IUS 2026 Lecture Session Schedule
Time Ballroom A 301 A/B 302 A/B 302 C 303 304 402 305 A/B 306 A 306 B 306 C
Monday
Oct 5th, 2026
11:00-12:30
A2L-01
QUASOS Challenge Winners Session (7 papers)
Chr: Ivan Rosado-Mendez, Jonathan Mamou
Track: 8
A2L-02
MIS: Wearable & Tele-Ultrasound (6 papers)
Chr: Chih-Chung Huang, Keith Wear
Track: 1
A2L-03
MIM: Ultrasound and Photoacoustic Technologies for Healthcare Applications (6 papers)
Chr: Eno Hysi, Jin Ho Chang
Track: 1
A2L-04
MSD: High-Frame-Rate and 3-D Ultrasound Imaging Technologies (6 papers)
Chr: Marcin Lewandowski, Philippe Joos
Track: 1
A2L-05
PNL: Nonlinear Physical Acoustics (6 papers)
Chr: Mihir Patel, Youzuo Lin
Track: 3
A2L-06
MBB: Beam Design and Image Reconstruction Methods (6 papers)
Chr: Meng-Lin Li, Sebastian Praesius
Track: 1
A2L-07
MSR: Pulses of resolution (5 papers)
Chr: Jean Provost, Avinoam Bar-Zion
Track: 1
A2L-08
TMI: Multimodal Transducers and Applications (5 papers)
Chr: Jeremy Brown, Chelsea Munding
Track: 5
A2L-09
MTN: Neuromodulation and Brain Theranostics (6 papers)
Chr: Tommaso Di Ianni, Charles Caskey
Track: 1
A2L-10
NSP: Signal Processing and Underwater Acoustics (6 papers)
Chr: Jafar Saniie, Aryaz Baradarani
Track: 2
 
Monday
Oct 5th, 2026
14:00-15:30
A3L-01
MCL: Clinical Session (3 papers)
Chr: Mathieu Pernot, Emma Harris
Track: 1
A3L-02
MIS: Wave Propagation & Aberration Mitigation (5 papers)
Chr: Marie Muller, Ellen Yeats
Track: 1
A3L-03
MIM: Advanced Methods for Image Reconstruction and Analysis (6 papers)
Chr: James Wiskin, Cameron Hoerig
Track: 1
A3L-04
MSD: High-Performance Architectures and Real-Time Ultrasound Systems (6 papers)
Chr: Steven Freear, Piero Tortoli
Track: 1
A3L-05
PPN: Phononics & Nonlinear Physical Acoustics (5 papers)
Chr: Yun Jing, Jae Hwang
Track: 3
A3L-06
MBB: Array Design and Volume Beamforming (6 papers)
Chr: Fernando Quivira, Paul Dryburgh
Track: 1
A3L-07
MTC: Cardiovascular, Vascular & Tissue Dynamics (6 papers)
Chr: John Cormack, Zhengchang Kou
Track: 1
A3L-08
TMI: Wearable Ultrasonic Transducers (6 papers)
Chr: Holly Lay, Jingfei Liu
Track: 5
A3L-09
ASM: Spurous Mode Suppression (6 papers)
Chr: Gianluca Piazza, Alexandre Reinhardt
Track: 4
A3L-10
NPA: Photoacoustics (5 papers)
Chr: Howuk Kim, Xueding Wang
Track: 2
 
Monday
Oct 5th, 2026
16:30-18:00
 A5L-02
MIS: Acquisition & Applications in Ultrafast Ultrasound (5 papers)
Chr: Eno Hysi, Marcin Lewandowski
Track: 1
A5L-03
MIM: Neuroimaging (6 papers)
Chr: Kenji Yosida, Russel Witte
Track: 1
A5L-04
MSR: Microcorticality (6 papers)
Chr: Pengfei Song, Jaesok Yu
Track: 1
A5L-05
MBF: Advanced Blood Flow Imaging Methods (6 papers)
Chr: Alfred Yu, Matthew Bruce
Track: 1
A5L-06
MCA: Therapeutic cavitation and bio-effects (6 papers)
Chr: Klazina Kooiman, Meaghan O'Reilly
Track: 1
A5L-07
MEL: Skeletal Muscle and Brain Tissue Characterization (6 papers)
Chr: Caterina Gallippi, John Cormack
Track: 1
A5L-08
TMI: Wearable Ultrasound for Biomedical Imaging and Sensing (6 papers)
Chr: Christine Demore, Lin Zhang
Track: 5
A5L-09
ASE: Simulation and Evaluation Technqiues (5 papers)
Chr: Paul Bradley, Jan Kuypers
Track: 4
A5L-10
NSH: Nonlinear, Dispersive, and Structured-Guided Wave Methods in Complex Systems (6 papers)
Chr: Acharya Shashidhara, Mauricio Pereira da Cunha
Track: 2
 
Tuesday
Oct 6th, 2026
08:30-10:00
 B1L-02
MEL: Wave Physics, Advanced Actuation, and Material Characterization (6 papers)
Chr: Chris de Korte, Murthy Guddati
Track: 1
B1L-03
MIS: Speed of Sound & Inverse Problems (6 papers)
Chr: Adrian Basarab, Ning Lu
Track: 1
B1L-04
MCA: Clinical Diagnostics and Organ-Specific Imaging (6 papers)
Chr: Massimo Mischi, Jonathan Mamou
Track: 1
B1L-05
PNL: Nonlinear Physical Acoustics II (6 papers)
Chr: Xiangnan Pang, Marie Muller
Track: 3
B1L-06
MTH: Neuromodulation and Brain Circuit Control with Focused Ultrasound (6 papers)
Chr: Helen Mulvana, Tommaso Di Ianni
Track: 1
B1L-07
MTN: Immunotherapy and Cancer Theranostics (5 papers)
Chr: Zhen Xu, Xiran Cai
Track: 1
B1L-08
TPM: Piezoelectric Materials and Transducers (5 papers)
Chr: Jesse Yen, Jinwook Kim
Track: 5
B1L-09
MTC: Speed-of-Sound, Nonlinearity & Head Imaging (6 papers)
Chr: Misun Hwang, Alexander Gleed
Track: 1
B1L-10
ANA: Novel Acoustic Devices (5 papers)
Chr: Amelie Hagelauer, Yiliu Wang
Track: 4
 
Tuesday
Oct 6th, 2026
11:00-12:30
 B3L-02
MIM: Transcranial Ultrasound for Functional and Microvascular Brain Imaging (6 papers)
Chr: Gianmarco Pinto, Ge Zhang
Track: 1
B3L-03
MIS: Microvascular & Functional Imaging (6 papers)
Chr: Kang Kim, Sapna Bisht
Track: 1
B3L-04
MCA: Molecular imaging and cancer therapy monitoring (6 papers)
Chr: Tommaso Di Ianni, Klazina Kooiman
Track: 1
B3L-05
MSR: Dysfunctional subunits (6 papers)
Chr: Simona Turco, Stephen Lee
Track: 1
B3L-06
MTH: Blood–Brain Barrier Modulation & Drug Delivery (6 papers)
Chr: Christian Coviello, Wei-wen Liu
Track: 1
B3L-07
MSD: Emerging Ultrasound Platforms (5 papers)
Chr: Richard Nauber, Alessandro Ramalli
Track: 1
B3L-08
THF: Front-end Electronics and Ultrasound Systems (6 papers)
Chr: Dominique Certon, Robert Wodnicki
Track: 5
B3L-09
ANC: Acoustics on Non-conventional Substrates (5 papers)
Chr: Yao Zhu, Siddhartha Ghosh
Track: 4
B3L-10
NMC: Material & Defect Characterization (6 papers)
Chr: Jackie Hines, Zhongqing Su
Track: 2
 
Tuesday
Oct 6th, 2026
14:00-15:30
B4L-01
SPT: Ultrasound Neural Stimulation and Guidance - From Mechanisms to Applications (4 papers)
Chr: Meaghan O'Reilly, Lei Sun
Track: 7
B4L-02
MEL: Cardiac and Vascular Elastography (6 papers)
Chr: Matthew Urban, Annette Caenen
Track: 1
B4L-03
MIS: Doppler Ultrasound & Hemodynamic Assessment (6 papers)
Chr: Mathieu Pernot, Madhavanunni Anilakkadillam Narayanan
Track: 1
B4L-04
MCA: Multimodal Methods and Advanced Acoustic Mapping (6 papers)
Chr: Mengxing Tang, Tali Ilovitsh
Track: 1
B4L-05
PAT: Acoustic Tweezers & Particle Manipulation (6 papers)
Chr: Qifa Zhou, Chih-Kuang Yeh
Track: 3
B4L-06
MBB: Advanced Beamforming and Coded Excitation (6 papers)
Chr: Wei-Ning Lee, Walter Simson
Track: 1
B4L-07
MTC: Simulations, Phantoms & Advanced Image Analysis (6 papers)
Chr: Youzuo Lin, Heechul Yoon
Track: 1
B4L-08
TMU: Piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers: Novel Materials and Structures (6 papers)
Chr: Jun Zou, Hyunjoo Jenny Lee
Track: 5
B4L-09
AIL: Improving Loss and Power Handling (6 papers)
Chr: Ruochen Lv, Shogo Inoue
Track: 4
B4L-10
NDE: General NDE Methods, Process Control, Industrial Ultrasound and Structural Health Monitoring (6 papers)
Chr: Aryaz Baradarani, Peter Huthwaite
Track: 2
 
Tuesday
Oct 6th, 2026
16:30-18:00
 B6L-02
MEL: Pulse Wave Imaging and Arterial Nonlinearity (6 papers)
Chr: Hideyuki Hasegawa, Sua Bae
Track: 1
B6L-03
MIS: Biomedical Monitoring & Tissue Dynamics (6 papers)
Chr: Jingfei Liu, Christian Coviello
Track: 1
B6L-04
MBE: Brain, Neurons, Microbubbles, Cells I (6 papers)
Chr: Keith Wear, Adam Maxwell
Track: 1
B6L-05
PGP: General Physical Acoustics (6 papers)
Chr: John Larson, Yook-Kong Yong
Track: 3
B6L-06
MPA: Clinical and Interventional Photoacoustic Imaging (5 papers)
Chr: Xueding Wang, Stanislav Emelianov
Track: 1
B6L-07
MBB: Refraction, Aberration, Speed of Sound Estimation (6 papers)
Chr: Jeremy Dahl, Piotr Karwat
Track: 1
B6L-08
TMU: Capacitive and Piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers (6 papers)
Chr: Hyunjoo Jenny Lee, Akshay Dudhat
Track: 5
B6L-09
MTN: Advanced Technologies for Cancer Therapy (6 papers)
Chr: Natasha Sheybani, Tao Sun
Track: 1
B6L-10
NAS: Acoustic Sensors (5 papers)
Chr: Kentaro Nakamura, Dipen Sinha
Track: 2
 
Wednesday
Oct 7th, 2026
08:30-10:00
 C1L-02
MIM: Ultrasound Biomarkers and Sensing (6 papers)
Chr: Emma Harris, Jeremy Dahl
Track: 1
C1L-03
MEL: Armen Sarvazyan Memorial Session: Advances in Medical Elastography (6 papers)
Chr: Stanislav Emelianov, Kathy Nightingale
Track: 1
C1L-04
MTH: Therapeutic Ultrasound Systems, Histotripsy and Imaging-Guided Interventions (6 papers)
Chr: Roger Zemp, Mohammad Mehrmohammadi
Track: 1
C1L-05
MBF: Cardiovascular and Neurovascular Flow Imaging (6 papers)
Chr: Jorgen Jensen, Chengwu Huang
Track: 1
C1L-06
MCA: Microbubble Physics, characterization, and imaging (6 papers)
Chr: Averkiou Mike, Ahmed El Kaffas
Track: 1
C1L-07
MIS: Computational Imaging & Sparse Acquisition (6 papers)
Chr: Ruud van Sloun, Julianna Simon
Track: 1
C1L-08
TMI: 2D Arrays and Novel Imaging Techniques (6 papers)
Chr: Jin Ho Chang, Yohannes Soenjaya
Track: 5
 C1L-10
NAI: Acoustic Imaging and Microscopy (6 papers)
Chr: Adarsh Ravi, Takeshi Morita
Track: 2
 
Wednesday
Oct 7th, 2026
11:00-12:30
 C3L-02
MIM: Ultrafast Methods for Microvascular Imaging (6 papers)
Chr: Kang Kim, Julianna Simon
Track: 1
C3L-03
MTC: Liver, Abdominal & Special Tissue Applications (6 papers)
Chr: Azra Alizad, Ahmed El Kaffas
Track: 1
C3L-04
MSD: Advanced Ultrasound Systems for Imaging, Guidance and Therapy (6 papers)
Chr: Clement Papadacci, Arun Kumar Thittai
Track: 1
C3L-05
MPA: Quantitative and Functional Photoacoustic Imaging (6 papers)
Chr: Richard Bouchard, Parag Chitnis
Track: 1
C3L-06
MIS: Clutter Suppression & Image Enhancement (6 papers)
Chr: François Vignon, Deep Bera
Track: 1
C3L-07
MSR: CapilHarry Spotter (6 papers)
Chr: Matthew Lowerison, Olivier Couture
Track: 1
C3L-08
TTT: Therapeutic Transducers and Systems (5 papers)
Chr: Weibao Qiu, Brooks Lindsey
Track: 5
C3L-09
AHV: High Velocity Devices (5 papers)
Chr: Shuji Tanaka, Chris Kirkendall
Track: 4
C3L-10
NMC: Ultrasonic Characterization of Multiphase Media, Structures, and Biological Systems (6 papers)
Chr: Cristian Pantea, Moritz Herzog
Track: 2
 
Wednesday
Oct 7th, 2026
14:00-15:30
C4L-01
SPT: Ultrasound Neural Stimulation and Guidance - Enabling Technologies - I (4 papers)
Chr: Hong Chen, Levent Degertekin
Track: 7
C4L-02
MIM: Methods for Volumetric Ultrasound Imaging (6 papers)
Chr: Deep Bera, Clement Papadacci
Track: 1
C4L-03
MEL: Kevin Parker Memorial Session: Innovations in Ultrasound Elastography (6 papers)
Chr: Marvin M. Doyley, Kenneth Hoyt
Track: 1
C4L-04
MTC: Breast & Lymph Node Assessment (6 papers)
Chr: Michael Oelze, Farah Deeba
Track: 1
C4L-05
PGP: General Physical Acoustics II (6 papers)
Chr: John Larson, Jae Hwang
Track: 3
C4L-06
MBB: Coherence (6 papers)
Chr: Man Nguyen, Hervé Liebgott
Track: 1
C4L-07
MIS: 3D & Volumetric Ultrasound Imaging (6 papers)
Chr: Jan D'hooge, Tristan Stevens
Track: 1
C4L-08
TPF: Novel Piezoelectric Devices and Applications (6 papers)
Chr: Qifa Zhou, Teng Ma
Track: 5
C4L-09
AHO: Higher Order Mode Devices (6 papers)
Chr: Songbin Gong, Troy Olsson
Track: 4
C4L-10
NDE: Advanced Ultrasonic Sensing and Guided Wave Techniques for Industrial Monitoring (6 papers)
Chr: Mauricio Pereira da Cunha, Heechul Yoon
Track: 2
 
Wednesday
Oct 7th, 2026
16:30-18:00
 C6L-02
MIM: AI-Enabled Freehand 3D Ultrasound Reconstruction§ (6 papers)
Chr: Ruud van Sloun, Richard Lopata
Track: 1
C6L-03
MTC: Musculoskeletal & Bone QUS (6 papers)
Chr: Kay Raum, Ivan Rosado-Mendez
Track: 1
C6L-04
MSR: Counting the minutes (6 papers)
Chr: Tali Ilovitsh, Gianmarco Pinton
Track: 1
C6L-05
MPA: Signal Processing and Deep Learing for Photoacoustic Imaging (6 papers)
Chr: Kelsey Kubelick, Carolyn Bayer
Track: 1
C6L-06
SPT: Ultrasound Neural Stimulation and Guidance - Enabling Technologies - II (4 papers)
Chr: Chengzhi Shi, Aiguo Han
Track: 7
C6L-07
MIS: AI for Ultrasound Diagnosis & Clinical Decision Support (6 papers)
Chr: Simona Turco, Eno Hysi
Track: 1
C6L-08
AFF: High Frequency Filters (6 papers)
Chr: Rich Ruby, Vikrant Chauhan
Track: 4