ultrasound

Aug 13, 2024

Quantitative ultrasound parameters offer new tool for diagnosing lung disease

The researchers demonstrated the parameters’ ability to accurately diagnose and assess the severity of lung diseases in an animal model.

Artist illustration of hourglass with a variety of medical instruments, individuals, a cross-section of an artery and other medical icons surrounding an ultra sound machine located in the middle. The background is a light pink gradient, dark to light, left to right.

Jul 26, 2024

Ultrasound for the future

Ultrasound is one of the best-known medical imaging devices. It is safe, cost-efficient and relatively portable, making it one of the most accessible diagnostic and therapeutic medical technologies. And its potential goes far beyond what it is being used for today.

An aerial photo of Centenial campus, highlighting the Hunt Library.

Jun 16, 2023

Breaking through bacterial barriers in chronic treatment-resistant wounds

Researchers in the UNC School of Medicine’s Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the UNC-NC State Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering have developed a new strategy to improve drug delivery into chronic wound infections.

Illustration shows cross-section of a clogged blood vessel, with blue lines representing the vortex ultrasound clearing the clot.

Jan 25, 2023

New tool uses ultrasound ‘tornado’ to break down blood clots

Researchers have developed a new tool and technique that uses “vortex ultrasound” – a sort of ultrasonic tornado – to break down blood clots in the brain. The new approach worked more quickly than existing techniques to eliminate clots formed in an in vitro model of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST).

In this illustration, an ultrasound transducer sends a wave that pushes against arterial walls and records the wave propagation.

May 20, 2022

Sound on

Humans use sound to see where our eyes can’t — like when you’re putting up a shelf and tap the wall to find the studs. Those sounds, traveling through waves, answer questions — is this where the stud is, or is this just drywall? Over the years, technologies like ultrasound have used these sound waves…

Jan 27, 2022

New lung ultrasound research published by MAE professor

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (JASA) published their special issue on lung ultrasound research last month, which featured the work of NC State University Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Associate Professor Dr. Marie Muller.

Nov 21, 2013

Ultrasound, nanoparticles may help diabetics avoid the needle

A new nanotechnology-based technique for regulating blood sugar in diabetics may give patients the ability to release insulin painlessly using a small ultrasound device, allowing them to go days between injections.