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Ultrasound Localization Microscopy (ULM) relies on the injection of microbubbles (MBs) to obtain highly resolved density maps of blood circulation in vivo, with a resolution that can reach 10 {\mu}m ~ {\lambda}/10 in the rodent brain.…
Image acquisition techniques such as micro-computed tomography are nowadays widely available. Quantitative analysis of the resulting 3D image data enables geometric characterization of the micro-structure of materials. Stochastic geometry…
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Diagnostic imaging plays a critical role in healthcare, serving as a fundamental asset for timely diagnosis, disease staging and management as well as for treatment choice, planning, guidance, and follow-up. Among the diagnostic imaging…
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In a systematic review, we investigate current applications of ultrasound in locomotion research. Shortcomings in the range of view of ultrasound systems affect the direct validation of musculoskeletal simulations as inverse approaches have…
There is a growing mechanics literature concerning the macroscopic properties of mechanism-based mechanical metamaterials. This amounts mathematically to a homogenization problem involving nonlinear elasticity. A key goal is to identify the…
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Ultrasound-matter interactions underpin numerous biomedical and soft-matter applications, yet simulating these phenomena is challenging due to the large separation of viscous and sonic time scales. Continuum methods capture large-scale wave…
Recent improvements in additive manufacturing and high-throughput material synthesis have enabled the discovery of novel metallic materials for extreme environments. However, high-fidelity testing of advanced mechanical properties such as…
Major biological discoveries have been made by interrogating living organisms with light. However, the limited penetration of unscattered photons within biological tissues severely limits the depth range covered by optical methods.…
Dynamic elastography is a widely used, safe, convenient, and cost-effective method to aid in medical diagnosis. It visualizes the wave field propagating through living tissues and quantitatively determines the wave propagation speed from…
The layering approach used in fused filament fabrication (FFF) enables creation of complex designs generated by topology optimization. Defects associated with the layer-by-layer process, introduce considerable random variability to the…
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Extracting reliable and quantitative microstructure information of living tissue by non-invasive imaging is an outstanding challenge for understanding disease mechanisms and allowing early stage diagnosis of pathologies. Magnetic Resonance…
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