PhysMed team to present advances in functional ultrasound, brain imaging and therapeutic applications at IEEE IUS 2025

From advanced brain imaging to groundbreaking cardiovascular applications, Physics for Medicine Paris will be strongly represented at IEEE IUS 2025, the leading international conference on ultrasonics, taking place in Utrecht, The Netherlands, from September 15–18, 2025.

Our team will contribute with 7 researchers, 4 engineers  20 PhD students and postdocs, 14 oral presentations and 5 posters, highlighting the diversity and impact of our work.

📚 Main research themes featured by PhysMed

• Next-generation brain imaging: functional ultrasound, neurovascular coupling, and multimodal neuroimaging in humans and animal models.
• Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular studies: carotid plaque assessment, Circle of Willis dynamics, and cardiac hemodynamics.
• Ultrasound localization microscopy (ULM): methodological advances and clinical applications, from kidney graft monitoring to 3D benchmarking.
• Therapeutic ultrasound: development of non-invasive tools for thrombosis treatment and targeted neuromodulation.
• Innovative imaging technologies: shear wave elastography, row-column arrays, multimodal probes, and motion correction techniques.

📅 Detailed program

Monday, September 15, 2025

• 10:00 – Poster (Student Competition Finalist) — Nabil Haidour: Ultrasound Cerebral Angiography Reveals Functional Dynamics of the Circle of Willis
• 11:00 – Oral — Ariane Sanches: In Vivo Integration of Magnetomotive Ultrasound and Photoacoustic Imaging
• 14:00 – Oral — Oumou Traore: In Vitro and In Vivo Validation of a Dual-Steering Non-invasive Ultrasound Device for Deep Vein Thrombosis Treatment
• 16:30 – Oral — Henri Leroy: XDoppler Velocity Estimation Using Row-Column Arrays

Wednesday, September 17, 2025

• 14:00 – Oral — Nabil Haidour: Ultrasound Cerebral Angiography Reveals Functional Dynamics of the Circle of Willis
• 14:45 – Oral — Nicolas Zucker: 3-D Functional Ultrasound Localization Microscopy Reveals Global and Complex Regulation of Cerebrovascular Function During Task-Evoked Activity
• 15:30 – Poster — Hannah Plath: Wide Field of View 3D Ultrafast Doppler Imaging on the Human Carotid In Vivo Using a Random Large Aperture Multi-Lens Array Probe
• 16:30 – Oral — Henri Leroy: Assessment of Carotid Plaque Neovascularization in Patients Using 3D Ultrasound Localization Microscopy with a Row-Column Array
• 16:30 – Oral — Benoît Rideau: Optical Flow–Based 3D Motion Correction for Ex Vivo Beating Rat Heart in Ultrasound Localization Microscopy
• 16:30 – Oral — Charlie Demené: Neuroimaging Combining Functional Ultrasound and High-Density Diffuse Optical Tomography for Whole Brain Connectivity Imaging in the Neonate
• 17:30 – Oral — Maxime Daniel: Anatomically Conforming Magnetic-Resonance Guided Focused Ultrasound (MRgFUS) Targeting of the Subthalamic Nucleus

Thursday, September 18, 2025

• 08:30 – Oral — Toûka Meki: 3D Shear Wave Elastography and Backscatter Tensor Imaging in Healthy Volunteers and Amyloidosis Patients
• 10:00 – Poster — Eric Buffle: Evaluation of Mitral Regurgitation Using Ultrafast Ultrasound: In Vitro Validation in a Pulsatile Flow Phantom
• 10:00 – Poster — Alec Reygrobellet: The Theoretical Link Between the fUS Signal and Ultrasound Localization Microscopy Parameters in Neuroimaging
• 11:00 – Oral — Anatole Jimenez: Non-Invasive Biopsy Based on Ultrasound Localization Microscopy for Kidney Graft Assessment in Machine-Perfused Porcine Kidneys
• 11:00 – Oral — Juliette Reydet: 3D Transcostal Ultrasound Localization Microscopy Benchmarking by Modeling Human Cardiac Hemodynamics
• 14:00 – Oral — Juliette Reydet: Realistic Human Brain Hemodynamics for Transcranial 3D Ultrasound Localization Microscopy Benchmarking
• 15:30 – Poster — Elias Boulebnane: Optimization of Automatic Transcranial HRF Assessment in the Mouse Brain for Neurovascular Coupling Alterations Measurements
• 16:30 – Oral — Charlie Demené: Three-Dimensional Functional Ultrasound Imaging of the Preterm and Term Neonatal Brain with a Clinically Compliant fUS Scanner and Micro-Motorized Probe