Area of Research

Dr. Steinman's research interests are in the areas of Biomedical Engineering and Fluid Sciences. His work focuses on the integration of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and medical imaging, and the use of such "image-based CFD" and "virtual imaging" techniques to improve the understanding, diagnosis and treatment of vascular diseases.

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Courses

MIE418S - Fluid Mechanics II

Biosketch

Dr. David Steinman  is a full professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and a core faculty member of the Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Toronto. Prior to moving to Toronto in December 2005, he was a scientist at the Imaging Research Laboratories of the Robarts Research Institute and an associate professor of Medical Biophysics at the University of Western Ontario in (the other) London.

Dr. Steinman is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and currently serves as an Associate Editor of that society's Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. He is also a member of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and the International Magnetic Resonance Angiography Club. He currently holds a Career Investigator Award from the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Ontario, and serves on that agency's Scientifc Review Committee II. Dr. Steinman has also been the recipient of a Premier's Research Excellence Award, and grants from the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, and Whitaker Foundation.

Representative Publications

• Thomas JB et al . Variation in the carotid bifurcation geometry of young vs. older adults: Implications for geometric risk of atherosclerosis. Stroke 2005 Nov; 36(11): 2450-2456.
• Antiga L and Steinman DA. Robust and objective decomposition and mapping of bifurcating vessels. IEEE Trans Med Imaging 2004 Jun; 3(6): 704-713.
• Steinman DA et al . Image-based computational simulation of flow dynamics in a giant intracranial aneurysm. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2003 Apr; 24: 559-566. Editorial: 553-554.
• Steinman DA et al . Reconstruction of carotid bifurcation hemodynamics and wall thickness using computational fluid dynamics and MRI. Magn Reson Med 2002 Jan; 47(1): 149-159.
• Milner JS et al . Hemodynamics of human carotid artery bifurcations: computational studies in models reconstructed from magnetic resonance imaging of normal subjects. J Vasc Surg 1998 Jul; 27(1): 143-156.

steinman@mie.utoronto.ca