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SCAPIS - the Largest Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research Program in Sweden

CT scanner at SCAPIS
CT scan is part of the SCAPIS collection of data

The Swedish Cardiopulmonary Bioimage Study (SCAPIS) combines the use of new imagine technologies, advances in large-scale 'comics' and epidemiological analyses to extensively characterize a Swedish cohort of 30 000 men and women aged between 50 and 64 years.

SCAPIS Linköping

Blood preassure measurement

SCAPIS What and Why?

SCAPIS is a national population study where data has been collected at six sites in Sweden during 2013-2018.
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What Happens Now?

In December 2018 the national data collection was concluded as 30 000 individuals had been examined.

Related Research

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SCAPIS Micro

Changes in the smallest vessels in the body, the microcirculation, affect oxygen and nutrient delivery to the cells. A new optical technique gives the opportunity to find relations between dysfunctional microcirculation and cardiovascular disease
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Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization (CMIV)

CMIV conducts focused front-line research providing solutions to tomorrow’s clinical issues. The CMIV mission is to develop future methods and tools for image analysis and visualization for applications within health care and medical research.

Contact Information

SCAPIS in Linköping is managed by research leader Carl Johan Östgren together with project coordinator Charlotte Lundström. A steering committee and an operative committee have the overall responsibility for how SCAPIS should be designed and operated in the future.
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Carl Johan Östgren

Professor
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Charlotte Brage

Coordinator
  • Radiology Department, Region Östergötland

Email

scapis@regionostergotland.se

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