Relevant Resources and Research Links
Biomedical Acoustic Societies
- Focused Ultrasound Foundation
- International Society of Therapeutic Ultrasound
- American Institute for Ultrasound in Medicine
- IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectronics, and Frequency Control Society
- American Associated of Physicists in Medicine
- International Symposium of Nonlinear Acoustics
- European Symposium on Ultrasound Contrast Agents
- International Contrast Ultrasound Society
- International Bubble Conference
- International Commision for Acoustics
Training Opportunities
- Physical Acoustics Summer School
- Therapy Ultrasound Winter School
- ASA School
Research Laboratories and Foundations
Biomedical Ultrasonics and Cavitation Laboratory (BUCL)
Bioacoustics Research Lab, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Biomedical Ultrasonics, Biotherapy and Biopharmaceuticals Laboratory (BUBBL), University of Oxford
Center for Industrial and Medical Ultrasound, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington
Focused Ultrasound Surgery Foundation
Focused Ultrasound Laboratory, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Image-guided Ultrasound Therapeutics Laboratory, University of Cincinnati, OH USA
Laboratory of Ultrasonic Electronics, Doshisha University
Medical Imaging Group, University of Cambridge
Physical Acoustics Laboratory, Boston University
Ultrasound Research Laboratory, University of Cincinnati
UNC-NCState Joint program – The Dayton Lab
University of Michigan – Therapeutic Ultrasound Group
University of Utah – Laboratory of Ultrasonic Drug Delivery
University of Washington – Larry Crum
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Software Packages
Standards
Acoustical Society of America – Standards Secretariat
S1/WG 22 Bubble Detection and Cavitation Monitoring
IEC 62555:2013: Ultrasonics – Power Measurement – Output Power Measurement for High Intensity Therapeutic Ultrasound (HITU) Transducers and Systems
IEC 62556:2014: Surgical Systems – Specification and Measurement of Field Parameters for High Intensity Therapeutic Ultrasound (HITU) Transducers and Systems
IEC 61828:2001: Ultrasonics – Focusing Transducers, Definitions and Measurement Methods for the Transmitted Fields
IEC 62937: Ultrasonics – Measurement of Ultrasound Field Parameters at High Pressure Therapeutic Levels in Water
IEC 62937: Ultrasonics – Measurement of Ultrasound Field Parameters at High Pressure Therapeutic Levels in Water
Standardization of Ultrasound Medical Devices: A comprehensive listing of standards of interest to the BATC membership courtesy of Subha Maruvada.