to students with an experience in image processing or numerical analysis. A good knowledge of Matlab is required. We are also searching for undergraduate students, with a good knowledge of Matlab, for 6-month training periods.