Faculty Members

Political and business aspects of health care; PACS, networking and information systems; Musculoskeletal Ultrasound and MR.

Applying trace elements, major elements and isotopes in studying Earth processes

Virtual reality animation and biomedical engineering

Fracture Mechanics Applied to Grinding, Polishing, Adhesion and Slitting

Biomedical ultrasound, bioelectric phenomena, studies of the interaction of acoustic and electric fields with biological material

mathematical modeling of epidemics, and the mathematical modeling of infection dynamics in a host

Biomedical ultrasound, acoustics, lithotripsy, biological effects of ultrasound.

Impotence: Peyronie's Disease, penile prosthesis, Infertility: sperm retrieval, varicocelectomy, microsurgery, electroejaculation, Spinal cord injury: neurogenic bladder dysfunction, bladder augmentation and drainage procedures

development of prostate cancer, surgical pathology, application of immunohistochemistry to diagnostic surgical pathology; and the standardization of the reporting of surgical specimens

Photoacoustic imaging for medical diagnosis, Application of High resolution ultrasound for Bladder tumor detection and follow-up. High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) for hemostasis.

Tissue characterization, inverse problems, breast imaging, elastography, cardiovascular disease, molecular imaging, ultrasound, and MRI

Valvular heart disease, coronary artery disease, noninvasive cardiology (echocardiography, nuclear cardiology), general clinical cardiology

Kidney stone disease (ESWL-endourology), extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy, kidney transplant, kidney cancer, hematuria (blood in urine), vasectomy, laparoscopy, minimally invasive surgery

thyroid-associated eye disease. Cranial nerve palsies, disorders of the optic nerve, visual field loss, and eye movement problems

Photodynamic Therapy of Cancer and Microbial Infections

Interaction of angiographic factors with fibrin(ogen); vascular effects of low intensity ultrasound; diagnosis of hypercoagulability

Urology

general area of solid mechanics, more specifically in wave propagation and vibrations in elastic media

Medical imaging system characterization

Regulation of cell behavior by the extracellular matrix

Laparoscopic/minimally invasive urology (prostatectomy, nephrectomy), reconstructive urology, hematuria, genitourinary cancers, kidney stones, benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH), urethral strictures, vasectomy, vasectomy reversal

NMR imaging and spectroscopy; Tumor biology; RNA structure determination; anion transport

Diagnostic and Pediatric Radiology

Orthopaedic biomechanics, bone growth and development, cartilage mechanics, medical image-based finite element modeling, knee biomechanics

Radiology, Diagnostic

Urology

Development of Novel, Clinically Applicable Ultrasound Imaging Techniques

In vitro mammalian cell culture techniques (monolayer, suspension, multicell spheroids), chick embryo, human eye (in vivo) e-field exposure

Reproductive and perinatal toxicology, Normal development of the embryo/fetus

The development of realistic models of the interaction of ultrasound with inhomogeneous media and to construct measurement systems based on quantifiable ultrasonic parameters

Male infertility, microsurgery, varicoceles and general Urology

Maternal Fetal Medicine

Medical imaging, digital imaging, halftoning, and novel scanning techniques using Doppler shift effects

Phospholipases and cyclooxygenases in epidermal function and their role in carcinogenesis and cell differentiation, digital imaging and virtual reality for dermatology

Computational solid and structural mechanics and in the development of engineering practices in Classical Antiquity

Embedded systems, Biomedical instrumentation and signal processing, Assistive device technology, Human physiology, Advanced applied math techniques

Medical complications of pregnancy

Medical Imaging & Signal Processing

Ultrasound sonoelasticity; 3-dimensional imaging; contrast agents

Echocardiography

Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography.

The effect of venodilation-based constant preload volume loading on hemodynamic variability in surgical patients. Crisis Management and Team Training for hospital-based resuscitation.Mechanism of radial arterial pressure changes following cardiopulmonary bypass.

Diagnostic Radiology

Emergency Ultrasound

Diagnostic Radiology

The general objective of our work is the development of ultrasonic techniques that improve the utility of ultrasound as a diagnostic tool in medicine.

Cell Adhesion, Mechanical and thermodynamic properties of biological membranes; cellular mechanics and function of cytoskeletal proteins

Diagnostic Radiology

Ambulatory and Regional Anesthesia

Pregnancy loss, Oxidant stress, fetal heart rate monitoring.

Development and medical application of magnetic resonance imaging