Congratulations to Stephan for winning the best student paper competition at the recent virtual 2021 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium!  Stephan's paper is entitled: "A thin, high penetration depth phased array transducer with a metamaterial acoustic backing for cardiac imaging with X-ray computed tomography compatibility." Great work, Stephan! … [Read more...]

Congratulations to Sunny on her new paper on forward-viewing intravascular blood flow imaging, which was recently published in Ultrasonics!  This work investigates the effect of the catheter-based measurement device itself on the ability to make accurate intravascular hemodynamic measurements, finding that there is minimum blood flow disruption for a hollow catheter.   … [Read more...]

We are pleased to announce funding of a new award from the National Institutes of Health for developing a novel system for 3D interventional imaging in coronary artery disease, described in more detail here.  Thanks to all lab members and collaborators for making this possible!  We are excited to work on development and testing of this system and on the impact it can have for patients. … [Read more...]

Our sub-millimeter, steerable robotic guidewire with integrated ultrasound imaging developed in collaboration with Jaydev Desai's lab and Zach Bercu from Emory Interventional Radiology was named a Featured Article in the July 2021 issue of IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering!  Congratulations to Graham and Achraj! The feature can be seen here. Read the full article here. … [Read more...]

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...]

Congratulations to Sunny Kim for passing the oral qualifying exam in the BioE program! Great job!   … [Read more...]

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...]

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...]

Our work in transcranial ultrasound imaging in collaboration with Dr. Erturk, Dr. Arvanitis, and Dr. Ruzzene was recently covered in this press release.  Thanks Bowen for your outstanding work on this project! … [Read more...]

Congratulations to Graham Collins for a successful PhD proposal and advancing to doctoral candidate!  Great job, Graham! … [Read more...]