Highlights include,

• Development and testing of new and enhanced ultrasound techniques in a clinical setting
• Retrospective and prospective analysis of imaging and clinical data related to abdominal and pelvic ultrasound examinations

Clinical Research

• Chronic Liver Disease
  • Screening and outcomes in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
  • Fat and fibrosis quantification
• Head and Neck Cancer
  • Thyroid cancer imaging
  • Cervical lymph node evaluation

Translational Research Projects

• Liver fat, inflammation, and fibrosis quantification in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)
• Detection of hydrogen peroxide in abscess fluid
• Use of strain and shear wave elastography in superficial ultrasound
• Quantitative contrast-enhanced ultrasound for organ and tumor perfusion analysis
• Contrast-enhanced ultrasound motion correction and frame filtering
• Ultrasound lymphangiography

Many projects are performed in collaboration with TRUST (Translational Research in UltraSound Theranostics)