Vascular bioengineering lab receives funding to track aneurysms and predict rupture

(University of Pittsburgh) Pitt researchers received funding to develop a new model to better predict patients at-risk for abdominal aortic aneurysm -- the 15th leading cause of death in the US. They will perform shape analysis and biomechanical simulations and use these data to train a machine learning algorithm to classify different types of aneurysm outcomes. This classifier will be used to develop a predictive model that can help guide clinicians and determine the need for surgical intervention.
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - Category: Biology Source Type: news