Research

A reactor for cavitation-enhanced bioremediation experiments on cell suspensions

Ultrasound has long been used for killing or disrupting cells and has increasingly been shown to be effective for...

Ultrasound has long been used for killing or disrupting cells and has increasingly been shown to be effective for enhancing a number of biological processes which may have significant...

Ultrasound has long been used for killing or disrupting cells and has increasingly been shown to be effective for enhancing a number of biological processes which may have significant beneficial effects.

Recent publication

Acousto-optic sensing and imaging

We are working to develop a table-top AO sensing system using laser optics technology in the near IR regime at...

We are working to develop a table-top AO sensing system using laser optics technology in the near IR regime at 1064 nm.

Recent publication

Infrared thermal imaging (FLIR) for monitoring heating due to high intensity focused ultrasound

Spatiotemporal surface temperature elevations are measured using an infrared camera (A655sc; FLIR Systems, Kent,...

Spatiotemporal surface temperature elevations are measured using an infrared camera (A655sc; FLIR Systems, Kent, UK) and used to calculate the spatially-dependent thermal dose delivered...

Spatiotemporal surface temperature elevations are measured using an infrared camera (A655sc; FLIR Systems, Kent, UK) and used to calculate the spatially-dependent thermal dose delivered to ex-vivo tissues.

Recent publication

Optical property changes in ex-vivo tissue exposed to high intensity focused ultrasound

We consider the impact of temperature elevation and thermal dose on the formation of HIFU lesions and the resulting...

We consider the impact of temperature elevation and thermal dose on the formation of HIFU lesions and the resulting changes in tissue optical properties.

Recent publication

Photoacoustic cavitation

Cavitation around laser heated nanoparticles produces a strong and localized mechanical disruption which has been...

Cavitation around laser heated nanoparticles produces a strong and localized mechanical disruption which has been shown to be effective in producing localized cell death in nanoparticle...

Cavitation around laser heated nanoparticles produces a strong and localized mechanical disruption which has been shown to be effective in producing localized cell death in nanoparticle targeted cells.

Research

A reactor for cavitation-enhanced bioremediation experiments on cell suspensions

Acousto-optic sensing and imaging

Infrared thermal imaging (FLIR) for monitoring heating due to high intensity focused ultrasound

Optical property changes in ex-vivo tissue exposed to high intensity focused ultrasound

Photoacoustic cavitation

Collaborators

Biomedical Ultrasonics, Biotherapy and Biopharmaeuticals Laboratory (BUBBL)
Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Oxford

The Institute of Acoustics
School of Physics, Nanjing University

Applied Optics Group
School of Physical Sciences, University of Kent

Research

A reactor for cavitation-enhanced bioremediation experiments on cell suspensions

Acousto-optic sensing and imaging

Infrared thermal imaging (FLIR) for monitoring heating due to high intensity focused ultrasound

Optical property changes in ex-vivo tissue exposed to high intensity focused ultrasound

Photoacoustic cavitation

Collaborators

Biomedical Ultrasonics, Biotherapy and Biopharmaeuticals Laboratory (BUBBL) Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Oxford

The Institute of Acoustics School of Physics, Nanjing University

Applied Optics Group School of Physical Sciences, University of Kent

Biomedical Ultrasonics, Biotherapy and Biopharmaeuticals Laboratory (BUBBL)
Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Oxford

The Institute of Acoustics
School of Physics, Nanjing University

Applied Optics Group
School of Physical Sciences, University of Kent