Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering
Position: Associate Professor
ORCID: 0000-0003-0279-6615
T +43 1 40400 39830
francesco.moscato@meduniwien.ac.at
Keywords
Artificial Intelligence; Artificial Organs; Biomedical Engineering; Cardiovascular System; Medical 3D-Printing; Models, Cardiovascular; Pattern Recognition, Automated; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted
Research group(s)
- Additve Manufacturing for Medical Research - M3dRES
Research Area: The M3dRES project aims at establishing a unique infrastructure devoted to 3d-printing for medical research in a strongly interdisciplinary environment.
Members: - Cardiovascular Dynamics and Artificial Organs
Research Area: The Working Group deals with investigation, development and simulation of cardiovascular devices and hemodynamics for diagnostic and therapeutic tools.
Members: - Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Cardiovascular Research
Head: Johann Wojta
Research Area: The Ludwig-Boltzmann-Cluster for Cardiovascular Research focuses on interdisciplinary research of therapies for cardiovascular diseases.
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Research interests
My research focuses on two main areas: medical 3d-printing and cardiovascular bioengineering. On the one hand, my research adresses the investigation of how 3d-printing could improve surgical and interventional procedures, medical device prototyping, tissue engineering and medical education. On the other hand, my efforts are devoted towards research and development of methods and devices to improve diagnostics and provide support to a range of cardiovascular pathologies.
Techniques, methods & infrastructure
Additive manufacruting (aka 3d-printing), mechanical and hemodynamic in-vitro and ex-vivo test setups, mathematical modeling, system identification and control, biosignal processing/machine learning.
Grants
- Ink-based hybrid multimaterial fabrication of next generation implants - INKplant (2019)
Source of Funding: FFG (Austrian Research Promotion Agency), Production of the Future
Coordinator of the collaborative project - A neuroprosthesis to restore the vagal-cardiac closed-loop connection after heart transplantation - NeuHeart (2018)
Source of Funding: EU, FET-Proactive
Coordinator of the collaborative project - Additive Manufacturing for M3dical RESearch - M3dRES (2017)
Source of Funding: FFG (Austrian Research Promotion Agency), F&E-Infrastrukturförderung
Principal Investigator - Continuous Out-of-hospital Monitoring of Rotary Blood Pump Patients (2014)
Source of Funding: FWF (Austrian Science Fund), Programme Clinical Research (KLIF)
Principal Investigator
Selected publications
- Russo, Marco, et al., 2020. Advanced three-dimensionally engineered simulation model for aortic valve and proximal aorta procedures. Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg, 30(6):887–895.
- Grabska, Joanna, et al., 2020. Early Detection of Pump Thrombosis in Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Device. ASAIO J, 66(4):348-354.
- Gross, Christoph, et al., 2019. LVAD Pump Flow Does Not Adequately Increase With Exercise. Artificial Organs, 43(3):222-228.
- Granegger, Marcus, et al., 2016. Continuous Monitoring of Aortic Valve Opening in Rotary Blood Pump Patients. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 63(6):1201-1207.
- Moscato, Francesco, et al., 2013. Use of continuous flow ventricular assist devices in patients with heart failure and a normal ejection fraction: A computer-simulation study. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 145(5):1352-1358.