Research

- propagation of broadband nonliner signals in weakly dispersive media

- acoustic radiation force and its applications in metrology and medicine

- group analysis of differential equations of nonlinear acoustics

- one-dimensional equations of nonlinear acoustics in media with frequency dependent absorption

- Khokhlov-Zabolotskaya-Kuznetsov (KZK) type evolution equations

- Westervelt equation

- modeling and measurement of nonlinear fields generated by ultrasound medical sources

- mechansms of ultrasound action on biological tissues

- High-power multi-element phased arrays for ultrasound surgery applications

- extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (SWL)

- extracorporeal burst wave lithotripsy (BWL)

- transcranial imaging of brain structures

- Doppler imaging of kidney stones

- high-sensitivity cavitation detection methods

- holography of continuous wave sources and their fields

- transient holography

- nonlinear holography

propagation of pulsed signals in nonlinear media with regular and random inhomogeneities

reflection of nonlinear waves containing shocks from rigid boundaries

nonlinear methods for calibration of broadband microphones

  • combination of computer simulations and hydrophone measurements for characterization of nonlinear ultrasound fields
  • calibration of broadband hydrophones
  • visualization of ultrasound fields using optical methods
  • infrared (IR) thermometry for ultrasound intensity measurements
  • total power measurement of megahertz range ultrasound transducers using radiation force balance approach

Measurement of acoustic properties of materials