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| | | Welcome to TCSUH.NET | TCSUH.NET has been built by researchers of Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston (TCSUH) as a part of our Biomedical Research Initiative. Website features biomedical research projects related to adult and fetal Magnetocardiography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
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| The TCSUH.NET brings together scientists, engineers and physicians from University of Houston and throughout the Houston Area with a mutual interest in the development of novel biomedical sensors and instruments utilizing superconductor technology. The goal of TCSUH.NET is to encourage and facilitate invention, patenting and early stage development of medical devices, and medical software development.
The TCSUH.NET is a web-based information portal acting as a hub for the collection, storage and timely dissemination of information for the interests and pursuits of the entrepreneurial players, including faculty, students, and practitioners.
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| Magnetocardiography (Dr. Audrius Brazdeikis) |
|  | Magnetocardiography research is a part of TCSUH biomedical research initiative, intended to demonstrate viability and benefits of superconducting technology in medicine through the use of of Superconducting QUantum Interference Device (SQUID)-based sensors for non-invasive detection of minute biomagnetic signals originating from human body.
In many countries, total cardiovascular disease mortality ranks as the leading cause of death. It is important, therefore, to develop, new advanced diagnostic methods that are sensitive and, most important, specific enough to identify unhealthy subjects at very early stages of a disease, to monitor their treatment progress and to reduce the need for many invasive clinical procedures. Magnetocardiography (MCG), being completely non-invasive and very sensitive method for detecting cardiac bioelectrical activity is one of the most promising applications of superconducting technology that appears to be rapidly gaining attention from various government and educational institutions, and private companies worldwide, as can be judged from corresponding developments in the technology and its applications. [More... ]
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| HTS MRI Probes For Biomedical Applications (Dr. Jarek Wosik) |
|  | The goal of this project is to make scientific and engineering contributions towards the utilization at microwave- and radio-frequencies (rf) of HTS thin films and devices in bio-medicine and an improved understanding of high frequency properties of HTS materials at high dc and rf fields.
There is a promising niche market for both clinical and research applications of HTS single or phased array surface probes for high-resolution MRI. Especially successful development of multi-elements HTS phased array MRI coil may accelerate the recognition of HTS coils as the market applications. There could also be a moderate but significant market in biology research labs and clinics for low-field MRI using either cooled copper or HTS based MRI probes. [More... ]
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| HTS SQUIDs For Characterization of Biological Systems (Dr. John Miller, Jr) |
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We study and develop novel applications of sensitive magnetic sensors, known as Superconducting QUantum Interference Devices (SQUIDs), and utilize other electromagnetic techniques, such as impedance spectroscopy and harmonic generation spectroscopy, for the study of biological systems. [More... ]
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