Dr. Siddhartha Sikdar's Laboratory

Biomedical Imaging Laboratory Website

* Laboratory located at Mason’s Fairfax campus

Research Interests

The overall thrust of our research is the development of new diagnostic ultrasound techniques and applications and translating them from laboratory experiments into practical solutions that can be used in a clinical setting (bench to bedside). Furthermore, using these techniques in a clinical setting, we seek to develop new insights and make novel observations about human physiology and function, which would be the stimulus for further basic investigations.

Our current research has two broad themes:
• Using ultrasound waves in novel ways to study human physiology
• Using computational modeling in combination with experimental measurements to investigate underlying mechanisms

Potential 2012 Aspiring Scientists Summer Internship Projects

1. Study changes in tissue oxygenation in neck muscles of patients with chronic neck pain. This project will involve data collection and analysis from human subjects using near-infrared spectroscopy.
2. Study the factors that increase the vulnerability of atherosclerotic plaque in the carotid arteries to rupture, leading to stroke. This project will involve analysis and interpretation of 3D ultrasound images of carotid arteries from patients.