Together with Dominique Chapelle we are part of a project (SILICOVILUNG) selected by ANR in the 4th wave of the COVID call, cf. https://anr.fr/fr/actualites-de-lanr/details/news/appel-anr-ra-covid-19-les-resultats-des-premieres-vagues-devaluation.
The project is managed by Pierre-Yves Brillet from Hypoxia & Lung Laboratory/Sorbonne-Paris-Nord University and Avicenne AP-HP Hospital. It aims at better understanding the regional physiological mechanisms in the evolution of Covid-19 pneumonia in their severe forms and to anticipate the development or not of sequelae, in particular fibrosis. It focuses on the processing of CT images of Covid-19 patients for an assessment of vascular remodeling and regional lung mechanics/compliance.
With this project we will hire one engineer or post-doc to extend Cécile Patte’s PhD work, and begin its translation to the clinic.