Session Index

Lecture Sessions
Monday October 05, 2026 (11:00-12:30)

MIS: Wearable & Tele-Ultrasound   Chair: TBA

MIM: Ultrasound and Photoacoustic Technologies for Healthcare Applications  Chair: TBA

MSD: High-Frame-Rate and 3-D Ultrasound Imaging Technologies  Chair: Marcin Lewandowski - us4us;

PNL: Nonlinear Physical Acoustics  Chair: Yook-Kong Yong - Rutgers University;

MBB: Beam Design and Image Reconstruction Methods  Chair: TBA

MSR: Pulses of resolution  Chair: TBA

TMI: Multimodal Transducers and Applications  Chair: Jeremy Brown - Dalhousie University; Chelsea Munding - Flosonics Medical;

MTN: Neuromodulation and Brain Theranostics  Chair: Tommaso Di Ianni - UCSF; Charles Caskey - Vanderbilt University;

NSP: Signal Processing and Underwater Acoustics   Chair: TBA

QUASOS Challenge Winners Session  Chair: Ivan Rosado-Mendez - University of Wisconsin-Madison; Jonathan Mamou - Weill Cornell Medicine;

Monday October 05, 2026 (14:00-15:30)

MIS: Wave Propagation & Aberration Mitigation  Chair: TBA

MIM: Advanced Methods for Image Reconstruction and Analysis  Chair: TBA

MSD: High-Performance Architectures and Real-Time Ultrasound Systems   Chair: Piero Tortoli - University of Florence;

PPN: Phononics & Nonlinear Physical Acoustics  Chair: Yook-Kong Yong - Rutgers University;

MBB: Array Design and Volume Beamforming  Chair: TBA

MTC: Cardiovascular, Vascular & Tissue Dynamics  Chair: TBA

TMI: Wearable Ultrasonic Transducers  Chair: Holly Lay - Acoustiic Inc; Jingfei Liu - Texas Tech University;

ASM: Spurous Mode Suppression  Chair: Gianluca Piazza - CMU; Alexandre Reinhardt - CEA-LETI;

NPA: Photoacoustics   Chair: TBA

MCL: Clinical Session  Chair: TBA

Monday October 05, 2026 (16:30-18:00)

MIS: Acquisition & Applications in Ultrafast Ultrasound  Chair: TBA

MIM: Neuroimaging  Chair: TBA

MSR: Microcorticality  Chair: TBA

MBF: Advanced Blood Flow Imaging Methods   Chair: TBA

MCA: Therapeutic cavitation and bio-effects  Chair: TBA

MEL: Skeletal Muscle and Brain Tissue Characterization  Chair: TBA

TMI: Wearable Ultrasound for Biomedical Imaging and Sensing  Chair: Christine Demore - University of Toronto; Chang Peng - ShanghaiTech University;

ASE: Simulation and Evaluation Technqiues  Chair: Ausrine Bartasyte - FEMTO-ST; Paul Bradley - Broadcom;

NSH: Nonlinear, Dispersive, and Structured-Guided Wave Methods in Complex Systems  Chair: TBA

Tuesday October 06, 2026 (08:30-10:00)

MEL: Wave Physics, Advanced Actuation, and Material Characterization  Chair: Chris de Korte - Radboud University Medical Center;

MIS: Speed of Sound & Inverse Problems  Chair: TBA

MCA: Clinical Diagnostics and Organ-Specific Imaging  Chair: TBA

PNL: Nonlinear Physical Acoustics II  Chair: Yook-Kong Yong - Rutgers University;

MTH: Neuromodulation and Brain Circuit Control with Focused Ultrasound  Chair: TBA

MTN: Immunotherapy and Cancer Theranostics  Chair: Zhen Xu - University of Michigan; Xiran Cai - ShanghaiTech University, China;

TPM: Piezoelectric Materials and Transducers   Chair: Jesse Yen - University of Southern California; Jinwook Kim - Kyungpook National University;

MTC: Speed-of-Sound, Nonlinearity & Head Imaging  Chair: TBA

ANA: Novel Acoustic Devices  Chair: Vikrant Chauhan - Qualcomm; Yiliu Wang - Skyworks;

Tuesday October 06, 2026 (11:00-12:30)

MIM: Transcranial Ultrasound for Functional and Microvascular Brain Imaging  Chair: TBA

MIS: Microvascular & Functional Imaging  Chair: TBA

MCA: Molecular imaging and cancer therapy monitoring  Chair: TBA

MSR: Dysfunctional subunits  Chair: TBA

MTH: Blood–Brain Barrier Modulation & Drug Delivery  Chair: TBA

MSD: Emerging Ultrasound Platforms  Chair: Richard Nauber - TU Dresden; Alessandro Ramalli - University of Florence;

THF: Front-end Electronics and Ultrasound Systems  Chair: Dominique Certon - University of Tours; Yipeng Lu - Peking University;

ANC: Acoustics on Non-conventional Substrates  Chair: Yao Zhu - IME ASTAR Singapore; Siddhartha Ghosh - Northeastern University;

NMC: Material & Defect Characterization   Chair: TBA

Tuesday October 06, 2026 (14:00-15:30)

MEL: Cardiac and Vascular Elastography  Chair: Hideyuki Hasegawa - University of Toyama; Annette Caenen - KU Leuven;

MIS: Doppler Ultrasound & Hemodynamic Assessment  Chair: TBA

MCA: Multimodal Methods and Advanced Acoustic Mapping  Chair: TBA

PAT: Acoustic Tweezers & Particle Manipulation  Chair: Yook-Kong Yong - Rutgers University;

MBB: Advanced Beamforming and Coded Excitation  Chair: TBA

MTC: Simulations, Phantoms & Advanced Image Analysis  Chair: TBA

TMU: Piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers: Novel Materials and Structures  Chair: Hang Gao - The Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; Jun Zou - Texas A&M University;

AIL: Improving Loss and Power Handling  Chair: Sylvain Ballandras - SOITEC; Ruochen Lv - UTAustin;

NDE: General NDE Methods, Process Control, Industrial Ultrasound and Structural Health Monitoring  Chair: TBA

SPT: Ultrasound Neural Stimulation and Guidance - From Mechanisms to Applications  Chair: Meaghan O'Reilly - Sunnybrook Research Institute; Lei Sun - The Hong Kong Polytechnic University;

Tuesday October 06, 2026 (16:30-18:00)

MEL: Pulse Wave Imaging and Arterial Nonlinearity  Chair: TBA

MIS: Biomedical Monitoring & Tissue Dynamics  Chair: TBA

MBE: Brain, Neurons, Microbubbles, Cells I  Chair: Keith Wear - IEEE; Adam Maxwell - Virginia Tech University;

PGP: General Physical Acoustics  Chair: Yook-Kong Yong - Rutgers University;

MPA: Clinical and Interventional Photoacoustic Imaging  Chair: TBA

MBB: Refraction, Aberration, Speed of Sound Estimation  Chair: TBA

TMU: Capacitive and Piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers  Chair:  Alessandro Savoia - Roma Tre University; Nooshin Saeidi - Fraunhofer ENAS;

MTN: Advanced Technologies for Cancer Therapy  Chair: Natasha Sheybani - UVA; Tao Sun - Northwestern University;

NAS: Acoustic Sensors   Chair: TBA

Wednesday October 07, 2026 (08:30-10:00)

MIM: Ultrasound Biomarkers and Sensing  Chair: TBA

MEL: Abdominal, Breast, and Reproductive Organs Elastography  Chair: Kathy Nightingale - Duke University;

MTH: Therapeutic Ultrasound Systems, Histotripsy and Imaging-Guided Interventions  Chair: TBA

MBF: Cardiovascular and Neurovascular Flow Imaging  Chair: TBA

MCA: Microbubble Physics, characterization, and imaging  Chair: TBA

MIS: Computational Imaging & Sparse Acquisition  Chair: TBA

TMI: 2D Arrays and Novel Imaging Techniques  Chair: Jin Ho Chang - Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology; Robert Wodnicki - University of Southern California;

NAI: Acoustic Imaging and Microscopy   Chair: TBA

Wednesday October 07, 2026 (11:00-12:30)

MIM: Ultrafast Methods for Microvascular Imaging  Chair: TBA

MTC: Liver, Abdominal & Special Tissue Applications  Chair: TBA

MSD: Advanced Ultrasound Systems for Imaging, Guidance and Therapy  Chair: Clement Papadacci - Institute Physics for Medicine Paris;

MPA: Quantitative and Functional Photoacoustic Imaging  Chair: TBA

MIS: Clutter Suppression & Image Enhancement  Chair: TBA

MSR: CapilHarry Spotter  Chair: TBA

TTT: Therapeutic Transducers and Systems  Chair: Weibao Qiu - Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology; Brooks Lindsey - Georgia Institute of Technology;

AHV: High Velocity Devices  Chair: Shuji Tanaka - Tohoku University; Chris Kirkendall - Broadcom;

NMC: Ultrasonic Characterization of Multiphase Media, Structures, and Biological Systems  Chair: TBA

Wednesday October 07, 2026 (14:00-15:30)

MIM: Methods for Volumetric Ultrasound Imaging  Chair: TBA

MEL: Advanced Estimation and Reconstruction Algorithms  Chair: Matthew Urban - Mayo Clinic; Murthy Guddati - NC State University;

MTC: Breast & Lymph Node Assessment  Chair: TBA

PGP: General Physical Acoustics II  Chair: Yook-Kong Yong - Rutgers University;

MBB: Coherence  Chair: TBA

MIS: 3D & Volumetric Ultrasound Imaging  Chair: TBA

TPF: Novel Piezoelectric Devices and Applications  Chair: Qifa Zhou - University of Southern California; Teng Ma - Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology;

AHO: Higher Order Mode Devices   Chair: Songbin Gong - UIUC; Troy Olsson - UPENN;

NDE: Advanced Ultrasonic Sensing and Guided Wave Techniques for Industrial Monitoring  Chair: TBA

SPT: Ultrasound Neural Stimulation and Guidance - Enabling Technologies - I  Chair: Hong Chen - Washington University in St Louis; Levent Degertekin - Georgia Institute of Technology;

Wednesday October 07, 2026 (16:30-18:00)

MIM: AI-Enabled Freehand 3D Ultrasound Reconstruction§  Chair: TBA

MTC: Musculoskeletal & Bone QUS  Chair: TBA

MSR: Counting the minutes  Chair: TBA

MPA: Signal Processing and Deep Learing for Photoacoustic Imaging  Chair: TBA

SPT: Ultrasound Neural Stimulation and Guidance - Enabling Technologies - II  Chair: Chengzhi Shi - University of Michigan;

MIS: AI for Ultrasound Diagnosis & Clinical Decision Support  Chair: TBA

AFF: High Frequency Filters  Chair: Rich Ruby - Broadcom; Amelie Hagelauer - TUM;

Poster Sessions
Monday October 05, 2026 (10:00-11:00)

MEL: Advanced Wave Physics and Multi-Transducer Instrumentation  Chair: TBA

MIM: AI, Foundation Models & Learning-based Reconstruction  Chair: Yiliu Wang - Skyworks; Ruochen Lv - UTAustin;

MIS: AI & Data‑Driven Methods  Chair: TBA

MIS: Organ & Disease Detection / Classification  Chair: TBA

MTC: Tumor Characterization, Vasculature & Blood Dynamics  Chair: TBA

MTC: Tissue Phantoms & Advanced Biological Modeling  Chair: TBA

MCA: Engineering and characterization of advanced ultrasound contrast agents  Chair: TBA

MBE: Brain, Neurons, Microbubbles, Cells II  Chair: Gianmarco Pinton - University of North Carolina;

MTH: Advances in Transcranial Ultrasound: Modeling, Correction, and Therapeutic Guidance  Chair: TBA

TPM: Piezoelectric and Other Materials, Devices and Applications  Chair: Huaiyu Wu - North Carolina State Universty;

TTT: Therapeutic Transducers and Applications  Chair: Teng Ma - Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology;

ADS: Device Simulation and Synethesis   Chair: Laure Rolland du Ros - SOITEC;

PAT: Acoustic Tweezers & Particle Manipulation II  Chair: Yook-Kong Yong - Rutgers University;

NAS: Acoustic Sensors II  Chair: TBA

NUA: Underwater Acoustics   Chair: TBA

Monday October 05, 2026 (15:30-16:30)

Student Paper Finalists  Chair: TBA

MEL: Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Mechanics  Chair: Yue Xu - Duke University;

MIM: Advanced beamforming & Reconstruction  Chair: Gianluca Piazza - CMU; Ivan Rosado-Mendez - University of Wisconsin-Madison;

MIS: AI in Echocardiography  Chair: TBA

MTC: Renal, Reproductive & Specialized Tissue Characterization  Chair: TBA

MBB: Beam Design  Chair: TBA

MCA: Microbubble physics, modeling, and imaging  Chair: TBA

MBF: Clinical and Preclinical Applications of Doppler Ultrasound and Microvascular Imaging  Chair: TBA

MSR: The sound of brain mapping  Chair: TBA

TMU: Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers  Chair: Yalcin Yamaner - Clearsens Inc;

AHF: High Frequency Devices  Chair: Marie Bousquet - CEA-LETI;

ATF: Thin Film SAW Devices  Chair: Ming-huang Li - National Tsinghua University;

Tuesday October 06, 2026 (10:00-11:00)

QUASOS Challenge Poster Session  Chair: Aiguo Han - Virginia Tech; Cameron Hoerig - Weill Cornell Medicine;

MEL: Clinical Oncology and Reproductive Organ Imaging  Chair: TBA

MIM: Clinical AI - Segmentation & Diagnostic Applications  Chair: Ming-huang Li - National Tsinghua University; Vikrant Chauhan - Qualcomm;

MIS: Beamforming & Array Processing  Chair: TBA

MTC: Liver & Prostate QUS  Chair: TBA

MBB: Coherence, Aberration Correction, and Adaptive Beamforming  Chair: TBA

MCA: Targeted ultrasound contrast agents and specialized (pre)clinical imaging  Chair: TBA

NWP: Wave Propagation and Flow Measurement   Chair: TBA

MTH: Physical Mechanisms of Ultrasound-Induced Tissue Modification and Immune Response  Chair: TBA

MTN: Theranostic treatment monitoring   Chair: Tali Ilovitsh - Tel Aviv University;

TMU: Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers  Chair: Enrico Boni - University of Florence;

PGP: General Physical Acoustics III  Chair: Yook-Kong Yong - Rutgers University;

PMI: Modelling & Inversion  Chair: Yook-Kong Yong - Rutgers University;

NPC: Process Control and Industrial Ultrasound   Chair: TBA

Resume Poster Session: Making Career Connections  Chair: TBA

Tuesday October 06, 2026 (15:30-16:30)

MIM: Contrast-enhanced & Molecular Ultrasound Imaging  Chair: Cameron Hoerig - Weill Cornell Medicine; Jonathan Mamou - Weill Cornell Medicine;

MEL: Harmonic and Reverberant Shear Wave Elastography  Chair: TBA

MIS: Breast Cancer Diagnosis & Therapy Monitoring  Chair: TBA

MIS: Physical & Wave Methods  Chair: TBA

MTC: H-Scan Imaging, Tensor Imaging & Musculoskeletal Evaluation  Chair: TBA

MBB: Volume Beamforming  Chair: TBA

MCA: Therapeutic delivery and bio-effects  Chair: TBA

MPA: Photoacoustic Imaging Systems  Chair: TBA

MSR: Contrast and compare  Chair: TBA

MSD: Wearable Ultrasound  Chair: TBA

MTH: Toward Intelligent and Responsive Ultrasound Therapies  Chair: TBA

TMS: Transducer Modeling and Simulation  Chair: Jinwook Kim - Kyungpook National University;

ASN: AlScN BAW Devices  Chair: Cristian Cassella - Northeastern University;

NDE: General NDE Methods and Acoustic Imaging and Microscopy   Chair: TBA

NMC: Acoustic Sensors and Material and Defect Characterization and  Chair: TBA

Wednesday October 07, 2026 (10:00-11:00)

MEL: Machine Learning and Optimization in Elastography  Chair: Geng-Shi Jeng - National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University;

MIM: Freehand 3D Ultrasound & Clinical Translation (8 posters)  Chair: Richard Lopata - Eindhoven University of Technology; Aiguo Han - Virginia Tech;

MIM: Novel US Systems & Wearables  Chair: Hans-Martin Schwab - Eindhoven University of Technology; Rik Vos - Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam;

MIS: Dynamic & Time-Resolved Monitoring  Chair: TBA

MIS: Vascular Imaging & Monitoring  Chair: TBA

MTC: Bone, Skull & Neural Tissue Characterization  Chair: TBA

MSD: Advanced Ultrasound Technologies and Applications  Chair: TBA

MPA: Novel Techniques for Signal Processing in Photoacoustic Imaging  Chair: TBA

MSR: At the turning point-spread-function  Chair: TBA

MTN: Brain and cancer theranostics  Chair: Andrea Boscutti - UCSF;

TMI: Ultrasonic Transducers for Biomedical Imaging  Chair: Lin Zhang - University at Buffalo;

NAF: Acoustic Microfluidics and Structural Health Monitoring   Chair: TBA

NPA: Photoacoustics and Industrial NDE  Chair: TBA

PMUT Competition  Chair: TBA

Wednesday October 07, 2026 (15:30-16:30)

MEL: Viscoelasticity, Muscle Mechanics, and Anisotropy  Chair: Xiaoming Zhang - Mayo Clinic;

MIM: Functional Imaging  Chair: Pengfei Song - Duke University; Magnus Cinthio - Lund University;

MIM: Multimodality Imaging  Chair: Yao Zhu - IME ASTAR Singapore;

MIS: Image Quality Enhancement  Chair: TBA

MTC: Advanced Signal Processing, Speed-of-Sound & Nonlinearity Estimation  Chair: TBA

MBB: Deep Beamforming and Image Reconstruction Methods  Chair: TBA

MPA: Biomedical Applications of Photoacoustic Imaging  Chair: TBA

MSD: Research and Open-source platforms  Chair: TBA

TES: Front-end Electronics and Integrated Ultrasound Systems  Chair: Zhengchang Kou - University of Southern California;

SPT: Ultrasound Neural Stimulation and Guidance  Chair: Robert Wodnicki - University of Southern California;

AME: Modeling and Evaluation Techniques  Chair: Yansong Yang - HKUST;

NSP: Signal Processing  Chair: TBA

NSP: Signal Processing and Industrial Transducer  Chair: TBA

MBF: Technical Advances in 3D Doppler, Vector Flow Imaging, Flow Signal Processing  Chair: TBA