Each year 795,000 Americans suffer from a stroke, 87% of them being ischemic where a blood clot travels from the heart to the brain causing irreparable damage. The potentially fatal consequences of these strokes could be avoided with early detection and removal of the clot. The team developed phantom models of the neck and carotid artery for testing. Artificial blood and clots were pumped through the model, and an ultrasound probe connected to a computer running a computer vision algorithm was used to detect them. This proof of concept shows that a wearable device could be created to preemptively detect ischemic strokes for at risk patients.

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Creator

• Arnold, Rachel A.
• Karrett, Trevor J.
• Melville, Chloe E.

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-050621-151007
• 23131

Advisor

• Stabile, Joe
• Zheng, Yihao

Year

• 2021

Date created

• 2021-05-06

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Biomedical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Electrical & Computer Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright