- 일시: 2025년 6월 13일(금) 16:30~
- 연사: Alfred Yu 교수 (University of Waterloo)
- TITLE: Can We Do That With Ultrasound?
- ABSTRACT
The popularity of ultrasound in today’s clinical practice is perhaps uncontested. Overall, we are blessed with ultrasound’s versatile application potential in biomedicine. However, as of the present day, we are still scratching the surface in unleashing the vast application potential of ultrasound. Can we intuitively track complex flow with ultrasound? Can we consistently generate membrane pores with ultrasound for drug delivery applications? Much remains to be established. Our laboratory has actively strived to address these research issues by devising new ultrasound imaging tools and by investigating therapeutic ultrasound mechanisms. Our imaging innovations have enabled us to reveal complex vascular phenomena that arise in response to physiological stressors. Our cellular imaging investigations have unraveled various biophysical interactions between low-intensity ultrasound and living cells, including the case where microbubbles are introduced as agents to induce acoustic cavitation. Related engineering science principles, direct observations, and clinical applications will be presented throughout the presentation.
- BIOSKETCH
Alfred Yu is Assistant Vice-President (Research and International) and Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Waterloo, Canada. He leads the University of Waterloo’s research partnership portfolio and interdisciplinary research files, and he is the Director of the NSERC Collaborative Research Program on "Next-Generation Innovations in Ultrasonics" in Canada. Alfred has a long-standing research interest in ultrasound imaging and therapeutics. He is a Fellow of IEEE, Canadian Academy of Engineering, Engineering Institute of Canada, and American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine. His research excellence and impact have been endorsed by many milestone prizes, including the NSERC Steacie Memorial Fellowship, the ISTU Frederic Lizzi Award, the IEEE Ultrasonics Early Career Investigator Award, the Ontario Early Researcher Award, and various best paper awards. He is now the Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, the Program Chair of 2023 and 2025 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, and the Vice-Chair of the AIUM Basic Science and Instrumentation Group.
- 주관: 유양모 교수 연구실