The research within the CALLIRHEO project comprised of five work packages, distributed over the 24-month duration of the project. The work plan also included several milestones and deliverables that were all completed on time. The work packages were designed to ensure the optimal impact for the success of the project and achieve each objective.
We managed to integrate several computational fluid dynamic methods to achieve reliable and efficient multi-scale models that could be useful in the clinical practice. Patient-specific image data from normal and obese patients were faithfully reconstructed and matched with phase-contrast MRI (PC-MRI) measurements of the same patient, thus performing personalised simulations. Based on uniquely-complex multi-scan continuous 3D data, we also achieved, for the first time, high-precision models of the entire patient-specific vasculature, from the aortic arch down to the smaller arteries of the arm. The relationship between blood flow development and flow-related disease markers was investigated and analysed. Results from this work have been presented on several occasions.
Dissemination started from the very first month of the project and resulted, by the end of it, in 41 scientific outputs and 39 activities, including contributions to journals, conferences, workshops, and seminars, organisation of workshops and minisymposia, etc. A patent application was also made during the project.
A dedicated website for the CALLIRHEO project was set up and is accessible via the following URL:
https://callirheo.wordpress.com/(opens in new window). A full list of publications can be found in the project’s website.
The CALLIRHEO project also successfully delivered 10 public engagement activities, reaching out to a very large number of pupils and adults of all ages and from across all sections of society, thus increasing its overall impact.
