Engineering for Clinical Practice is a part of the wider Engineering for the Life Sciences and Healthcare strategic research theme. It brings together engineers and clinicians with the aim of improving clinical tools by the application of engineering research, techniques and innovation to the field of clinical medicine.
As an example of past collaboration, this image is from a 3D ultrasound system developed at the Engineering Department and used by clinicians to investigate the anatomy of the Brachial Plexus, important in ultrasound-guided regional anaesthetic block. This study revealed that many patients' anatomy deviated from that in a standard anatomical textbook, with important consequences for the ideal needle placement in this technique.
