{"id":13113,"date":"2022-09-13T11:18:38","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T16:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/engineering\/?p=13113"},"modified":"2022-09-13T11:58:35","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T16:58:35","slug":"nsf-awards-dsouza-1-1m-through-its-smart-and-connected-health-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/engineering\/nsf-awards-dsouza-1-1m-through-its-smart-and-connected-health-program\/","title":{"rendered":"NSF awards D\u2019Souza $1.1M through its Smart and Connected Health Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"alignleft uwm-c-img--left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/537\/2022\/09\/DSouza-400-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/537\/2022\/09\/DSouza-400-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/537\/2022\/09\/DSouza-400-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/537\/2022\/09\/DSouza-400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The National Science Foundation awarded Roshan D\u2019Souza, associate professor of mechanical engineering and Alan D. Kulwicki \u201977 faculty fellow, a $1.1 million grant to research the hemodynamics from subtraction-computed tomography angiography (SCTA). The four-year grant comes through NSF\u2019s Smart and Connected Health Program and starts in September.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SCTA is a non-invasive diagnostic imaging technique to assess cerebral artery stenosis, or arteries in the brain that are fully or partially blocked. The condition can lead to strokes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While SCTA produces static images of anatomy of blood vessels, D\u2019Souza\u2019s project is a physics-informed machine-learning approach to map time-resolved blood flow velocities from SCTA. The goal is accurate image-based analysis of blood flow which could lead to prognostic tools based on hemodynamic biomarkers in diseases such as cerebral aneurysms.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>D&#8217;Souza\u2019s research is advancing image-based hemodynamic analysis of cardiovascular diseases<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>D\u2019Souza is advancing hemodynamics analysis of cardiovascular diseases through advanced processing of blood flow images from imaging scans using flow physics-informed deep learning.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/engineering\/dsouza-awarded-a-3-year-grant-from-nsf-for-research-on-4d-flow-mri\/\">the NSF awarded him a three-year, $298,000 grant <\/a>to research hurdles to 4D-Flow MRI, which represents the newest generation of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) technology; 4D MRI adds a time dimension to this traditionally 3D technology, making it possible to image time-resolved hemodynamic flows.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The concept feasibility studies for both grant proposals were supported by seed grants from the college\u2019s Dean\u2019s Office in 2019 and 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Science Foundation awarded Roshan D\u2019Souza, associate professor of mechanical engineering and Alan D. 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