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CT + ultrasound for cardiac imaging

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Congratulations to Stephan! His paper on developing ultrasound transducers with improved X-ray computed tomography (CT)-compatibility was accepted for publication in Medical Physics!  This paper describes materials that can be used in ultrasound transducers to allow simultaneous acquisition of ultrasound and CT for cardiac gating and imaging in coronary artery disease.  The new array transducer Stephan developed for cardiac imaging using these materials exhibits ~24× improved radiographic … [Read more...]

Amanda Wijntjes named Outstanding Senior!

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Congratulations to Amanda, who was awarded "Outstanding Senior" for the Class of 2021 in the BME Department! In our lab, Amanda worked on 3D velocity imaging of 3D-printed cardiovascular constructs, including the human heart at varying stages of development. Thanks for your great work and congratulations on your graduation! Amanda has accepted a position as Associate Engineer at Merck. … [Read more...]

Imaging through varying skull microstructure

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Congratulations to Bowen!  Our paper on the effect of skull microstructure in transcranial ultrasound imaging was accepted for publication in Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology.  This work uses simulation and experimental studies to describe the effect of the small, sub-millimeter structure of bone within the skull on ultrasound imaging for the first time.  Our work in this project as part of a larger team including three other labs led by Dr. Erturk, Dr. Ruzzene, and Dr. Arvanitis has recently … [Read more...]

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering paper acceptance

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Congratulations to Graham Collins!  Graham's paper describing the development of a sub-millimeter vascular robotic guidewire ultrasound imaging system in collaboration with Achraj Sarma from Prof. Jaydev Desai's lab was recently accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.  We thank all of our collaborators and co-authors who made this exciting work possible, especially Achraj, Dr. Zach Bercu from Emory Interventional Radiology, and Dr. Desai!   … [Read more...]