Welcome to the Ultrasound Imaging and Therapeutics Research Laboratory
Have you ever heard of exploratory surgery? Probably not – thanks to progress in medical imaging. The development of imaging modalities springs from the join force of several disciplines including electrical engineering, computer science, biology, physics, biochemistry, physiology, etc. These disciplines provide foundation to what is best referred as biomedical imaging – the advanced imaging methods capable of detection and differential diagnosis of pathology, treatment planning, image-guided therapy and monitoring of the treatment outcome.
The overall theme of the research in our laboratory is to develop systems and algorithms for biomedical imaging and therapeutics. We are specifically interested in intelligent biomedical imaging and sensing ranging from molecular imaging to small animal imaging to clinical applications. Furthermore, the research in our laboratory is focused on image-guided therapy and therapeutic applications of ultrasound and other forms of energy such as light. Generally, the research projects are interdisciplinary and often involve collaboration with the departments within the School of Engineering and College of Natural Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin, clinical sites (the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, and other Medical Centers nationwide), and our industrial partners.
