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UltrasoundUltrasound is sound with a frequency greater than the upper limit of human hearing, approximately 20 kilohertz. Some animals, such as dogs, dolphins, and bats, have an upper limit that is greater than that of the human ear and thus can hear ultrasound.
Ultrasound has industrial and medical applications. Medical ultrasonography can visualise muscle and soft tissue, making them useful for scanning the organs. Typical diagnostic ultrasound scanners operate in the frequency range of 2 to 10 megahertz. Powerful ultrasound may also be used to break up kidney stones.
Ultrasonic cleaners, sometimes called supersonic cleaners, are used at frequencies from 20-40 kHz for jewellery, lenses and other optical parts, watches, dental instruments, surgical instruments and industrial parts. Home cleaners are available and costs range from approximately US $100.
Ultrasound in unusual materials can produce exotic phenomena such as sonoluminescence. These phenomena are being investigated partly because of the possibility of bubble fusion.
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University of Leipzig (Germany)
Prof. Wolfgang Grill, Ultrasonic Microscopy, Viscosimetry.
http://www.uni-leipzig.de/~fko/
Ultrasonics Research Laboratory - (University College Cork, Ireland)
http://www.ucc.ie/ucc/depts/elec/research/ultrasonics/ultrasonics.html
Naval Research Laboratory Stennis Space Center
Facilities include research, computation, laboratory, administrative, and warehouse. Features a number of large antennas to receive available oceanographic and meteorological satellite data, a magnetic observatory constructed of nonferrous materials in an electromagnetically quiet area, a pattern analysis laboratory, a map data formatting facility, a water-wave channel, and numerous laboratories for acoustic and oceanographic computation, instrumentation, analysis, and testing.
http://www.nrlssc.navy.mil/
Ultrasonic Lab at Stony Brook
Research on the elastic properties of the mantle minerals
http://www.chipr.sunysb.edu/research/ultrason/home.html
AIUM
American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
http://www.aium.org/
Applied Acoustics Laboratory
KAIST, South Korea
http://aclab.kaist.ac.kr
Applied Research Laboratory
Penn State University
http://www.arl.psu.edu
FORCE Institute (DK)
Profile, news, products, services, and e-services.
http://www.force.dk/gb/default.htm
University College London
Medical Graphics and Imaging Group, UCL/UCL Hospitals
http://www.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/mgi/index.htm
Fraunhofer Technology Center Hialeah (USA)
Acoustic, Ultrasound
http://www.ftech.org/
NESB (Langley Research Center)
Nondestructive Evaluation Sciences Branch, NASA NDE Working Group.
http://nesb.larc.nasa.gov/index.html
The National Center for Physical Acoustics
Acoustics research institution using acoustical waves to study the underlying properties of physical systems applied to both fundamental and applied physics. Based at University of Mississippi at Oxford Campus, USA.
http://home.olemiss.edu/~mcph/
Department of Ultrasonics and Acoustics
Uni Duisburg (Germany)
http://www.uni-duisburg.de/FB9/UST/welcome.htm
University of Michigan
Ultrasound Group
http://www.med.umich.edu/ultrasound/
Oxford University Medical Vision Laboratory
Medical Vision Laboratory
http://www.robots.ox.ac.uk/~mvl/external/mvl-html/mvlhome.html
Ultrasonic imaging by :maurits van der Heiden, Delft University of Technology, The Nehterlands
Home page of Maurits van der Heiden : High Resolution Ultrasonic Imaging
http://wwwak.tn.tudelft.nl/~maurits/index.html
C.S. Draper Lab (USA)
Microelectromechanical Systems
http://www.draper.com/capabilities/mems.htm
JPL's Nondestructive Evaluation and Advanced Actuators (NDEAA) Lab
Established in May 1991 by Dr. Yoseph Bar-Cohen , who is the Group Leader. The lab staff is Dr. Xiaoqi Bao, Dr. Zensheu Chang, Dr. Sean Leary, Dr. Virginia Olazábal, Dr. José-MarÃa Sansiñena, and Dr. Stewart Sherrit. Concerned with innovation and technology transfer to space, medical and other fields.
http://ndeaa.jpl.nasa.gov/
University of Toledo
Establishment of the Ultrasound Laboratory at the University of Toledo started from September, 1997, after the lab director relocated from the Mayo Clinic/Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota, to the University of Toledo as a professor and received a long-term grant award from the National Institute of Health (NIH) for developing a high frame rate 3D ultrasound imaging system. The University of Toledo has provided large lab space and offices. In addition, the University has provided funds for the lab construction, equipment purchasing, and support for personnel.
http://bioe.eng.utoledo.edu/Laboratories/UltrasoundLab/jian_yu_lu_lab.html#Ultrasound_Lab
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine,
Research in the Dynamics Section is concerned with a wide spectrum of phenomena which involve the dynamic behaviour of structures. At one end of this spectrum are the problems which threaten the integrity of critical structures such as aircraft and aero engines, while at the other end there are problems of the environmental pollution of noise.
http://babbage.me.ic.ac.uk/department/review97/dyn/dynreview.html#index
IPPT-PAN
Department of Ultrasonics of Polish Academy of Science (Warsaw)
http://www.ippt.gov.pl/
Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden NHS Trust (UK)
Ultrasound and Optics
http://www.icr.ac.uk/physics/Ultrasound/Ultrasound-main.htm
Fraunhofer Institut Biomedizinische Technik - Germany
Offers solutions for individual tasks in the areas of medical engineering, sensor- and measuring technologies, ultrasound technologies.
http://www.ibmt.fhg.de/index_e.html
Laboratoire UltraSons, Signaux et Instrumentation
Université de Tours-France
http://www.lussi.univ-tours.fr/sommaire.html
Resource Center for Medical Ultrasonic Transducer Technology
A multidisciplinary center for research and training located in the Bioengineering Department of the Penn State University College of Engineering. The Center is dedicated to design, modeling, fabrication and testing of high frequency ultrasonic transducers.
http://www.engr.psu.edu/bio/NIH_transducer.html
Instituto de Acústica (Spain)
Departament of Signals, Systems and Ultrasonic Technologies
http://www.ia.csic.es/Ultrasonidos/engultras.htm
Signals and Systems, Uppsala University, Sweden
Our activities span most of Electrical Engineering, with research in signal processing, communications, learning systems, non-destructive testing, microwave systems, and control. We are responsible for over 30 courses.
http://www.signal.uu.se/
ET/IT, Mess- und Sensortechnik
Measurement and Sensor Technology, Chemnitz University of Technology (Germany)
http://www.infotech.tu-chemnitz.de/~messtech/index.shtml
Ultrasonics and Medical Imaging Lab
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology
http://www.ece.gatech.edu/research/labs/umi/
Creatis (France)
Modeling of ultrasound image formation with a generalized approach from 1D to 2D and 3D. Modeling ultrasound contrast agents for an adapted imaging. Development of methods for extracting of ultrasound information.
http://www.creatis.insa-lyon.fr/menu/index-us.html
Applied Physics Laboratory of the University of Washington
Acoustics and Electromagnetics (A&E)
http://pluto.apl.washington.edu/harlett2/artgwww/acoustic/acres.html
Laboratoire de Mecanique et d'Acoustique du CNRS
Marseille, France
http://omicron.cnrs-mrs.fr/
Ueha & Nakamura Lab (Japan)
Introduction page of Ueha & Nakamura lab research activities.
http://www-ueha.pi.titech.ac.jp/intro.html
ISU Center for Nondestructive Evaluation (USA)
Focuses on the research and development of new theories and techniques for use in quantitative NDE.
http://www.cnde.iastate.edu/
Argonne National Laboratory Acoustic and Ultrasonic Laboratory(USA)
Develops innovative sensors and instrumentation, and solves acoustic and ultrasonic technology application problems.
http://www.et.anl.gov:80/sections/sinde/facilities/AULab/index.html
Ultrasound Institute
Profile, activities and publications of this Lithuanian institute offering ultrasonic solutions for industry.
http://www.ultrasonics.ktu.lt/
Rochester Center for Biomedical Ultrasound
Provides an environment where professionals can join together to investigate the use of very high frequency sound waves in medical diagnosis and treatment along with other medical imaging bioeffects endeavors.
http://www.ece.rochester.edu/users/rcbu/
Ultrasound Research Laboratory, University of Pittsburgh
The Epidemiology Ultrasound Research Laboratory (URL) is a shared resource that provides non-invasive vascular testing of research quality for studies ongoing in the Department of Epidemiology. The URL is part of the support structure for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Cardiovascular Institute of Preventative Heart Care Center, at the UPMC University Center in Oakland.
http://www.edc.gsph.pitt.edu/url/
Ultrasound Research Laboratory
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (USA)
http://www.ece.wpi.edu/Research/Ultrasound/
Sensors & Measurement Technology Group, University of Magdeburg
Staff, cooperation and contact information, site profile and projects.
http://www.uni-magdeburg.de/imos/mea_sen/welcome_en.html
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (UK)
Ultrasonics and Digital Signal Processing Laboratory.
http://www.eee.nott.ac.uk/wwwudsp/index.html
The George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology - Acoustics and Dynamics
http://www.me.gatech.edu/me/publicat/brochures/rb/03ad.html
NDE Technologies at the Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL)
Includes links to articles. Research and development includes focus on composite materials using leaky Lamb waves and Polar Backscattering, robotic NDE, and sensors.
http://ndeaa.jpl.nasa.gov/nasa-nde/nde/nde-hp.htm
Industrial Materials Institute
National Research Council Canada
http://www.imi.nrc.ca/
The Centre for Ultrasonic Engineering
University of Strathclyde, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.
http://www.cue.ac.uk/
University of Bath
Underwater acoustics and medical ultrasonics
http://www.bath.ac.uk/~pyscmd/acoustics/
Department of Biomedical Engineering & Physics / Clinical Physics
University of Vienna, Austria
http://www.bmtp.akh-wien.ac.at/people/kollch1/home.html
Laboratory of Seismics and Acoustics
Delft University of Technology
http://wwwak.tn.tudelft.nl/Main_pages/akst_main_content.html
Stanford University (USA)
Khuri-Yakub Ultrasonics Group
http://acoustics.stanford.edu/
Underwater Acoustics Research Group
Loughborough University (UK)
http://sonar-fs.lboro.ac.uk/
Mayo Clinic (USA)
Ultrasound Research Laboratory
http://www.mayo.edu/ultrasound/ultrasound.html
Ultrasonic Technology Department
ITR (Poland, Warsaw) - power ultrasonic
http://cecylia.itr.org.pl
Otsuka Lab (Japan)
Research Interests: High Power Ultrasound Source, Application of Ultrasound Energy, Ultrasonic Windmill Visualization of Ultrasound field Acoustic Streaming
http://otsuka-lab.ee.cit.nihon-u.ac.jp/en-index.html
Acoustic Scattering Laboratory at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
http://www.oal.whoi.edu/tstanton/
Laboratory For Ultrasonics
research group based within the Department of Physics at Washington University in Saint Louis.
http://ultrasonics.wustl.edu/
Stanford RockPhysics Project
RockPhysics Laboratory: Acoustic Microscopy of Rocks, Physical Properties of rocks and sediments
http://pangea.stanford.edu/srb
Bioacoustics Research Laboratory (Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology)
studies the interaction of ultrasound with biological materials as well as ultrasound imaging in biology and medicine
http://www.brl.uiuc.edu/
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