Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Aortic Surgery
Position: Research Assistant
T +43 1 40400 27280
katharina.missoni@meduniwien.ac.at
Keywords
Artificial Organs; Biomedical Engineering; Cardiovascular System; User-Computer Interface
Research group(s)
- Working Group Schlöglhofer - Mechanical Circulatory Support
Head: Thomas Schlöglhofer
Research Area: The interdisciplinary research group of Dr. Schlöglhofer focuses on innovative technologies and research approaches in the field of mechanical circulatory support systems (MCS). The goal is to enhance the safety, efficiency, and long-term compatibility of cardiac support systems such as left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) and Impella systems using state-of-the-art methods from engineering, medicine, and computer science.
Members:
Research interests
Mechanical circulatory support (MCS) is an established therapy for patients with advanced heart failure. My main research focus is the application of human factors engineering to peripheral components of MCS systems, aiming to improve usability and patient quality-of-life while reducing risk of use-related errors.
Techniques, methods & infrastructure
A broad spectrum of techniques, including heuristic surveys and eye-tracking supported simulations, are applied for to gain deeper insights into human machine interaction of MCS experts, MCS patients and lay people. Observations can inform future designs and training protocols (formative testing).