Centre for Clinical Cardiovascular Engineering

Lead: Professor Silvia Schievano

Group Members: Dr Claudio Capelli, Professor Andrew Taylor, Raphael Sivera, Endrit Pajaziti, Liam Swanson, Stephanie Mansell, Claudia Bruno, and Jia-En Chen. 

Overview

We are a multidisciplinary team of engineers, computer scientists and clinicians based at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK. We employ both experimental and computational techniques for modelling cardiovascular disease and treatments, to study the function and performance of the heart in congenital and acquired diseases. Much of our work focuses on patient specific modelling to help clinical decision making and optimise individual patient outcomes. We support specialised training and education, and patient/public engagement activities.

We also have established strong and productive collaborations with several Institutions worldwide, and we host visiting students and researchers from numerous UK and European Centres throughout the year for research projects.

Main research interests

• Image processing from a range of medical image modalities
• 3D printing and virtual reality (VR) – VheaRts
• 3D statistical shape modelling (SSM)
• Computational fluid dynamics (CFD), finite element (FE) and fluid-structure interaction (FSI) simulations
• In silico clinical trials

Principal Investigator Publications

Professor Silvia Schievano

Dr Claudio Capelli

Professor Andrew Taylor