Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Wearable Ultrasound Devices, Materials, and Applications
Discussion Leader: Qifa Zhou (University of Southern California, United States)
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm
Sheng Xu (University of California San Diego, United States)
"Wearable Ultrasound Technology"
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:45 pm
Xuanhe Zhao (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States)
"Bioadhesive Ultrasound"
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:20 pm
Siddhartha Sikdar (George Mason University, United States)
"Musculoskeletal Applications of Wearable Ultrasound"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Neuromodulation
Discussion Leader: Charles Caskey (Vanderbilt University, United States)
9:00 am - 9:40 am
Lennart Verhagen (Radboud University, The Netherlands)
"Ultrasound Neuromodulation Techniques to Modulate Neural Circuits"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Group Photo / Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
Kim Butts Pauly (Stanford University, United States)
"Bringing Transcranial Ultrasound Stimulation into Focus"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Mikhail Shapiro (California Institute of Technology, United States)
"Biomolecular Ultrasound for Imaging and Control of Cellular Function"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢ is designed to address diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace by providing a safe environment for informal and meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities, including ethnicity, race and/or gender identity by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizer: Agata Exner (Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine , United States)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Ultrasound Imaging and Therapy in Immunotherapy
Discussion Leader: Tatiana Khokhlova (University of Washington, United States)
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Costas Arvanitis (Georgia Institute of Technology, United States)
"Imaging and Control of Immune Cell Trafficking and Function With Ultrasound"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm
Natasha Sheybani (University of Virginia, United States)
"Ultrasound for Immuno-Modulation and Immunotherapy Delivery in Solid Cancers"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm
Peter Yingxiao Wang (University of Southern California, United States)
"Ultrasound Control of Genetics and Epigenetics for Cell Therapy"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound
Discussion Leader: Agata Exner (Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine , United States)
9:00 am - 9:40 am
Misun Hwang (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, United States)
"Novel Uses of Ultrasound Contrast in Infants and Children"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
Massimo Mischi (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands)
"Quantification of Contrast Kinetics in Clinical CEUS Imaging"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Eleanor Stride (Oxford University, United Kingdom)
"The Goldilocks Problem: Engineering Sub-Micrometre Contrast Agents for Ultrasound Imaging"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Ultrasound Therapy
Discussion Leader: Hong Chen (Washington University in St. Louis, United States)
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Mario Fabiilli (University of Michigan, United States)
"Microenvironmental Cues in Ultrasound-Responsive Hydrogel Composites Drives Tissue Regeneration"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm
Julianna Simon (Pennsylvania State University, United States)
"Imaging Pathological Mineralizations With the Color Doppler Ultrasound Twinkling Artifact"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm
Late-Breaking Topic
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Lung Ultrasound
Discussion Leader: Marvin Doyley (University of Rochester, United States)
9:00 am - 9:40 am
Gianmarco Pinton (Un, United States)
"Diagnostic Ultrasound Imaging of the Lung"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
Libertario Demi (University of Trento, Italy)
"Quantitative Lung Ultrasound Spectroscopy, Multicentre Clinical Study Results on the Differential Diagnosis of Fibrosis, Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema, Pneumonia and COPD"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Xiaoming Zhang (Mayo Clinic, United States)
"Lung Elastography and Texture Analysis"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Applications of Machine Learning in Ultrasound
Discussion Leader: Mark Anastasio (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States)
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Alison Noble (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
"Leveraging AI to Simplify Ultrasound"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm
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"Machine Learning Analysis of Quantitative Ultrasound Multi-Parametric Images to Predict Cancer Therapy Response"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm
Ahmed El Kaffas (UCSD, United States)
"Machine and Deep Learning Strategies in Ultrasound-Based Tissue Classification Problems"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Dates and Venue; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Super-Resolution Imaging
Discussion Leader: Pengfei Song (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States)
9:00 am - 9:40 am
Mickael Tanter (INSERM /ESPCI PSL Paris/CNRS, France)
"Microscopic Ultrasound Imaging in Neuroscience"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
Mengxing Tang (Imperial College London, United Kingdom)
"Super-Resolution Ultrasound at Imperial College"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Jean Provost (Polytechnique Montreal, Canada)
"Dynamic Biomarkers in Ultrasound Localization Microscopy"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Novel Uses of Contrast Agents
Discussion Leader: Klazina Kooiman (Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Jeffrey Fowlkes (University of Michigan, United States)
"Bladder Voiding Pressure Estimation"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm
Fabian Kiessling (RWTH Aachen University, Germany)
"Localization Microscopy"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm
Priscilla Machado (Thomas Jefferson University, United States)
"Advanced Imaging in Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure