Christopher M. Ingrassia

Doctoral Candidate, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Education
B.S., Computer Science, University of Central Florida, 1998
M.S., Mathematics, New York University, 2001

Research Summary
Analysis of left ventricular wall motion is useful for evaluating cardiac function and identifying diseased or dysfunctional myocardium. Detection of asynchronous motion, resulting from either reginal ischemia or conduction block, is of particular clinical importance. We have developed a unique spatiotemporal parameterization for regional wall motion within the finite element framework to design and evaluate novel indices of abnormal cardiac function. This quantitative description will aid diagnosis and give cardiologists the ability to objectively track a patient's condition over time.

Recent Publications

Ingrassia CM, Usyk TP, Kerckhoffs RCP, McCulloch AD, Costa KD, Holmes JW. Model-Based Development of Four-Dimensional Wall Motion Measures. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanical Engineering, 2007. (in press)

Herz SL, Ingrassia CM, Homma S, Costa KD, Holmes JW. Parameterization of Left Ventricular Wall Motion for Detection of Regional Ischemia. Annals of Biomedical Engineering 33(7):912-919, 2005.