Author Archives: Gabriela Torres

The Gallippi lab is pleased to welcome our newest graduate student member, Aidan Armstrong. He will start his rotation in the lab in August 2021 and pursue the Ph.D. degree in Biomedical Engineering at UNC/NCSU. Aidan completed his bachelor’s degree … Read more

The Gallippi lab is pleased to welcome our newest graduate student member, Caleb Darr. He will be joining the lab in July 2021 to pursue the Ph.D. degree in Biomedical Engineering at UNC/NCSU. Caleb will complete his bachelor’s degree in … Read more

On April 9, 2021, Gabriela Torres successfully defended her dissertation, entitled: Noninvasive ARFI Ultrasound for Differentiating Carotid Plaque with High Stroke Risk. Congratulations, Dr. Torres!

Each year, UNC honors graduate students in programs throughout our university for their powerful discoveries that contribute to a better future for people and communities in North Carolina. The Impact Award recognizes discoveries with a direct impact on our state in … Read more

Murad’s paper entitled “Electronic Point Spread Function Rotation Using a Three-row Transducer for ARFI-Based Elastic Anisotropy Assessment: In Silico and Experimental Demonstration” was accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control (TUFFC), on August 24, 2020. … Read more

Gabriela’s paper entitled “Carotid Plaque Fibrous Cap Thickness Measurement by ARFI Variance of Acceleration: In Vivo Human Results” was accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging (TMI), on August 24, 2020. You can find it at: https://doi.org/10.1109/TMI.2020.3019184

In September 2020, the Gallippi Lab will present work at the IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium. Nine presentations will be given (virtually) by lab members, including two oral presentations and seven posters. Additionally, Dr. Gallippi will be delivering an invited talk … Read more

The Gallippi lab is pleased to welcome our newest graduate student member, Anna V. Phillips. She will be joining the lab in August 2020 to pursue the Ph.D. degree in Biomedical Engineering at UNC/NCSU. Anna has completed her bachelor’s degree in … Read more

The Gallippi lab is pleased to welcome our newest graduate student member, Devon Martin. He will be joining the lab in August 2020 to pursue the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering. Devon has completed his bachelor’s degree in Chemistry and … Read more

The UNC School of Medicine has awarded Gabriela a grant to fund research using ARFI imaging for the development of automatic classification methodologies of carotid atherosclerotic plaque composition. This grant will enable research on advanced modeling methods from ARFI-based techniques … Read more