Programme Type: SEVENTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME
Programme Acronym: FP7-ICT
Contract Type: SPECIFIC TARGETED RESEARCH PROJECT
Contract No: 248801
Start Date: 2010-01-01
End Date: 2013-12-31
Project Status: execution
Budget for TUC: N/A
Role for TUC: prime
Principal Investigator for TUC: Euripides G.Μ. Petrakis

Modern computer programmes can accurately predict the risk of stent fracture in clinically-relevant cases. However, due to the complexity of such calculations, analysis of a single case might require hours to days, which is a time frame that is not compatible with clinical workflows. RT3S will extrapolate a probabilistic description of the fracture risk for an implanted stent based on a limited set of highly-detailed, numerical simulations of clinical cases. Once this response surface is available, it will be included in a real-time simulation toolbox that is capable of providing the risk of stent fracture associated with a set of patient-specific and surgery-specific input parameters in a few seconds.

RT3S will include extensive validation throughout the entire life of the project. RT3S will pay particular attention to validation of the software toolbox to check that its implementation does not compromise the accuracy of the response surface. Once the computer-aided planning application is available, RT3S clinical partners will receive a copy of the software and will repeat the pre-operative planning on a group of selected cases that have already been treated, some of which are known to have resulted in stent fracture complications.

In parallel, a dual-level (junior and senior) training tool for interventional surgeons will be developed in order to provide the system with a formative module with adapted contents to allow the students to simulate the result of interventions and learn to make better decisions before undertaking practical cases.

Funding Agency: FP7-ICT-STREP, Theme ICT-2009.5.2 (Patient Safety)

Official Project Web Site: http://www.rt3s.eu

• Karanasiou G., Sakellarios A., Tripoliti E., Petrakis E., Zervakis M., Migliavacca F., Dubini G., Dordoni E., Michalis L., Fotiadis D.: Modeling stent deployment in realistic arterial segment geometries: the effect of the plaque composition, IEEE 13th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering, (BIBE 2013), November, 10-13, 2013, Chania, Crete.
  

  Publication Type: Conference Publications

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• Tripoliti E., Pappas I., Petrakis E., Sans J.: Crafting Vascular Medicine Training Scenarios: The RT3S Authoring Tool, IEEE 13th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering, (BIBE 2013), November, 10-13, 2013, Chania, Crete.
  

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• Tripoliti E., Pappas I., Petrakis E., Sans J.: E-Learning Templates for Peripheral Vascular Stenting, 15th International Conference on E-Health Networking Applications and Services, October 9-12, 2013, Lisbon, Portugal.
  

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• Karanasiou G., Sakellarios A., Tripoliti E., Petrakis E., Zervakis M., Migliavacca F., Dubini G., Dordoni E., Michalis L., Fotiadis D.: Modeling of stent implantation in a human stenotic artery, XIII Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing, September 25-28, 2013, Sevilla Spain.
  

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• Lakiotaki K., Chliaoutakis A., Koutsos S., Petrakis E.: Towards Personalized Medical Document Classification by Leveraging UMLS Semantic Network, 2nd International Conference on Health Information Science (HIS2013), Mar 26 - 27, 2013, London, UK.
  

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• Tripoliti E., Sakellarios A., Peroulis M., Petrakis E., Berends J., Tinsson E.: Training Scenarios for Vascular Surgeons of Peripheral Arteries, Modeling of Patient Safety Workshop, VPH2012 Conference, Sept. 18-20, London, UK (short paper)(presentation)
  

  Publication Type: Conference Publications

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• Tripoliti E., Sakellarios A., Peroulis M., Petrakis E., Zervakis M.: Real-Time Simulation for Safer Vascular Stenting – The Training Application, 34th Annual International Conference of the IEEE in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC'2012), San Diego, California, August 28 - September 1, 2012.)(presentation)
  

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• Tripoliti E., Sakellarios A., Peroulis M., Petrakis E.: The Vascular Training Medicine Application, 26th International Congress and Exhibition, Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS'2012), June 27-30, 2012, Pisa, Italy.
  

  Publication Type: Conference Publications

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