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Ultrasound technology research

The ultrasound technology research at the Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging is focused on the following general fields:

Aberration and reverberation correction

- Compensating image distortion


Aberrated beam
ISB

Array and probe technology

- Designing the ultrasound transmitters and receivers

Ultrasound probe, illustration alternating between 1D array and 2D array
Ultrasound probe, 1D array/2D array

Beamforming

- Shaping beams for optimal imaging performance

Illustration of how a sound wave is focused using a curved transmitter
Focusing a sound wave using a curved transmitter
Hans Torp

Contrast Imaging

- Enhancing images using bubbles


Contrast imaging
ISB

Doppler technologies

- Measuring the velocity of moving blod and tissue

Ultrasound b-mode sector with an overlaid color flow sector
Cardiac color flow image
GE Vingmed Ultrasound

Echocardiography

- Diagnosing heart diseases

Left ventricle surface model
Left ventricle surface model
Hans Torp, NTNU

SURF Imaging

- A new method for ultrasound imaging


SURF imaging

Tissue characterization

- Differentiating tissue types by using ultrasound


News

2007.12.11
Article in ByAvisa regarding Nytt våpen i kampen mot kreft (norw. text).



2007.11

Article in research magacine gemini featuring Prof. Hans Torp doing ultrasound imaging of the vocal chords and the larynx.



2007.10.17,

Visit by Norwegian prime minister at the ultrasound/MI Lab booth at the technoport festival. Watch video (norw. speech).



2007.10.08,

Prof. Bjørn Angelsen received the "Ian Donald Medal for Technical Merit for contributions to the technical development of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology" at a conference in Firenze. Read the article in adressa (norw. text) the article in the university paper (norw. text) and the awards web page (eng. text).

2007.10,

Article in Norway's largest newspaper - VG (PDF), article in the research magazine Gemini and the research web site forskning.no about using ultrasound for early detection of cancer (norw. text).



2006.12.15, 14:30

Medical Imaging Lab website is online.

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