Develop new technology to effectively diagnose cardiovascular disease

On January 23, researchers at the University of Texas (UT) in Arlington, USA, received nearly half a million dollars in investment in a project to develop a new technology that effectively supports the diagnosis .

According to the announcement of UT, the National Institute of Health Research (NIH) has granted US $ 441,000 to UT to implement the project.

Mr. Michael Nelson, an assistant professor of research on UT and also the project leader, and colleagues will develop a device to help research how oxygen is transported to skeletal muscles and how skeletal muscle uses oxygen.

The device helps research how oxygen is transported to skeletal muscles and how skeletal muscle uses oxygen.

Talking to reporters, Nelson said that there has never been a similar technology in the world because so far, the scientific community has only studied separately the transport of oxygen or the work of parts. in the body using oxygen. No scientist has simultaneously studied the two problems on the same patient.

According to him, the technology will use lasers to track the movement of red blood cells in muscles as well as the amount of oxygen in the muscles.

In the short term, the team intends to develop this technology, both hardware and software, which can then work on patient research.

Once developed, this technology will be applied to diagnose cardiovascular diseases.

Scientists say the results of this study may bring about a major change in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases.