Development Of A Novel Cardiac Imaging Technique To Detect Silent Brain Infarction In The Elderly To Prevent Subsequent Vascular Dementia
Grant Data
Project Title
Development Of A Novel Cardiac Imaging Technique To Detect Silent Brain Infarction In The Elderly To Prevent Subsequent Vascular Dementia
Principal Investigator
Professor Yiu, Kai Hang
(Project Coordinator (PC))
Co-Investigator(s)
Dr Lee Wei-Ning
(Co-principal investigator)
Dr Mak Ka Fung Henry
(Co-Investigator)
Duration
72
Start Date
2018-01-01
Amount
4166780
Conference Title
Development Of A Novel Cardiac Imaging Technique To Detect Silent Brain Infarction In The Elderly To Prevent Subsequent Vascular Dementia
Presentation Title
Keywords
Detect Silent Brain, Elderly, Novel Cardiac Imaging Technique, Subsequent Vascular Dementia
Discipline
Others - Medicine, Dentistry and Health
HKU Project Code
MRP/072/17X
Grant Type
Midstream Research Programme for Universities (MRP)
Funding Year
2017
Status
On-going
Objectives
Objective 1: Design of a novel echocardiography technique (0-6 months) A specific speckle tracking derived strain interface will be designed for specific detection of LV subtle dysfunction. Objective 2: Application for analysis of image (6-12 months) An application that allows analysis of acquired image and quantify strain values on different computer operating system (PC and iOS system). Objective 3: Image acqusition in healthy elderly (12-30 months) A total of 500 healthy elderly will be recurited for echocardiography (strain value) to correlate with MRI brain for detection of SBI. Objective 4: Cut-off strain value (30-36 months) An accurate cut-off strain value will be derived using the 500 echocardiography and MRI brain to accurately predict for SBI.