The research activities performed at the LBUM are in the field of medical imaging and biomedical engineering.  Several projects are currently conducted in our laboratory. These are related to the:

• Ultrasonic characterization of erythrocyte aggregation;

• Vascular ultrasound elastography of atherosclerosis;

• Micro-vascular ultrasound elastography applied to hypertensive rats;

• Dynamic ultrasound elastography of vascular thrombosis;

• Cellular imaging of blood flow rheological disorders;

• Segmentation of atherosclerotic vascular plaques in ultrasound imaging;

• Ultrasound imaging applied to the characterization of vascular stenoses;

• Biomechanical modeling of vascular stenoses and aneurysms.

In parallel to these research activities, the LBUM offers some services to the scientific community:

• Fabrication of multimodality vascular imaging phantoms;

• Histological cuts of rigid biological samples.