Prof. Liangzhong Xiang is invited to speak at The 9th International Conference on Information Optics and Photonics (CIOP 2017) in Harbin, China. He is going to talk about X-ray-induced acoustics and nanoscale photoacoustic tomography in his talk.

http://www.opticsjournal.net/Columns/CIOP2017.htm?action=post&oid=PT170113000177lRoUq&dn=1

The upcoming “Nanoimaging and Nanospectroscopy V” SPIE conference has accepted our paper, “Nanoscale Photoacoustic Tomography (nPAT) for label-free super-resolution 3D imaging of red blood cells”! Congrats Pratik, Armando, and Shelby for the hard work!

https://spie.org/OPN/conferencedetails/nanoimaging-nanospectroscopy

Pratik Samant, one of our amazing BME graduate students, won the poster award at the OU-OUHSC Biomedical Engineering Symposium on March 24, 2017! There were 210 registrations, and he was selected from among 58 abstracts, based on a review of the abstract and independent judges who met the students at their posters and asked questions.

TRUE lab has 3 posters (two from undergraduate students, Elijah Robertson and Nicklas Dang) in the symposium, two of the posters have been selected as ten finalists for the competition.

From left to right: Darrin Akins, Jakob Townsend, Pratik Samant, Salma Mahzoon, Michael Detamore, Lei Ding.

Prof. Liangzhong Xiang is invited to speak at UT Southwestern on radiation-induced acoustic emission. He will talk about his research on photoacoustic imaging, X-ray-induced acoustic computed tomography(XACT), and proton-induced acoustic imaging. The seminar will be held in Dallas, Texas, in March 17, 2017.

Our abstract “XACT: A Novel Imaging Modality for Breast in 3D” has been accepted as an oral presentation at the RSNA 102nd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting at Chicago, on November 27 – December 2, 2016.

We have proposed a new imaging paradigm, X-ray induced acoustic computed tomography (XACT). Applying this innovative technology to breast imaging, an X-ray exposure can generate a 3D acoustic image with high spatial resolution, which dramatically reduces the radiation dose, while still maintaining the imaging performance.

Three abstracts from TRUE lab have been selected for oral presentations and one as a poster presentation at the 2016 AAPM Annual Meeting at Washington, DC this year.

Dr. Shanshan Tang’s oral presentation is titled as “Next Generation Dedicated 3D Breast Imaging with XACT”.  It is a collaborative effort between Drs. Yong Chen and Salahuddin Ahmad’s group at OUHSC and our group. Their simulation work leads into another poster presentation titled  “3D Breast Digital Phantom for XACT Imaging”.

Dr. Liangzhong Xiang will also give an oral presentation on “High Resolution X-Ray-Induced Acoustic Computed Tomography”. This is a collaborative effort between Dr. Lei Xing’s group at Stanford Medical School and the TRUE lab at OU.

There is another large collaborative effort between Stanford Medical School, Rutgers University, OUHSC, and the TRUE lab at OU.  Dr. Siavash Yousefi from Stanford will give an oral present on “Challenges, Limitations and Future Outlook towards Clinical Translation of Proton Acoustic Range Verification”. Congratulations to all for the accomplishment!

Grace Bouziden and Redouane Laaroussi, our undergraduate students, presented their research at the OU Undergraduate Research Symposium on April 2nd.  Grace’s presentation title is “Finite Element Modeling of Cell Temperature during nanoscale Photoacoustic Tomography “. And Red was presenting XACT for breast imaging. Congrats to Grace and Red for the great job!

The Undergraduate Research Symposium at OU provides undergraduate students with the opportunity to present their research done in all fields as a poster presentation.

Grace Bouziden in front of her poster

        Redouane Laaroussi in front of his poster

Shanshan Tang’s abstract titled ” Sub-mSV breast XACT scanner: concept and design”  has been selected to give oral presentations of their work at the SPIE Medical Imaging 2016 Conference at San Diego. Congratulations to Shanshan for this accomplishment!