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| Real-Time 3D Ultrasound Guidance of Interventional Devices IEEE Trans. Ultras. Ferro. And Freq. Control, vol. 55, No. 9, pp. 2066-2078, 2008. |
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Hi and welcome to my site. I am a Research and Development Engineer in the department of Biomedical Engineering at Duke University. My area of research is real time 3D ultrasound imaging. Specifically, I build 2D array transducers. My supervisor is Professor Stephen W. Smith. Here are some pictures of the folks I have worked with over the years, our group in 2000 , 2003 and in 2004. More information about our group and research can be found at our transducers website.
As I said, my area of resarch is real time 3D ultrasound imaging. Currently, most ultrasound imaging is a planar slice through your body. This is typically accomplished with a linear array of transducers. There has been much interest in the past decade in moving ultrasound into a 3D imaging modality. In cases where there is not much movement of the target, such as in the liver, kidney or breast, high resolution 3D images are possible, but take a relatively long time to aquire. One of ultrasound's strength as an imaging modality is to see events in real time, or as they are happening. There is no waiting for post processing such as in X-ray or MRI (which have other strengths). My work involves developing real time 3D ultrasound images. My focus has shifted from imaging the heart to guidance of interventional procedures. We have also started to use our real time 3D system to guide robots for autonomous surgery applications. If you want to know more, step into the laboratory.
To contact me, email edl@duke.edu