Ph.D. in Ingegneria Elettrica, Elettronica E Delle Comunicazioni , 38th cycle (2022-2025)
Ph.D. obtained in 2026
Dissertation:
Integrative Assessment of Cardiovascular Volume Status: Automated Inferior Vena Cava Imaging and Cardiorespiratory Signal Analysis (Abstract)
Tutors:
Luca Mesin Paolo Bardella
Research presentation:
PosterProfile
Research topic
Analysis of vein pulsatility using ultrasound imaging
Research interests
Biography
Piero Policastro is currently a doctoral candidate in electrical, electronic and communications engineering.He received his MSc in Biomedical Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Turin in 2020. Piero Policastro has been deeply fascinated by natural processes and their underlying principles since a young age. His passion drove him to study the intersection of engineering and biology in pursuit of a science education. He enrolled at the Polytechnic University of Turin to pursue a master's degree in e-health and medical informatics. During his academic journey, he acquired skills in MATLAB and the Python programming language. In particular, he has worked in the areas of signal analysis, artificial intelligence and image processing. In 2022, together with his team, he founded Viper.srl, a start-up company that develops algorithms for solving medical problems, particularly for the analysis of ultrasound images of the inferior vena cava.
Teaching
Teachings
Master of Science
- Elaborazione di segnali biomedici. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA BIOMEDICA. Collaboratore del corso
- Elaborazione di segnali biomedici. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA BIOMEDICA. Collaboratore del corso
- Elaborazione di segnali biomedici. A.A. 2025/26, INGEGNERIA BIOMEDICA. Collaboratore del corso
Research
Research groups
Publications
Last years publications
PoliTO co-authors
Publications by type
Works published during the Ph.D. View all publications in Porto@Iris
- Policastro, Piero (2026)
Integrative Assessment of Cardiovascular Volume Status: Automated Inferior Vena Cava Imaging and Cardiorespiratory Signal Analysis. relatore: MESIN, LUCA; BARDELLA, PAOLO; , 38. XXXVIII Ciclo, P.: 168
Doctoral Thesis - Romanelli, Marco; Ermini, Leonardo; Policastro, Piero; Allois, Ruben; Mesin, Luca; ... (2025)
Early detection of hypovolemia by venous pulse wave velocity and vena cava ultrasound imaging. In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY. ISSN 1439-6319
Contributo su Rivista - Policastro, Piero; Romanelli, Marco; Roatta, Silvestro; Pasquero, Paolo; Mesin, Luca (2025)
Continuous, long term monitoring of IVC size and collapsibility indexes during simulated blood volume challenges. In: IX Congress of the National Group of Bioengineering – GNB 2025, Palermo (Ita), 16-18 Giugno 2025. ISBN: 9788855584142
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Policastro, Piero; Raggi, Matteo; Macri, Umberto; Mattana, Alessandra; Mesin, Luca (2025)
Dehydration and Rehydration Monitoring Through Ultrasound Imaging of the Inferior Vena Cava. In: IX Congress of the National Group of Bioengineering – GNB 2025, Palermo (Ita), 16-18 Giugno 2025. ISBN: 9788855584142
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Policastro, Piero; Ermini, Leonardo; Civera, Stefania; Albani, Stefano; Musumeci, ... (2024)
Effect of Respirophasic Displacement of the Inferior Vena Cava on Size Measurement in 2-D Ultrasound Imaging. In: ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY, vol. 50, pp. 1785-1792. ISSN 0301-5629
Contributo su Rivista - Policastro, Piero; Mesin, Luca (2024)
Estimation of Inferior Vena Cava Size from Ultrasound Imaging in X-Plane. In: ELECTRONICS, vol. 13. ISSN 2079-9292
Contributo su Rivista - Policastro, Piero; Mesin, Luca (2023)
Processing Ultrasound Scans of the Inferior Vena Cava: Techniques and Applications. In: BIOENGINEERING, vol. 10. ISSN 2306-5354
Contributo su Rivista - Policastro, Piero; Chiarion, Giovanni; Ponzio, Francesco; Ermini, Leonardo; Civera, ... (2023)
Detection of Inferior Vena Cava in Ultrasound Scans through a Deep Learning Model. In: ELECTRONICS, vol. 12, pp. 1-13. ISSN 2079-9292
Contributo su Rivista - Mesin, Luca; Albani, Stefano; Policastro, Piero; Pasquero, Paolo; Porta, Massimo; ... (2022)
Assessment of Phasic Changes of Vascular Size by Automated Edge Tracking-State of the Art and Clinical Perspectives. In: FRONTIERS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE, vol. 8. ISSN 2297-055X
Contributo su Rivista - Ermini, L.; Seddone, S.; Policastro, P.; Mesin, L.; Pasquero, P.; Roatta, S. (2022)
The Cardiac Caval Index: Improving Noninvasive Assessment of Cardiac Preload. In: JOURNAL OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE, vol. 41, pp. 2247-2258. ISSN 0278-4297
Contributo su Rivista - Seddone, Stefano; Ermini, Leonardo; Policastro, Piero; Mesin, Luca; Roatta, Silvestro (2022)
Evidence that large vessels do affect near infrared spectroscopy. In: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, vol. 12. ISSN 2045-2322
Contributo su Rivista - Mesin, Luca; Floris, Luca; Policastro, Piero; Albani, Stefano; Scacciatella, Paolo; ... (2022)
Estimation of Aortic Stiffness with Bramwell–Hill Equation: A Comparative Analysis with Carotid–Femoral Pulse Wave Velocity. In: BIOENGINEERING, vol. 9. ISSN 2306-5354
Contributo su Rivista - Mesin, L.; Policastro, P.; Albani, S.; Petersen, C.; Sciarrone, P.; Taddei, C.; ... (2022)
Non-Invasive Estimation of Right Atrial Pressure Using a Semi-Automated Echocardiographic Tool for Inferior Vena Cava Edge-Tracking. In: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE, vol. 11. ISSN 2077-0383
Contributo su Rivista - Mesin, Luca; Policastro, Piero; Re, Andrea; Sanson, Cristian; Albani, Stefano; Petersen, ... (2022)
271 AUTOMATED REAL TIME ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC TOOL FOR EDGE TRACKING OF INFERIOR VENA CAVA AND NON-INVASIVE ESTIMATION OF RIGHT ATRIAL PRESSURE. In: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL SUPPLEMENTS, vol. 24. ISSN 1554-2815
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