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Past Event: An Overview of Medical Ultrasound Technology

September 14, 2016 at 7:30 pm

Location: Shoreline Community College, Rm 818 (music bldg), Shoreline, WA

Moderated by: Dan Mortensen

Speaker(s): Jens U. Quistgaard, President and CEO of Mirabilis Medical Inc.

Medical ultrasound technology has been used clinically since the late 1930’s, and is widely used today in both diagnostic and therapeutic applications.  While ultrasound shares many characteristics with audible sound, important characteristics manifest at high frequencies that need to be considered in acoustic design.  This talk will give a high-level overview of modern diagnostic and therapeutic ultrasound technology, highlighting similarities and differences between ultrasound and audio frequency design.

 
Speaker Biography
Jens U. Quistgaard is currently President and CEO of Mirabilis Medical Inc., which is developing a non-invasive ultrasound therapy for treatment of uterine fibroids.  He was formerly President and CEO of LipoSonix, Inc., a founder of SonoSite, Inc., and Chief Scientist at ATL Ultrasound (now part of Philips Medical Systems).  Mr. Quistgaard holds a BS degree in Mathematics and Computational Sciences from Stanford University, and MS and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington.  He is a Director of Life Science Washington, Vice Chairman of the Washington State Medical Device Innovation Partnership Zone, and a member of the Electrical Engineering Advisory Board and College of Engineering Visiting Committee at the University of Washington.

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Posted: Monday, August 29, 2016

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