Medical Imaging

What is Medical Imaging?

Medical imaging uses advanced technologies like X-rays, ultrasound, computerized tomography (CT) scans, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to look inside the human body. These tools help doctors and technicians diagnose, monitor, and treat illnesses or injuries. The field involves developing the machines and the software that make these images possible, with the goal of improving healthcare and discovering new ways to treat patients.

Areas of Focus

Using these advanced imaging techniques, our biomedical engineers conduct cutting-edge research to:

  • Study bone health, joint health, infections, and treatments.
  • Investigate cancer biology, cancer pathology, and tumor development.
  • Predict flare-ups in autoimmune diseases and chronic illness management.
  • Develop injury biomechanics models and evaluate treatment options.
  • Fabricate and monitor 3D engineered tissues for biomedical applications.
  • Develop therapeutic applications, including drug delivery systems, wound healing solutions, thrombolysis, high-intensity focused ultrasound surgery, and gene transfection therapies.
  • Analyze complex medical imaging data for improved diagnostics and treatment planning.
A hand holding a device displaying an ultrasound image.

Revealing the Unseen

Medical Imaging at Rochester

Our department takes an interdisciplinary approach to medical imaging research, benefited greatly by our proximity to the and co-location with the Institute of Optics.

Medical imaging research here at Rochester covers a wide range of imaging methods and applications. We have continued to make meaningful advancements in the biomedical field, like discovering how .

University Interdisciplinary Medical Imaging Centers

The ÌìÃÀÊÓƵ is home to two prestigious, interdisciplinary medical imaging centers, that support research from not only our department, but also other departments in the Hajim School of Engineering, School of Arts & Sciences, and ÌìÃÀÊÓƵ Medical Center. The Center for Biomedical Ultrasound also collaborates with researchers outside of the ÌìÃÀÊÓƵ.