Image-Guided Therapeutic Ultrasound

Period (from – till ): 4 February - 8 April 2025 (BMS_P3_A)

Image-guided therapeutic ultrasound is an early-stage, non-invasive therapeutic technology with the potential to transform the treatment of many medical disorders by using ultrasonic energy to target tissue deep in the body without incisions or radiation.

After this course, students will be familiar with theory and practise of various medical applications of image-guided therapeutic ultrasound. In several (guest) lectures the following topics will be covered:
• The physics and the mechanisms of ultrasound for therapeutic applications
• Ultrasound induced bio-effects
• (Medical) imaging techniques to control therapeutic ultrasound interventions
• Overview of medical conditions that can be treated with therapeutic ultrasound

Subsequently, the students will work in small groups on a practical assignment to get hands-on experience with image-guided therapeutic ultrasound.

Literature/study material used:
handouts

Registration:
You can register for this course via here on the Students' site.
Students from outside the UU or TU/E partnership can register for this course by sending an email to mix@umcutrecht.nl or via EduXchange. Please include your name, student number, Master’s programme and the course code.

Mandatory for students in Master’s programme:
no

Optional for students in other GSLS Master’s programme:
yes

Learning goals of this course:
· to understand the physics and the mechanisms of ultrasound for therapy
· to have knowledge on the (medical) imaging techniques to control therapeutic ultrasound interventions
· to have an overview of the medical conditions that can be treated with therapeutic ultrasound
· to be able to design, perform and analyze experiments using image-guided therapeutic ultrasound