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The Center for Industrial and Medical Ultrasound (CIMU) is a world-class leader in ultrasound research and development.

Our talented multidisciplinary staff of physicists, mathematicians, engineers, technicians, and students works with a wide variety of researchers and medical professionals around the world to advance the expansion of the field.

CIMU staff (click image for enlargement)

These relationships are enhanced by many industry partnerships and help to foster CIMU's mission of research collaboration, development and commercialization of technology, and training and education of students and professionals.

Mission

Foster research collaborations between UW faculty and their industrial partners on industrial and medical ultrasound projects
Develop industrial and medical ultrasound technology, including instruments, techniques, ideas and products that have value to our society
Form partnerships with industry that enable this technology to be transferred to the commercial sector
Educate and train students and technical professionals working in the fields of industrial and medical ultrasound

Expertise

High intensity focused ultrasound
Acoustic hemostasis
Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy
Nonlinear acoustics
Sonoluminescence

Tom Matula, Director

What's New?

Ultrasound's completely non-invasive, which means you can do all the localization without ever having to open up the body. In this video, see how our research is helping to making it a reality. More >>

The ultrasound-based Washington Molecular Imaging and Therapy center, or uWAMIT, focuses on the discovery, development, translation, and commercialization of molecular imaging and therapy technologies. More >>

The use of microbubbles in therapeutic ultrasound is set to change

Director Tom Matula explains how his research is providing new applications for this technology. More >>

Ultrasound detects, locates, and stops internal bleeding

A team has been conducting research on the use of HIFU to stop bleeding for over 10 years. The Deep Bleeder Acoustic Coagulation (DBAC) program seeks to develop a portable, lightweight, noninvasive, automated system for the detection, localization, and coagulation of deep bleeders that is operable by minimally trained personnel in the combat environment. Recently, CIMU partnered with Siemens Corporation to develop the system. More >>

In the News

Washington Life Sciences Discovery Fund Awards $15M

Puget Sound Business Journal

7 Apr 2010

Tom Matula was awarded $5M by the fund to develop, translate, and commercialize new ultrasound techniques for molecular imaging and therapy.

Recent Papers

Sorensen, M.D., M.R. Bailey, A.R. Shah, R.S. Hsi, M. Paun, and J.D. Harper, "Quantitative assessment of shock wave lithotripsy accuracy and the effect of respiratory motion," J. Endourology, EOR, doi:10.1089/end.2012.0042, 2012.

3 Apr 2012, Link

Miller, D.L., N.B. Smith, M.R. Bailey, G.J. Czarnota, K. Hynynen, I.R.S. Makin, and Bioeffects Committee of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, "Overview of therapeutic ultrasound applications and safety considerations," J. Ultrasound Med., 31, 623-634, 2012.

1 Apr 2012, Link

Karchin, A., Y.-N. Wang, and J.E. Sanders, "Modulation of gene expression using electrospun scaffolds with templated architecture," J. Biomed. Mater. Res. Part A, 100A, 1605-1614, doi:10.1002/jbm.a.34102, 2012.

23 Mar 2012, Link

Educational Opportunities

Graduate and undergraduate students who wish to study ultrasound technology and science at the Applied Physics Laboratory work with CIMU advisors who have joint appointments in UW academic departments. More >>