AtheroRisk, our 2-year Research Project, during which we developed our Carotid Ultrasound Image and Video Analysis Software for Stroke Risk Stratification, successfully passed its formal Evaluation and Review Process, as required by its corresponding funding source, the Research and Innovation Foundation, in Cyprus.
🔍 An independent foreign European Reviewer, MD and Full Professor in Medical Diagnostics, Medical Imaging and Radiotherapy, was appointed by RIF to rate the quality of our research Software, its workflow and associated results, its underlying technological and methodological aspects, and give a final judgement, in a formal online group meeting, around mid-September 2024.
𝗔𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗸 has officially received a ‘𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗔 – 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁’.
This was made possible because it was led by 𝗗𝗿 Efthyvoulos Kyriacou (PI and Leader of the ehealthlab@CUT), and supported by 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳. Andrew Nicolaides MS, FRCS, PhD (Hon) 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘀 (Clininal and Ethics Committee), who offered us brilliant guidance in medical data quality aspects, and the appropriate carotid ultrasound video acquisition protocol, and who applied useful software evaluations, 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽, to help us produce a high quality software solution; a software which was developed based on years of research led by 𝗗𝗿 Efthyvoulos Kyriacou and 𝗗𝗿 Christos P Loizou, and with the dedication and excellent work of Michalis Gemenaris (full-stack development young researcher at ehealthlab@CUT) and Georgia Liapi (PhD student working on carotid ultrasound video analysis).
It has been an honour for the 𝗲𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗹𝗮𝗯@𝗖𝗨𝗧 Team Members to have collaborated 📎 with all the Clinicians, Experts and Senior Researchers in the AtheroRisk Consortium (from Cyprus University of Technology, Frederick University, CYENS Centre of Excellence, University of Cyprus, UOA School of Medicine, CING and the Americal Medical Center in Cyprus), for such a meaningful purpose 💡.
𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗸.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴.
