Interdisciplinarity is the term that most characterizes the Viper's team, which is composed of scientists, doctors and professionals with different backgrounds and a common vision in blood vessel dynamics for dehydration assessment.
Working group
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Head of the Research Group called Mathematical Biology & Physiology of the Department of Electronics and Telecommunications of the Polytechnic of Turin. His research interests focus on simulation of physiological systems and image and signal processing for biomedical applications, particularly in blood vessel dynamics and dehydration assessment. He has about 90 publications in international journals, 6 monographs and 4 patents related to fluid therapy and vascular analysis.
D. in Biomedical Engineering (E-health), he carried out his thesis project at the Department of Informatics of the Polytechnic of Turin, with the objective of deep learning analysis (Bayesian Networks) of histopathological images. He is currently a PhD student in Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering at the Politecnico di Torino. His research focuses on the analysis of venous pulsatility through ultrasound scans, blood vessel dynamics, and biomedical devices for fluid therapy management.
Silvestro Roatta is an Associate Professor at the Department of Neuroscience "Rita Levi Montalcini" of the University of Turin (UNITO). His area of specialization is physiology with emphasis on fluid dynamics and vascular monitoring. He has published numerous scientific articles in international journals, dealing with topics such as the rapid vasodilatory response to muscle contraction and pulse wave velocity in veins for dehydration assessment. Additionally, Roatta is involved in several teaching and research programs at UNITO, including the Master's Degree Course in Dentistry and Dental Prosthetics and the MD-PhD program of the School of Medicine.
Prof. Paolo
Bardella
Paolo Bardella is an Associate Professor at the Department of Electronics and Telecommunications
at the Polytechnic University of Turin. He contributes to VIPER's fluid therapy research with
his expertise in signal processing. He obtained his degree in Electronic Engineering in 2002
and his PhD in Electronics and Telecommunications in 2005, both from the Polytechnic University
of Turin. Bardella has received numerous awards, including the Best Paper Award from the IEEE
International Conference on Photonics.
Ing. PhD Giovanni Chiarion
Giovanni Chiarion obtained his PhD from the Department of Electrical, Electronic, and
Communications Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Turin. His research focuses on the
analysis of functional connectivity in the brain and biomedical devices for vascular monitoring,
contributing valuable insights to VIPER's dehydration assessment technology.
Dott. Alberto Giannoni
Alberto Giannoni is an Associate Professor at the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Pisa and
a Cardiologist at the Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio. His research focuses on the
pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of heart failure, cardiorespiratory interactions,
echocardiography, and vascular dynamics for fluid therapy optimization. He is the author of
over 150 scientific articles
and has contributed to numerous book chapters on dehydration assessment and fluid
management.
Dott. Andrea Grillo
Dr. Andrea Grillo is a researcher at the Department of Medical, Surgical, and Health
Sciences of the University of Trieste. His research mainly focuses on cardiovascular
diseases, hypertension, fluid therapy, and internal medicine. He has published numerous
scientific articles
on blood vessel dynamics and has collaborated with several international researchers on
dehydration assessment protocols.
Dott. Antonio De Luca
Cardiologist specializing in IVC ultrasound and vascular fluid dynamics. PhD candidate at
the Department of Medicine, Surgery, and Health Sciences,
University of Trieste, Italy, researching innovative methods for dehydration assessment
through vascular imaging.
Dott. Bruno Fabris
Dott. Bruno Fabris
Bruno Fabris is a doctor and researcher at the University of Trieste specializing in fluid
management and vascular assessment. Director of the
complex structure of clinical medicine - Assistant Professor at the Giuliano Isontina
University Health Authority (ASU GI) - Trieste, contributing expertise in dehydration
diagnostics to the VIPER project.
Dott. Francesco
Antonini-Canterin
Francesco Antonini Canterin is a cardiologist specializing in non-invasive cardiac
diagnostics and vascular imaging for fluid assessment. Currently, he is the Director of the
Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Unit at the
High Specialization Rehabilitation Hospital of Motta di Livenza and a contract Professor of
Echocardiography at the University of Verona. He is also the President of the Italian
Society of Echocardiography and Cardiovascular Imaging (SIECVI), bringing valuable expertise
in blood vessel dynamics imaging to the VIPER project.
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