Workshop on
Ultrasound in Biomeasurements, Diagnostics and Therapy
Satellite Symposium of 51st Open Seminar on Acoustics
Gdańsk, Poland 7th - 9th September 2004
Topics
Time reversal acoustics
Ultrasonic elastography
High frequency ultrasound for superficial tissue imaging
Doppler and contrast agents
Assessment of a bone status.
Invited papers
Time Reversed Acoustics, Mathias Fink, Laboratoire Ondes et Acoustique, Paris, France
Transient Elastography, Mathias Fink, Laboratoire Ondes et Acoustique, Paris, France
Pulse-echo ultrasound: Some recent developments, David H Evans
University of Leicester, Leicester , UK
Doppler ultrasound: Some recent developments, David H Evans University of Leicester,
Leicester , UK
Cerebral embolus detection using Doppler ultrasound, David H Evans University of Leicester,
Leicester , UK
Intravascular imaging, Nico de Jong, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Bubbles and the snapping shrimps, Michel Versluis, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The
Netherlands
Principle, applications and limitations of ultrasound based elastography, Helmut Ermert,
Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Bochum, Germany
Detection of ultrasound Doppler frequencies: from audio to harmonic Doppler mode, Piero
Tortoli, University of Flenence, Florence, Italy
Beyond 40 MHz: A New Challenge for Ultrasound Metrology, Peter A. Lewin, Drexel
University, USA
Ultrasound investigation of large artery mechanics, Piero Tortoli, University of Flenence,
Florence, Italy
Bubbles for imaging and therapy, Nico de Jong, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The
Netherlands
High frequency ultrasound for high resolution imaging: Technical concepts and applications
in dermatology, M. Vogt, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Bochum, Germany:
Biomicroscopy of the skin utilizing high frequency ultrasound in a multi modal approach, M.
Vogt, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Bochum, Germany
New materials for ultrasonic transducers, W.Wolny, Ferroperm Piezoceramics, Kvistgaard,
Danmark
Nonlinear properties of the tissue, Janusz Wójcik, Tamara Kujawska, Institute of
Fundamental Technological Research, Warsaw, Poland
Ultrasonic investigation of the trabecular bone - comparison with bone densitometry, Jerzy
Litniewski, Andrzej Nowicki , Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Warsaw, Poland
Coded ultrasonography, Andrzej Nowicki, Jerzy Litniewski, Wojciech Secomski, Institute of
Fundamental Technological Research, Warsaw, Poland