Workshop Schedule
Schedule
Instructor Code:
Prof. Sameer V. Dalvi (SVD)
Prof. Himanshu Shekhar (HS)
Prof. Karla Mercado-Shekhar (KMS)
Day 1
Lecture 1 : 1 hr (SVD)
Introduction to Microbubble Engineering, and synthesis of microbubbles
Lecture 2: 1 hr (SVD)
Microfluidic devices for production of monodisperse microbubbles, Stability of microbubble suspensions
Lecture 3: 1 hr (SVD)
Thermodynamics and kinetics of microbubble dissolution, Biocompatibility of microbubbles
Practical Session 1: 3 hrs (SVD)
Synthesis of microbubbles, Size characterization of microbubbles, Centrifugal size isolation of microbubbles, In-vitro dissolution studies
Day 2
Lecture 4 : 1 hr (HS)
Contrast-enhanced perfusion and molecular imaging with microbubbles
Lecture 5: 1 hr (HS)
Role of microbubbles in therapeutic ultrasound
Lecture 6: 1 hr (KMS)
Phase-change droplets for microbubble generation
Practical Session 2: 3 hrs (HS & KMS)
Demonstrations on acoustic characterization and imaging of microbubbles and nano-droplets, Acoustic attenuation spectroscopy, acoustic droplet vaporization, flow phantom imaging, contrast-enhancement through nonlinear mechanisms.