Lead author Carlos Gerardo shows the new low-cost ultrasound transducer (Courtesy: Clare Kiernan, University of British Columbia) Conventional ultrasound scanners use piezoelectric crystals to create ...

When visiting the dentist, you might remember being poked and prodded by a thin metal instrument to check your teeth and gums. This technique, called periodontal probing, is used to look for signs of ...

Scientists have developed a quadruple fusion optical and ultrasound imaging system using a transparent ultrasound transducer. A quadruple fusion optical and ultrasound imaging system has been ...

A team develops an ultrasensitive broadband transparent ultrasound transducer. The 'ultrasound-photoacoustic dual-modal imaging system' combines molecular imaging contrast with ultrasound imaging, and ...

Verasonics Updates Licensing Permissions to Provide Researchers with Improved Flexibility for Sharing of Programming Scripts Developed with the Vantage System KIRKLAND, Wash.--(BUSINESS ...

Fit for purpose: The new wearable wireless ultrasound system mounted on the chest for measuring cardiac activity. (Courtesy: Muyang Lin) Researchers in the US have designed an ultrasound transducer ...

Do you know what a laser-generated focused ultrasound transducer is? Basically, it's a device that converts laser light into focused acoustic waves, which can in turn be used to move cell-sized tiny ...

A research team has developed the world's first high-performance photoacoustic endoscopy based on a transparent ultrasonic ...

KIRKLAND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Verasonics, Inc., the leader in research ultrasound, today announced it has enhanced the Vantage Research Ultrasound System with the introduction of the Verasonics ...