Thursday Lecture Series: Biomedical Research and Technology: Creation, Development and Applications: Tiny Bubbles: Harnessing Their Power in Medicine

Prof. J. Brian Fowlkes, Michigan Medicine Radiology and Biomedical Engineering

When we think of tiny bubbles like those in a glass of beer, we might never expect the power such a small object could produce given the right conditions. From the erosion of ship propellers to industrial cleaning to breaking of kidney stones and liquification of tissue, we will explore a few of the many ways bubbles can be used to affect their surroundings and be engineered to provide diagnostic and therapeutic tools in medicine.  

Dr. Fowlkes conducts research on diagnostic and therapeutic ultrasound including quantitative imaging such as volumetric blood flow for OB/GYN and traumatic brain injury and bubble production for drug release and high intensity ultrasound including histotripsy.  He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, the American Institute of Medical and Biomedical Engineering, the Acoustical Society of America, the American Association of Physicists in Medicine and the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers.