Mission
The Ultrasound Imaging and Therapeutics Research Laboratory (formerly, Panscopic Imaging Laboratory) was organized within the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin in 2002. Currently, the laboratory is an integral part of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Texas comprising School of Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, and the University of Texas Health Science Center and the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
The overall mission of our laboratory is to design, develop, test, re-design, and validate devices, methods and algorithms for diagnostic imaging and therapeutic applications. A primary focus of the laboratory is to develop new methods and define the clinical utility of the developed technologies as it applies to detection, diagnosis and therapy of cancer and other pathologies. Therefore, the projects in our laboratory are ranging from molecular imaging to functional imaging and tissue differentiation, from drug delivery and release to image-guided surgery and intervention.
Almost everything we do will somewhat involve ultrasound or acoustic waves. However, other forms of energy are also used in our research. It is not the energy source but rather the application that dictates the choice. Furthermore, nanotechnology plays critical role in our research. Overall, we are a full-spectrum research group leading the discovery, development and integration of biomedical imaging technologies for fundamental research and clinical applications.
