BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240206T003231Z UID:D002D888-3B5D-4A41-ACF3-57627FAF6142 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240204T144500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240204T163000 DESCRIPTION:Abstract\n\nDevelopment of ultrasound technology began in the e arly 1950s and has continued at a fast pace to the present day. In this ta lk I will review some of this history with the goal of understanding of op tions for future stages. I have opted to split ultrasound development chro nology into stages by the nature of the electronics with a largely softwar e-based system as the final stage. This talk will consider near-term futur es that are gained from technologies such as software beamformation. I wil l review areas of current research with information gained from topics ide ntified by technical ultrasound conferences. A hopefully interesting recom mendation that arises from this analysis is towards research on improved u nderstanding of sound/tissue interactions based on received echo data and how this understanding may be used to improve current image quality. Anoth er benefit from such analysis is the definition of an upper limit on perfo rmance of ultrasound scanners in a patient population.\n\nSpeaker Bio:\n\n Kai E. Thomenius\, PhD\n\nDr. Thomenius received the B.S.\, M.S.\, and Ph. D. degrees in electrical engineering and physiology from Rutgers Universit y\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, in 1968\, 1970\, and 1978\, respectively.\n\nHis background includes teaching and research at Rutgers University\, Stevens Institute of Technology\, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute\, and MIT. He h as held industry positions in medical ultrasound since 1976 for several ul trasound companies\, most recently GE Global Research in Niskayuna\, NY\, where he was a Chief Technologist in Imaging Technologies until retirement in 2013. Currently Dr. Thomenius is a consultant for CURT at Massachusett s General & Brigham. His work has centered on ultrasound systems design\, beam formation\, miniaturization of ultrasound scanners\, and ultrasound b ioeffects.\n\nDr. Thomenius is a Fellow of the American Institute of Ultra sound in Medicine (AIUM). He is a member of the editorial board of the Ult rasonic Imaging and has served as a reviewer of grant proposals for the NI H and DoD\, and for articles in several ultrasound journals. He has served in the Technical Program Committees for several symposia. He is the 2018 winner of AIUM’s Joseph H. Holmes Pioneer Award and was the Distinguishe d Lecturer for IEEE’s UFFC Group for 2022-2023.\n\nVirtual: https://even ts.vtools.ieee.org/m/400501 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/400501 ORGANIZER:ieee.microsystems.boston@gmail.com SEQUENCE:45 SUMMARY:Some Thoughts on Ultrasound Futures URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/400501 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>Abstract</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Developme nt of ultrasound technology began in the early 1950s and has continued at a fast pace to the present day.&nbsp\; In this talk I will review some of this history with the goal of understanding of options for future stages.& nbsp\; I have opted to split ultrasound development chronology into stages by the nature of the electronics with a largely software-based system as the final stage.&nbsp\; This talk will consider near-term futures that are gained from technologies such as software beamformation.&nbsp\; I will re view areas of current research with information gained from topics identif ied by technical ultrasound conferences.&nbsp\; A hopefully interesting re commendation that arises from this analysis is towards research on improve d understanding of sound/tissue interactions based on received echo data a nd how this understanding may be used to improve current image quality.&nb sp\; Another benefit from such analysis is the definition of an upper limi t on performance of ultrasound scanners in a patient population.</p>\n<p>& nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Speaker Bio:</p>\n<p><strong>Kai E. Thomenius\, PhD</strong ></p>\n<p>Dr. Thomenius received the B.S.\, M.S.\, and Ph.D. degrees in el ectrical engineering and physiology from Rutgers University\, New Brunswic k\, NJ\, in 1968\, 1970\, and 1978\, respectively.</p>\n<p>His background includes teaching and research at Rutgers University\, Stevens Institute o f Technology\, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute\, and MIT. He has held ind ustry positions in medical ultrasound since 1976 for several ultrasound co mpanies\, most recently GE Global Research in Niskayuna\, NY\, where he wa s a Chief Technologist in Imaging Technologies until retirement in 2013. C urrently Dr. Thomenius is a consultant for CURT at Massachusetts General & amp\; Brigham. His work has centered on ultrasound systems design\, beam f ormation\, miniaturization of ultrasound scanners\, and ultrasound bioeffe cts.</p>\n<p>Dr. Thomenius is a Fellow of the American Institute of Ultras ound in Medicine (AIUM). He is a member of the editorial board of the <em> Ultrasonic Imaging </em>and has served as a reviewer of grant proposals fo r the NIH and DoD\, and for articles in several ultrasound journals. He ha s served in the Technical Program Committees for several symposia.&nbsp\; He is the 2018 winner of AIUM&rsquo\;s Joseph H. Holmes Pioneer Award and was the Distinguished Lecturer for IEEE&rsquo\;s UFFC Group for 2022-2023. </p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR