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Countless lives are saved by early detection of heart disease through cutting-edge image processing techniques. By using specially designed devices that mimic human tissue, known as medical phantoms, engineers and doctors are able to test new methods without human trials. However, today’s cardiac phantoms can’t simulate a beating heart. This results in less reliable testing and delays the application of new image processing techniques on patients – losing valuable lifesaving time.
Students with their cardiac "phantom."
The device is tested in a CT scanner.
One group of enterprising engineering students put their heads together to design a cardiac phantom that imitates the heart’s beating left ventricle. With support from the Capstone Fund, the students built the phantom and tested it in a CT scanner. They hope their more accurate cardiac phantom will eventually help doctors deliver earlier diagnoses by reducing the time needed for laboratory testing.
Capstone or senior design projects are the centerpiece of an undergraduate engineering education at the UW. Students gain communication and project management skills, flexibility and open-ended thinking, and are able to apply their classroom learning to real-world problems.
Your gift to the Capstone Fund will allow students to pursue their professional interests, work in teams and tackle complex, full-cycle design projects similar to those they will encounter throughout their engineering careers. Like the students that built the cardiac phantom, your gift can help students take their project from concept to reality and beyond.
Please make a gift to support engineering students today. »
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