BME Professor Steve McAleavey has been awarded a University of Rochester PumpPrimer II grant for his research project titled “Towards Diagnostic Ultrasonic Imaging of Tissue Non-Linearity: Strain Dependence of Shear Wave Velocity in Liver and Breast Tissue.”
This project is a first step towards a long-term goal of characterizing non-linear mechanical properties of tissues non-invasively and in vivo with ultrasound, with application to clinical disease monitoring as well as basic research.