http://www.urmc.rochester.edu:80/rcbu/news/ Rochester Center for Biomedical Ultrasound News Feed Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:00:00 GMT http://www.urmc.rochester.edu:80/rcbu/news/?display=2009#newsItem178 Diane Dalecki, Ph.D. (BME, RCBU) has been elected a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America. She was recognized by the society for her contributions to the bioeffects of sound and ultrasound. Professor Dalecki’s election to Fellow was acknowledged at an awards ceremony during the 158th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America that was held in San Antonio, TX on October 26-30, 2009. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.urmc.rochester.edu:80/rcbu/news/?display=2009#newsItem178 http://www.urmc.rochester.edu:80/rcbu/news/?display=2009#newsItem163 A new collaboration, funded by the NIH, brings together the expertise of Professor Maria Helguera (Center for Imaging Sciences, RIT), Professor Diane Dalecki (BME, UR), and Professor Denise Hocking(Pharmacology & Physiology, UR). The collaborative effort focuses on developing novel, ultrasound tissue characterization techniques for engineered tissues. This work is part of a larger project, led by Drs. Dalecki and Hocking and funded by the NIH, that aims to develop ultrasound-based technologies for the field of tissue engineering.Dr. Helguera’s laboratory is devoted to advancing multimodal imaging and materials characterization techniques. Over the years, she has developed a suite of nondestructive, ultrasound-based materials characterization techniques for non-biological materials, such as polymers, ceramics, and layered materials. Through this new collaborative effort, the novel approaches that Dr. Helguera has developed and implemented for ultrasound characterization of non-biological materials will be translated to characterize the biological properties of engineered tissues. We propose to extend and apply high frequency ultrasound-based, tissue characterization techniques to monitor non-invasively biological and structural properties of cells and extracellular matrix proteins within three-dimensional engineered tissues. NIH support for the next two years will allow Dr. Helguera to spend the fall semesters and part of her summers devoted full-time to the research project as a Visiting Scientist in the Dalecki lab at the UR BME department. Drs. Helguera, Dalecki, and Hocking are all members of the Rochester Center for Biomedical Ultrasound. Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.urmc.rochester.edu:80/rcbu/news/?display=2009#newsItem163 http://www.urmc.rochester.edu:80/rcbu/news/?display=2009#newsItem158 Please welcome Michael Richards, Ph.D. to the RCBU community. Dr. Richards will begin his post-doctoral work in Dr. Marvin Doyley’s lab in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Dr. Richard’s research will focus on developing and testing an advanced intravascular ultrasound system for the diagnosis of atherosclerosis. He plans to use a novel type of imaging system that is inserted, like a catheter, into blood vessels to interrogate the mechanics of arterial plaques. Dr. Richards, an alumnus of the UR, received his B.S. in BME in 2001. Tue, 01 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.urmc.rochester.edu:80/rcbu/news/?display=2009#newsItem158 http://www.urmc.rochester.edu:80/rcbu/news/?display=2009#newsItem154 Marvin Doyley (ECE) has been awarded a new NIH R01 grant titled “IVUS Detection of Rupture Prone Plaques”. The overall goal of the project is to develop ultrasonic methods to assess the functional and structural properties of life-threatening atherosclerotic plaques and the arterial wall. Dr. Doyley will measure the functional properties of coronary arteries using a prototype intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) system, equipped with a dual frequency IVUS transducer (15 MHz and 30 MHz), to visualize molecules that are expressed preferentially by life-threatening atherosclerotic plaques. Ultrasound contrast agents will be used to target specific blood vessels. The outcome of the project will advance the use of ultrasound for the diagnosis of atherosclerosis. Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.urmc.rochester.edu:80/rcbu/news/?display=2009#newsItem154 http://www.urmc.rochester.edu:80/rcbu/news/?display=2009#newsItem152 This month the RCBU recognizes Carol Raeman’s 20 years of employment at the University of Rochester! Carol is currently a Technical Associate I working in the laboratory of Professor Diane Dalecki in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. Carol started her employment with the University in 1989 working with Professor Ed Carstensen in the Department of Electrical Engineering. During her early years of employment, Carol played a key technical role in many studies on the biological effects of lithotripter fields. Only one year after her initial hire, Carol was already a co-author on 5 papers dealing with the bioeffects of lithotripter fields and pulsed ultrasound on the kidney, chick embryo, and lung. As her career progressed, Carol contributed to many significant studies on the effects of ultrasound on tissues containing contrast agents, the mechanisms for ultrasound-induced lung damage, effects of ultrasound on the heart and neural tissue, and the interaction of very low frequency underwater sound with biological tissues. Recent areas of Carol’s work include applications of ultrasound in wound healing and cell and tissue engineering. Carol is highly skilled in both our biological and acoustic techniques, and contributes to the design and completion of a wide variety of research projects in our lab. Her experience, ingenuity, technical ability, and collaborative skills make her an enormously valuable member of our laboratory team. She has made outstanding contributions to the field of biomedical ultrasound over the years and we are very fortunate that she is a member of our lab. said Dr. Diane Dalecki. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.urmc.rochester.edu:80/rcbu/news/?display=2009#newsItem152