Coronary atherosclerosis denotes the buildup of fat inside the walls of the blood vessels of the heart. This disease contributes to a total of 50% of all deaths in the Western World. Despite its deadly nature, researchers struggle to understand its true etiology, and treatment usually begin in later stages when the progression of atherosclerosis is already severe and irreversible.

Most research has been dedicated to factors inside of the vessels to determine the overall cause of atherosclerosis. This approach however has not been able to accuratley identify and detect this deadly disease in its early stages. There's been a push for more research on factors outside of the blood vessel and the tissues that surround it. There's still a lack of technology and research that can determine this, which leads to our development of a processing system that can analyze the surrounding tissue and find correlations between them.

Team Members

Sean Ewalt - Bioengineering: Biotechnology

Westin Gibbs - Bioengineering: Bioinformatics

Danielle Manalastas - Bioengineering: Biosystems

Vanessa Rohrer - Bioengineering: Bioengineering

Katherine Young - Bioengineering: Biosystems