The Ultrasonic Transducer Resource Center (UTRC), directed by K. Kirk Shung, professor of biomedical engineering, is the nation's only resource center for the development of ultrasonic transducer/array technology for medical diagnostic procedures.
Ultrasonic research at USC is focused in two areas:
- Developing ultrasonic transducers/arrays in the very high frequency range, beyond 30 MHz, which will be used in opthalmology, dermatology, and vascular surgery.
- Use of new and more efficient materials for these devices to produce clinical images with finer detail than is now possible.
