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Brian Fowlkes, Ph.D.

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1. Pinter SZ, Rubin JM, Kripfgans OD, Novelli PM, Vargas-Vila M, Hall AL, Fowlkes JB. Volumetric blood flow in transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt revision using dimensional Doppler sonography. J Ultrasound Med. 2015 Feb;34(2):257-66. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6314288.

2. Pinter SZ, Rubin JM, Kripfgans OD, Treadwell MC, Romero VC, Richards MS, Zhang M, Hall AL, Fowlkes JB. Three-dimensional sonographic measurement of blood flow in the umbilical cord. J Ultrasound Med. 2012 Dec;31(12):1927-34. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3654397.

3. Richards MS, Kripfgans OD, Rubin JM, Hall AL, Fowlkes JB. Mean volume flow estimation in pulsatile flow conditions. Ultrasound Med Biol. 2009 Nov;35(11):1880-91. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2783893.

4. Kripfgans OD, Rubin JM, Hall AL, Gordon MB, Fowlkes JB. Measurement of volumetric flow. J Ultrasound Med. 2006 Oct;25(10):1305-11. PubMed PMID: 16998103.

5. Lin KW, Kim Y, Maxwell AD, Wang TY, Hall TL, Xu Z, Fowlkes JB, Cain CA. Histotripsy beyond the intrinsic cavitation threshold using very short ultrasound pulses microtripsy. IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control. 2014 Feb;61(2):251-65. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3966303.

6. Parsons JE, Cain CA, Fowlkes JB. Spatial variability in acoustic backscatter as an indicator of tissue homogenate production in pulsed cavitational ultrasound therapy. IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control. 2007 Mar;54(3):576-90. PubMed PMID: 17375826.

7. Parsons JE, Cain CA, Abrams GD, Fowlkes JB. Pulsed cavitational ultrasound therapy for controlled tissue homogenization. Ultrasound Med Biol. 2006 Jan;32(1):115-29. PubMed PMID: 16364803.

8 Xu, Z, Ludomirsky A, Eun LY, Hall TL, Tran BC, Fowlkes JB, Cain CA. Controlled ultrasound tissue erosion. IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control. 2004 Jun;51(6):726-36. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2669757.

9. Aliabouzar M, Jivani A, Lu X, Kripfgans OD, Fowlkes JB, Fabiilli ML. Standing wave-assisted acoustic droplet vaporization for single and dual payload release in acoustically-responsive scaffolds. Ultrason Sonochem. 2020 Sep;66:105109. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7217719.

10. Fabiilli ML, Haworth KJ, Fakhri NH, Kripfgans OD, Carson PL, Fowlkes JB. The role of inertial cavitation in acoustic droplet vaporization. IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control. 2009 May;56(5):1006-17. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3085427.

11. Kripfgans OD, Orifici CM, Carson PL, Ives KA, Eldevik OP, Fowlkes JB. Acoustic droplet vaporization for temporal and spatial control of tissue occlusion: a kidney study. IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control. 2005 Jul;52(7):1101-10. PubMed PMID: 16212249.

12. Kripfgans OD, Fowlkes JB, Miller DL, Eldevik OP, Carson PL. Acoustic droplet vaporization for therapeutic and diagnostic applications. Ultrasound Med Biol. 2000 Sep;26(7):1177-89. PubMed PMID: 11053753.

13. Winterroth F, Hollman KW, Kuo S, Ganguly A, Feinberg SE, Fowlkes JB, Hollister SJ. Characterizing morphology and nonlinear elastic properties of normal and thermally stressed engineered oral mucosal tissues using scanning acoustic microscopy. Tissue Eng Part C Methods. 2013 May;19(5):345-51. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3603559.

14. Wang TY, Hall TL, Xu Z, Fowlkes JB, Cain CA. Imaging feedback of histotripsy treatments using ultrasound shear wave elastography. IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control. 2012 Jun;59(6):1167-81. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3746490.

15. Sarvazyan AP, Rudenko OV, Swanson SD, Fowlkes JB, Emelianov SY. Shear wave elasticity imaging: a new ultrasonic technology of medical diagnostics. Ultrasound Med Biol. 1998 Nov;24(9):1419-35. PubMed PMID: 10385964.

16. Fowlkes JB, Emelianov SY, Pipe JG, Skovoroda AR, Carson PL, Adler RS, Sarvazyan AP. Magnetic-resonance imaging techniques for detection of elasticity variation. Med Phys. 1995 Nov;22(11 Pt 1):1771-8. PubMed PMID: 8587532.


Paul L. Carson, Ph.D.

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  1. Moncion, A, Arlotta KJ, Kripfgans OD, Fowlkes JB, Carson PL, Putnam AJ, Franceschi RT, and Fabiilli ML, Design and characterization of fibrin-based acoustically responsive scaffolds for tissue engineering applications. Ult Med Biol, 2016. 42/1: p. 257–271.

  2. Hooi FM, Kripfgans O, Carson PL, "Acoustic Attenuation Imaging of Tissue Bulk Properties with A Priori Information," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 140/3, 2113-22, (2016), PMC5114017, jasa/140/3/, doi:10.1121/1.4962983.

  3. Gu P, Lee W-M, Roubidoux MA, Yuan J, Wang X, Carson PL. Automated 3D ultrasound image segmentation to aid breast cancer image interpretation. Ultrasonics 2016; 65(Feb.): 51-8.

  4. Xu G, Meng ZX, Lin JD, Deng CX, Carson PL, Fowlkes JB, Tao C, Liu X, Wang X, "High resolution Physio-chemical Tissue Analysis: Towards Non-invasive In Vivo Biopsy," Scientific Reports, 6, 1-14, (2016), doi:10.1038/srep16937, PMC4740791.

  5. Yuan J, Wang Y, Du S, Kripfgans OD, Wang X, Carson PL. Ultrasonic transmission tomography based temperature imaging optimization for medical treatment. Chinese Physics B.

  6. Cao M, Feng T, Yuan J, Xu G, Wang G, Carson PL. Spread Spectrum Photoacoustic Tomography with Image Optimization. IEEE Trans Biomed Circuits Systems 2016; E Pub(99): 9 pp.

  7. Larson ED, Lee WM, Roubidoux MA…Carson PL. Automated Breast Ultrasound: Dual-Sided Compared with Single-Sided Imaging. Ultrasound Med Biol 2016; 42(9): 2072-82.

  8. IEC, (primary authors, Carson PL, Edmonds PD, Dolezal L, Tomano, S, et al.), IEC/TS62736 (2016-09) Pulse-echo scanners - Simple methods for periodic testing to verify stability of an imaging system’s elementary performance Geneva; 2016. p. 38.


Mario L. Fabiilli, Ph.D.

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  1. D.L. Miller, C. Dou, X. Lu, Y. Zhu, M.L. Fabiilli, G.E. Owens, O.D. Kripfgans. (2015) The use of theranostic strategies in myocardial cavitation-enabled therapy. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 41(7): 1865-1875.

  2. C. Tian, Z. Xie, M.L. Fabiilli, X. Wang (2015). Imaging and sensing based on dual-pulse nonlinear photoacoustic contrast: a preliminary study on fatty liver. Optics Letters, 40(10):2253-2256.

  3. C. Tian, Z. Xie, M.L. Fabiilli, S. Liu, C. Wang, Q. Cheng, X. Wang. (2015) Dual-pulse nonlinear photoacoustic technique: a practical investigation. Biomedical Optics Express, 6(8):2923-2933.

  4. D.L. Miller, X. Lu, M.L. Fabiilli, C. Dou. (2016) Do anesthetic techniques influence the threshold for glomerular capillary hemorrhage induced in rats by contrast enhanced diagnostic ultrasound? Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, 35(2): 373-380.

  5. A. Moncion*, K.J. Arlotta*, O.D. Kripfgans, J.B. Fowlkes, P.L. Carson, A.J. Putnam, R.T. Franceschi, M.L. Fabiilli. (2016) Design and characterization of fibrin-based acoustically responsive scaffolds for tissue engineering applications. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 42(1): 257-271.

  6. M.L. Fabiilli, R.A. Phanse*, A. Moncion*, J.B. Fowlkes, R.T. Franceschi. (2016) Use of hydroxyapatite doping to enhance responsiveness of heat-inducible gene switches to focused ultrasound. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 42(3): 824-830.

  7. R.A. Orizondo*, M.L. Fabiilli, M.A. Morales, K.E. Cook. (2016) Effects of emulsion composition on pulmonary tobramycin delivery during antibacterial perfluorocarbon ventilation. Journal of Aerosol Medicine and Pulmonary Drug Delivery, 29(3): 251-259.

  8. X. Lu, D.L. Miller, C. Dou, Y.I. Zhu, M.L. Fabiilli, G.E. Owens, O.D. Kripfgans. (2016) Maturation of lesions induced by myocardial cavitation-enabled therapy. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 42(7): 1541-1550.

  9. S.D. Swanson, D.E. Malyarenko, M.L. Fabiilli, R.C. Welsh, J. Nielsen, A. Srinivasan. Molecular, dynamic, and structural origin of magnetization transfer between water and inhomogeneously broadened semisolid resonances. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, epub March 2016, doi: 10.1002/mrm.26210.

  10. D.L. Miller, X. Lu, M.L. Fabiilli, K. Fields, C. Dou. (2016) Frequency dependence of petechial hemorrhage and cardiomyocyte injury induced during myocardial contrast echocardiography. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 42(8): 1929-1941.

  11. B.A. Juliar*, M.M. Bromley*, A. Moncion*, D.C. Jones*, E.G. O’Neill*, C.G. Wilson, R.T. Franceschi, M.L. Fabiilli. (2016) In situ transfection by controlled release of lipoplexes using acoustic droplet vaporization. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 5(14): 1764-1774.

  12. A. Moncion*, K.J. Arlotta*, E.G. O’Neill*, L.A. Mohr*, M. Lin*, R.T. Franceschi, O.D. Kripfgans, A.J. Putnam, M.L. Fabiilli. (2016) In vitro and in vivo assessment of controlled release from acoustically responsive scaffolds. Acta Biomaterialia, 46: 221-233.


Oliver Kripfgans, Ph.D.

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  1. Moncion A.B., Arlotta K.J., Kripfgans O.D., Fowlkes J.B., Carson P.L, Putnam A.J., Franceschi R.T., Fabiilli M.L. Design and characterization of fibrin-based acoustically responsive scaffolds for tissue engineering applications. Ultrasound Med Biol. 42(1):257-271. 2016. PMID 26526782

  2. Lu, X., Miller D.L., Dou C., Zhu Y.I., Fabiilli M.L., Owens G.E., Kripfgans O.D. Maturation of Lesions Induced by Myocardial Cavitation-Enabled Therapy. Ultrasound Med Biol. 42(7):1541-50. 2016. NIHMSID 761405, PMID 27087693

  3. Chan H.-L., Wang H.-L., Fowlkes J.B., Giannobile W.V., Kripfgans O.D. Non-ionizing real-time ultrasonography in implant and oral surgery: A feasibility study. Clin. Oral Impl. Res. 00, 2016; 1–7 PMID 2699227A

  4. Larson E.D., Lee W.M., Roubidoux M.A., Goodsitt M.M, Lashbrook C., Zafar F., Kripfgans O.D., Thomenius K., Carson P.L. Automated Breast Ultrasound: Dual-Sided Compared with Single-Sided Imaging. Ultrasound Med Biol, 42(9), 2072–82, 2016. PMID 27264914

  5. Miles C.J., Doering C.R., Kripfgans O.D. Nucleation pressure threshold in acoustic droplet vaporization. J. Appl. Phys. 120, 034903, 2016.

  6. Hooi F.M., Kripfgans O.D., and Carson P.L. Acoustic Attenuation Imaging of Tissue Bulk Properties. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 140(3) 2016. PMID 27914403

  7. Moncion A., Arlotta K.J., O’Neill E.G., Lin M, Mohr L.A., Franceschi R.T., Kripfgans O.D., Putnam A.J., Fabiilli M.L. In vitro and in vivo assessment of controlled release and degradation of acoustically-responsive scaffolds. Acta Biomaterialia (46) 221-233, 2016. PMID 27686040

  8. Wei S. , Zhou J., Kripfgans, O.D., Wenisch T., Sampson R., Fowlkes J.B., Chakrabarti C. Low Cost 3D Flow Estimation of Blood with Clutter. IEEE UFFC, in press

  9. Chan H.-L., Sinjab K., Chung M.-P., Chiang Y.-C., Wang H.-L., Giannobile W.V., Kripfgans O.D. Non-Invasive Evaluation of Facial Crestal Bone with Ultrasonography. PLOS ONE, in press


Douglas Miller, Ph.D.

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Jonathan Rubin, M.D., Ph.D.

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  1. Masch WR, Cohan RH, Ellis JH, Dillman JR, Rubin JM, Davenport MS. Clinical effectiveness of prospectively reported sonographic twinkling artifact for the diagnosis of renal calculus in subjects without known urolithiasis. AJR 2016;206:326-31.

  2. Davenport M, Brimm D, Rubin JM, Kazerooni E. Patient preferences for chaperone use during transvaginal sonography. Abdominal Radiology 2016;41:324-33, doi: 10.1007/s00261-015-0556-z.

  3. Gao J, He W, Du L, Li S, Chen L-G, Shih G, Rubin JM. Ultrasound strain elastography in assessment of resting biceps brachii muscle stiffness in patients with Parkinson’s disease: a preliminary observation. Clin Imaging 2016;40:440-4 doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2015.12.008.

  4. Rubin JM, Horowitz JC, Sisson TH, Kim K, Ortiz LA, Hamilton JD. Ultrasound strain measurements for evaluating local pulmonary ventilation. UMB 2016;42:2525-2531.

  5. Goutman SA, Hamilton JD, Swihart B, Foerster B, Feldman EL, Rubin JM. Speckle tracking as a method to measure diaphragm excursion. Muscle and Nerve 2017; 55:125-127.


Scott Swanson, Ph.D.

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