Yuxiang Liu to Serve as Co-PI on Research that Will Analyze Artery Blockages in the Brain
By Victoria Birk Hill November 25, 2024
Liu (left) and Zheng (right) are developing real-time imaging technology for stroke treatment.
We are pleased to share that CARD faculty member and researcher, Yuxiang Liu, along with his WPI colleague, Yihao Zheng, have been awarded a $1.1 million grant to build a fiber-optic probe that will analyze artery blockages in the brain and guide procedures for clot removal. The research will ultimately help improve treatment for ischemic strokes caused by blockages in the brain.
Zheng will serve as principal investigator (PI), and Yuxiang Liu, WPI associate professor of mechanical and materials engineering and CARD researcher, will be a co-PI. The team is creating a thin, flexible fiber-optic probe that can be guided to the clot site and “read” the clot to give doctors real-time information on its structure. This data, analyzed by AI, could help doctors choose the best way to remove the clot and avoid complications.
The project is being funded with a $1,199,991 grant from the National Science Foundation. Researchers at the University of California San Francisco, the University of Georgia, and UMass Chan Medical School will collaborate on the project.
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