Plane Wave - A newsletter from verasonics
  • Functional Ultrasound: Advancing Non-Invasive Functional Imaging Research

    Published On: March 14th, 2018

    Functional Ultrasound: Advancing Non-Invasive Functional Imaging Research Functional Imaging Today For years, neuroscientists, physicians and biomedical engineers have sought to better visualize changes in the brain as a result of normal activity and external stimuli. It is believed [...]

  • Understanding the Vantage Software Capabilities for Ultrasound Research

    Published On: November 14th, 2017

    Technical Discussion with Ron Daigle, Founder and CTO of Verasonics: Understanding the Vantage Software Capabilities for Ultrasound Research As you know, the Vantage Research Ultrasound System is a powerful and flexible platform for developing new ultrasonic technologies for biomedical ultrasound, materials [...]

  • New Products and Features Now Available from Verasonics

    Published On: August 16th, 2017

    Expand Your Research Opportunities with New Products and Features Now Available from Verasonics The HIFUPlex™ Portfolio: A Range of Products to Advance your Research in Focused Ultrasound In collaboration with Sonic Concepts, Inc., the HIFUPlex Portfolio brings together the best of Verasonics’ [...]

  • Ultrasound Driving Value In NDT / NDE

    Published On: July 14th, 2017

    Ultrasound Research in Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE) drives value with Improved Quality, Standardization and Economics For more than a hundred years, materials science engineers have faced the problem of assessing the structural integrity of materials and structures without destroying them. [...]

  • Focused Ultrasound

    Published On: June 1st, 2017

    Importance of Focused Ultrasound (FUS) Focused ultrasound is becoming increasingly preferred as a valuable non-invasive therapeutic technology in a variety of clinical areas including cardiology, endocrinology, oncology and women’s health. FUS demonstrates important and growing utility in a variety of [...]

  • Volume Imaging

    Published On: May 13th, 2017

    Volume Imaging with High Channel Counts and High Element Counts Background As scientists and researchers explore new ways to use ultrasonics, there is an increasing need to employ more elements and more channels. This is particularly true in the [...]

  • Transducer Development

    Published On: March 17th, 2017

    Transducer Development The L11-5v, a 128-element linear array transducer The transducer is a critical component of ultrasonic research.  Whether called a transducer, sensor, probe, scanhead or array, the transducer is the link between the analog natural world [...]