8th Sendai Symposium on

Ultrasonic Tissue Characterization

November 11, 2005

Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University

(Chair: Yoshifumi Saijo, Co-Chair: Hiroshi Kanai)

 

 

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Novel Approaches in Intravascular Ultrasound

 

Parametric Intravascular Ultrasound Imaging

Yoshifumi Saijo

Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University

 

Automatic Luminal Contour and Calcification Detection in Intravascular Ultrasound Images

Esmeraldo dos Santos Filho

Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University

 

Precise Ultrasonic Measurement of Biological Materials

 

Elasticity Imaging of Artery Wall for Transcutaneous Tissue Characterization

Hideyuki Hasegawa

Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University

 

Ultrasonic Measurement of Displacement Inside Object Caused by Dual Acoustic Radiation

Force

Mikito Takahashi

Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University

 

Elasticity Measurement of Myocardium

 

Noninvasive Measurement of Myocardial Viscoelasticity

Hiroshi Kanai

Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University

 

Measurement of Myocardial Strain Rate at High Temporal Resolution

Hiroki Yoshiara

Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University

 

Development of Novel Acoustic Microscopy

 

Speed-of Sound Microscopy for Biomedical Applications

Yoshifumi Saijo

Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University

 

Image Processing for Pulse Driven Biological Microscope Based on Frequency Spectrum

Ayumi Kimura

Toyohashi University of Technology

 

Recent Applications of Acoustic Microscopy in Orthopedic Surgery

 

Increased Sound Speed of Synovial Membrane after Immobilization Assessed by Scanning Acoustic Microscopy

Yoshihiro Hagiwara

Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Tohoku University

 

Material Properties of the Rabbit Supraspinatus Tendon and Its Insertion

- A Measurement with the Scanning Acoustic Microscopy -

Hirotaka Sano

Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Tohoku University

 

Invited Lecture

 

Intravascular Ultrasound for Studying Atherosclerotic Plaque

A. F. W. van der Steen

Department of Biomedical Engineering, Thorax Centre, Erasmus Medical Center