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Research/Academic Interests
Dr. Tran's main research and academic interests include the
following:
 Pulmonary Mechanics:
non-invasive measurement of stresses and strains developed on the lung surface using
imaging techniques (MRI and CT) and utilization of these measurements to study the
development of lung disease.
Additional lings: Electric Lung
Anatomy and Pediatric
Airway Disease.
Cardiac Mechanics:
evaluation of cardiac augmentation by synchronous gating of the respiratory and cardiac
cyles using Echo-planar Magnetic Resonance imaging (MRI). Learn more about the heart.
Home Care Technologies
(HCT): development of biomedical technologies with particular applications to home care and rehabilitation. Of particular
interest are cardiac and pulmonary home care rehabilitiation strategies.
Bio-Instrumentation:
development, testing, and evaluation of biomedical instrumentation for the early
detection, diagnosis, and monitoring of disease.
Volume Controller:
development of volume control equipment to dynamically monitor and control lung volume.
Equipment has been used for research to study pulmonary, as well as cardiac, anatomy and
function.
Other projects with which he is involved are:
Physiologic Monitoring System:
development of data acquisition system to monitor and record physiologic signals involved
during animal research. Equipment development include building electronic amplifiers, data
acquisition systems (recording and display), and integration of hardware and software into
one complete monitoring unit.
Lung Sounds Monitor:
development of digital lung
sounds device to record and analyze pulmonary breath sounds based upon frequency
analysis techniques.
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