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Researchers put a lot of heart into their research at University of Houston • February 10, 2009
Matters of the heart dominate in February with Valentine’s Day and the American Heart Association’s ‘Heart Month’ topping the list. As you consider story ideas ranging from heart disease to relationships, keep in mind these resources from the University of Houston.
Pumps and Pipes 2 • December 02, 2008
Much like moving oil through a pipeline, the heart must pump blood through the body. Both systems need clean, well-functioning pipes (or blood vessels), free of blockages or corrosion, to function with incredible efficiency. Both industries also are crucial to our nation’s economy and future. Sponsored by ExxonMobil, the Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center and UH, the Pumps & Pipes II conference will stimulate discussion, spark ideas and share new technologies among experts in the petroleum, medical and imaging industries that face similar challenges, even if on a very different scale.
Dr.Kakadiaris intervierwed on KUHF Radio • October 09, 2008
KUHF radio interviewed Dr. Kakadiaris on heart attack detection
Pumps and Pipes • December 03, 2007
Much like moving oil through a pipeline, the heart must pump blood through the body. In a collaborative effort between Houston's largest industries, the Pumps and Pipes 1 Conference brought together petroleum, medical and imaging experts to explore potential crossover ideas and extract shared technologies useful to each industry
The Vulnerable Heart • February 15, 2007
It kills more people than any cancer. Every thirty seconds, an American suffers a heart attack. Every minute, one dies. Many of us could be at risk and not know it until it’s too late. We hear the unsettling news more frequently than ever before—it’s happening to seemingly healthy, active people.
President’s Annual Report on Vasa Vasorum Imaging • December 18, 2006
This imaging technology will give doctors the ability, for the first time, to detect “inflamed plaque,” representing regions of blood vessels prone to future rupture and sudden blockage.
Software Seeks Out Heart Attack Risk • September 01, 2006
(Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry Magazine) A software tool can measure the activity of plaque in blood vessels to identify patients at high risk of suffering a heart attack. “For the first time, this new imaging technology will provide doctors with the ability to detect inflamed plaque that represents regions of blood vessels [known as vulnerable plaque] prone to future rupture and sudden blockage,” says Ioannis Kakadiaris, professor of computer science at the University of Houston.
Do you have a healthy heart? • August 22, 2006
Dr. Kakadiaris discusses novel research in heart attack risk assessment on KHOU TV (Ch. 11) News.
“Heart Month” Tip Sheet : UH Researchers Put A Lot of Heart into Their Work • February 09, 2006
A computational medicine breakthrough is helping pave the way to uncover a ticking “time-bomb” in the heart.
Defusing a “Time Bomb”: Heart Attack Risk Detection Technology Developed at University of Houston • January 18, 2006
A breakthrough in computational medicine is helping one University of Houston professor pave the way to uncover a ticking "time-bomb" in the heart.
A Heartening Approach to Modern Cardiovascular Risk Assessment • September 01, 2005
(UH Momentum Newsletter) A recent breakthrough in cardiovascular informatics by University of Houston Associate Professor of Computer Science Ioannis Kakadiaris and his Computational Biomedicine Laboratory (CBL) is paving the way to identifying patients who are at risk for having a heart attack in the next 12 months.