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Megapixel Ultrasound Scanners for Deep Tissue Cellular Imaging


Award Deep Tissue Imaging

Project Summary

Modern ultrasound systems can image many centimetres into tissue in vivo, but have limited spatial resolution, speed, and volumetric field-of-view. In addition, physical contact is required, since ultrasound propagates poorly in air. This project will build upon advances in high-speed camera and laser technology to create contactless ultrasound arrays with up to three orders of magnitude more elements than the state-of-the-art ultrasound, achieving 3D in vivo imaging with unprecedented resolution and data throughput.

By using super-resolution ultrasound, this team will achieve cellular-scale resolution imaging of the whole body and brain. Proof-of-concept will be demonstrated using tissue phantoms and live rodents. This system will kick-start a new era of in vivo imaging by enabling contactless, deep tissue, non-invasive 3D imaging at cellular resolution.

Investigators

Principal Investigator
Mengxing Tang, PhD
Mengxing Tang, PhD
Co-Principal Investigators
Dr. Christopher Rowlands
Dr. Christopher Rowlands
Simon Schultz, DPhil
Simon Schultz, DPhil