(Looking for more technical details about ultrasound? Check out our Research and Links pages)
Education
Want to know how ultrasound works and/or various ways it's used clinically? These 90-second videos by the NIH/NIBIB give you the basics:
Teaching (Courses) & Training (Research)
Dr. Herickhoff teaches undergraduate and graduate BME courses at the UofM and UT Health Sciences Center. The following courses are being taught in the Spring 2022 semester:
BIOM 7904/8904 - Special Topics in BME: Ultrasound Imaging (3-credit lecture, advanced graduate course; focus on physics of acoustics and transducers, array beamforming techniques, various imaging modes, and system implementation)
Training: The MU[I]3 lab primarily trains graduate (Ph.D.) students and post-doctoral researchers, with research opportunities also made available for undergraduate and Master's students. Trainees may learn and work on 'fundamental' and/or 'applied' ultrasound engineering topics--i.e., our lab (1) studies and develops novel devices and methods to obtain unique signals and produce new imaging information, and (2) cultivates new approaches to integrate and translate ultrasound into use in challenging healthcare settings to address the most pressing clinical needs.
(Interested in joining us as a researcher? Find info for prospective lab members here)
Courses taught Fall 2021:
BIOM 3010 - Medical Measurements (4-credit lecture+lab, w/Honors section; focus on circuits, instrumentation, and analysis of biosignals)
BIOM 4901/6901 - Special Topics in BME: Intro to Medical Imaging (3-credit lecture, undergrad/grad sections, co-taught w/Dr. Aaryani Sajja; focus on physics, instrumentation, acquisition & reconstruction processes, and clinical applications of all major medical imaging modalities)
