Workshop on Diagnostic application of ultrasound

Satellite Symposium to the 7^th Congress of the Polish Ultrasound Society organized by Polish Ultrasound Society and the Institute of Fundamental Technological Research - Polish Academy of Sciences

June 3-6, 2004, Kielce - POLAND

Symposium program is now available !

High frequency ultrasound for superficial tissue imaging
- Microultrasonography - biomicroscopy
- Imaging and diagnosing of an eye pathologies
- Diagnosing skin pathologies and monitoring of treatment with high frequency ultrasonography
- Designing of ultrasonic probes for medical devices-high frequency case
- Non-linear phenomena for tissue assessment
Assessment of a bone status
- High frequency ultrasonic methods for in vitro trabecular bone examination (SAM)
- Macroscopic estimation in vivo of a bone density and structure using transmitted and backscattered ultrasound
- Designing of ultrasonic probes for medical devices - low frequency case

Helmut Ermert
Lehrstuhl für Hochfrequenztechnik
Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum
Bochum
Germany

Peter A. Lewin,
Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA

Frederic Patat
Laboratoire UltraSons Signaux et Instrumentation
Université-CNRS, TOURS, France

Leandre Pourcelot
Méd. Nucléaire et Ultrasons. INSERM
CHRU Bretonneau,
Université TOURS
France

Piero Tortoli
University of Florence
Department of Electronics and Telecommunications

	Friday	4 June 2004, 8:30-10:00
1	8:30-9:15	Ultrasound based elastography: applications and limitations H. Ermert (Bochum, Germany)
2	9:15-10:00	High resolution ultrasound and biomedical application L. Pourcelot, J.M. Grégoire, F. Ossant, F. Tranquart, L.Vaillant, F. Patat (Tours, France)
	Friday	4 June 2004, 12:00-13:30
1	12:00-12:45	An overview of doppler techniques used in medical ultrasound P. Tortoli (Florence, Italy)
2	12:45-13:20	Extending tissue depth penetration using coded ultrasonography A.Nowicki, J.Litniewski, W.Secomski, I.Trots (Warsaw, Poland)
	Friday	4 June 2004, 15:30-17:15
1	15:30-16:05	Description of bone microstrostucture and macroscopic modelling J.J. Telega, S.Jemioło (Warsaw, Poland)
2	16:05-16:40	Ultrasonic micro and macro analysis of the trabecular bone J. Litniewski, A. Nowicki (Warsaw, Poland)
3	16:40-17:15	Estimation of hematocrit using high frequency doppler ultrasound W. Secomski, A. Nowicki (Warsaw, Poland)

	Saturday	5 June 2004, 8:30-10:00
1	8:30-9:15	Ultrasonic captors for medical imaging F. Patat, F. Levassort, D. Certon, JP. Remenieras, G. Feuillard (Tours, France)
2	9:15-10:00	Time delay spectrometry applications in quantitative ultrasound measurements P. A. Lewin (Philadelphia, USA)
	Saturday	5 June 2004, 11:30-13:05
1	11:30-12:05	Harmonic imaging in breast examinations K. Szopinski (Warsaw, Poland)
2	12:05-12:40	Application of high frequency ultrasound in dermatology Ł. Preibisz, R.K. Mlosek (Warsaw, Poland)
3	12:40-13:05	Factors contributing to doppler artifacts P. Tortoli (Florence, Italy)
	Saturday	5 June 2004, 15:00-16:35
1	15:00-15:25	The role of contrast agents in biomedical ultrasound P. Tortoli (Florence, Italy)
2	15:25-16:00	Numerical simulation of the nonlinear ultrasonic beams in liquids and biological structures T. Kujawska, J. Wójcik (Warsaw, Poland)
3	16:00-16:35	Effective algorithm for 3d and 4d solutions in nonlinear acoustics J. Wójcik, P.A. Lewin, A.Nowicki, T.Kujawska,L.Filipczyński (Philadelphia, USA; Warsaw, Poland)