Engineering Research Center for Emerging Cardiovascular Technologies

杜克大学和北卡罗来纳州大学在 查佩尔山，与来自北卡罗来纳州的教师合作 州立大学和微电子中心的工作人员在 北卡罗来纳州，将启动一个工程研究中心， 新兴心血管技术。 中心将联合收割机 NSF和NIH的支持，来自工业，私人 基金会和北卡罗来纳州生物技术中心。 该中心将采用最新的超大规模集成电路设计 概念，生物传感器，系统设计和模拟探索 新一代心脏介入治疗仪的设计 医学成像系统。 该跨学科中心将 把活跃的大学研究项目结合起来， 建立工程和生物医学研究人员与 工业调查员。 该研究将集中在心脏 介入系统。 心血管成像，微电子 系统和生物传感器系统创建基础知识 设计先进的生物医学系统、设备和 仪器. 业绩和质量是领导力的关键， 美国在开发和销售心脏介入和 成像系统。 美国拥有良好的基础设施， 生物医学研究，ERC将联合收割机与最新的 高科技的发展，以创造，建设， 评估新型介入和成像系统的原型， 在国际市场上具有竞争力。 紧急救济协调员的一个组成部分将是以下各方的积极参与： 通过咨询委员会、研究机构 和访问伙伴计划，以及一系列研讨会。 同学们， 教师和工业人员将合作研究， 这是加速研究向技术转化的最佳途径。 教育计划将侧重于参与 多学科团队的本科生和研究生 由来自不同国家的教师和工业研究人员组成， 技术背景。 工业人员将积极 教师在设计教育方案的成员， 为学生的研究项目提供建议。 杜克ERC被国家科学委员会批准为 1987年3月，ERC的1987年财政年度之一，前提是ERC 得到了美国国立卫生研究院三分之一的支持。 这一行动通过部分 这是NSF的承诺。 NSF承诺的完成将 等待NIH批准一项支持ERC的奖励。 跨学科研究部建议， 杜克ERC，因为它提供了一个极好的机会，联合收割机 工程和医疗技能，以推进一个基本领域， 工程. 紧急救济协调员的贡献将是至关重要的， 新一代介入成像系统的开发 这将直接提高国际竞争力， 新产品，间接降低医疗成本。

Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in cooperation with faculty from North Carolina State University and the staff of the Microelectronics Center at North Carolina, will initiate an Engineering Research Center for Emerging Cardiovascular Technologies. The Center will combine NSF and NIH support with funds from industry, private foundations, and the North Carolina Biotechnology Center. The Center will incorporate the lastest VLSI design concepts, biosensors, systems design and simulation to explore the design of a new generation of cardiac interventional and medical imaging systems. This interdisciplinary center will bring together active university research programs of well- established engineering and biomedical researchers with industrial investigators. The research will focus on Cardiac Interventional Systems. Cardiovascular Imaging, Microelectronic Systems and Biosensor Systems to create the fundamental knowledge required to design advanced biomedical systems, devices, and instruments. Performance and quality are key to the leadership of the U.S. in developing and marketing cardiac interventional and imaging systems. The U.S. possesses and excellent base of basic biomedical research, which the ERC will combine with the latest developments in high technology in order to create, build, and assess prototypes of new interventional and imaging systems which will be competitive in world markets. Integral to the ERC will be the active participation of industrial personnel through advisory boards, research affiliate and visiting fellow programs, and a seminar series. Students, faculty, and industrial personnel will collaborate in research, an optimum way to speed the flow of research to technology. The Education program will focus on the involvement of undergraduate and graduate students in multidisciplinary teams made up of faculty and industrial researchers from diverse technical backgrounds. Industrial personnel will be active members of the faculty in designing educational programs and advising student research projects. The Duke ERC was approved by the National Science Board as one of the FY 1987 ERCs in March of 1987, provided that the ERC receive one-third support from the National Institutes of Health. This action initiates the first year of the ERC through partial funding of NSF's commitment. Completion of NSF's commitment will await approval by the NIH of an award to support the ERC. The Division of Cross-Disciplinary research recommends the Duke ERC because it provides an excellent opportunity to combine engineering and medical skills to advance a basic field of engineering. The ERC's contribution will be critical for the development of a new generation of interventional imaging systems which will directly enhance international competitiveness through new products and indirectly reduce the costs of healthcare.