News from the Dalecki Lab
News from the Dalecki Lab
Sarah Wayson-Madejski Publishes Paper on New Ultrasound Imaging Technique for Characterizing Tissue Microstructure
Monday, April 20, 2026
The paper "Characterizing tendon microstructure using metrics associated with the angular dependence of ultrasound backscatter" was published in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. In this paper, Dr. Wayson-Madejski presents a high-frequency, quantitative ultrasound technique, based on the influence of angle of insonation on ultrasound backscatter from tissue. The technique was employed to characterize tendon microstructural alignment and detect alterations in alignment with diabetes and aging. The first author on the paper is Sarah Wayson-Madejski and co-authors are Maria Helguera, Carol H. Raeman, Todd Jackson, James Chwalek, Denise C. Hocking, and Diane Dalecki.
Diane Dalecki Appointed Standing Member on NIH Study Section
Monday, March 30, 2026
Professor Diane Dalecki (BME) was appointed a Standing Member of the Imaging Guided Interventions and Surgery Study Section (IGIS) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The IGIS Study Section reviews NIH grant proposals to advance new biomedical imaging technologies to guide medical therapies. This study section is within the Surgical Sciences, Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering Integrated Review Group (SBIB), of the Center for Scientific Review (CRS). Professor Dalecki’s participation on this study section will begin 7/1/2026 and end 6/30/2030. Professor Dalecki is the Kevin J. Parker Distinguished Professor in Biomedical Engineering, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and the Director of the Rochester Center for Biomedical Ultrasound (RCBU).
Diane Dalecki and Mark Buckley Are Co-PIs on New PumpPrimer Award
Sunday, January 18, 2026
Professor Diane Dalecki (BME) and Professor Mark Buckley (BME) have received a PumpPrimer Award for their project titled "Developing a noninvasive technique to measure metrics associated with mechanical properties of tendon as a tool to guide physical therapy". The goal of this project is to develop a nondestructive, noninvasive ultrasound imaging technology to quantitatively estimate clinically relevant tendon mechanical properties to serve as a new tool to monitor tendon healing and guide patient-specific physical therapy. Co-investigators on the project are Jeff Houck P.T., Ph.D. and Sarah Wayson-Madejski, Ph.D. Professor Houck, Program Director of Physical Therapy Doctoral Program will provide perspective on translating the technique to clinical physical therapy practice, and Dr. Wayson-Madejski brings to the project her expertise in advancing novel quantitative ultrasound techniques for characterizing musculoskeletal tissues.