Andrew presenting at IEEE UFFC-JS 2024

Andrew Markel presenting at the IEEE Utrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Joint Symposium!

PhD candidate Andrew Markel attended the 2024 IEEE Utrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Joint Symposium in Taipei, Taiwan where his presentation was titled “In-Vivo Quantitative Ultrasound Imaging of the Placental Microstructure in a Rat Model of Preeclampsia”.

Preeclampsia is a life-threatening pregnancy disorder associated with abnormal development of the placenta microstructure. The placenta is a complex organ comprised of several layers, each of which is affected differently by preeclampsia. B-mode ultrasound is the gold standard for pregnancy imaging, but does not provide enough information to detect the changes in the placenta that occur during preeclampsia. Quantitative ultrasound deduces information about tissue microstructure by analyzing the radiofrequency signals backscattered from the tissue, and could potentially detect the changes that occur in the placenta. Here, we use an established rat model of preeclampsia to demonstrate how quantitative ultrasound can detect differences in microstructural properties that occur during preeclampsia and differences between the anatomical layers of the placenta. 

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