{"55903":{"#nid":"55903","#data":{"type":"news","title":"IEEE_USA cites Fontan Surgical Planning Work as 1 of 5 Top Engineering Breakthroughs","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMay 1, 2010\n\n\u003Cem\u003E\n\n\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EBiomedical engineers designed software that allows\n heart surgeons to perform a virtual surgery before entering the \noperating room. The tool allows the surgeon to see the predicted \noutcomes of different surgical approaches, and help determine which \nwould be the best for the patient. The tool uses MRI images of the heart\n at different times in the cardiac cycle to model the cardiovascular \nanatomy, blood flow and heart rate.  Based on what this 3D model \nreveals, surgeons can see what needs to be corrected and attempt \nmultiple different procedures using the tool. An analysis of the heart\u0027s\n fluid dynamics describes how well blood flows after the virtual \nprocedure.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Doctors Playing Doctor - Biomedical Engineers Helps Heart Surgeons with Virtual Surgery Tool"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIEEE_USA, the world\u0027s largest professional association for the advancement of technology,\u0026nbsp; cites Ajit Yoganathan\u0027s Fontan Surgical Planning Work as 1 of 5 Top Engineering Breakthroughs\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27195","created_gmt":"2010-05-19 09:18:20","changed_gmt":"2022-05-26 17:09:36","author":"Colly Mitchell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-05-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-05-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.ieeeusa.org\/","title":"http:\/\/www.ieeeusa.org\/"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.aip.org\/dbis\/IEEE\/stories\/20048.html","title":"Read full story"}],"groups":[{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB)"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2586","name":"Fontan"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"6119","name":"heart valve"},{"id":"248","name":"IBB"},{"id":"1187","name":"IEEE"},{"id":"6156","name":"Yoganathan"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDon Fernandez\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["don.fernandez@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}