Centre for Bioengineering, University of Canterbury
Activities: Research, imaging, technology, development and education.
The Centre for Bioengineering at the University of Canterbury houses multidisciplinary research groups in which engineers, biologists, mathematicians, physicists and other scientists work with the medical industry to help solve medical problems.
Three of the main research groups in the Centre are:
- Control systems and modelling to assist intensive care unit (ICU) patients (building and testing different types of automated sensors to monitor patients for sedation levels or insulin/blood sugar levels).
- Modelling Arterial Blood Flow in the Brain (building 3D computer models of artery pathways and blood flow to the brain using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). This research will hopefully help doctors predict the likelihood of a stroke or risks of surgery for individuals.
- Digital Image-based Elasto-Tomography (DIET) Breast Cancer Screening System (creating 3D models of the surface motion of the breast, and using computational algorithms to determine the underlying elastic properties of the breast. This will help them to find abnormalities that may be tumours, and eventually diagnose breast cancer).
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Centre for Bioengineering
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch
New Zealand
Phone: + 64 3 364 2987 ext 6596
Email: bioeng@canterbury.ac.nz
