The team of GIFT-Surg doctoral students running the Royal Parks Half Marathon in support of Bliss are putting on a Fundraising Pub Quiz! The quiz will take place on Thursday 15 September from 7-11pm at Mully’s Basement Bar on the UCL
Paper on ultrasonic tracking for surgical needles featured in Physics Today
Physics Today recently featured a paper on a device developed to improve tracking surgical needles in real time, authored by a postdoctoral research associate with the GIFT-Surg project. The paper, by Dr Wengfeng Xia and colleagues, describes an imaging device in which
Paper on Photoacoustic Imaging published in Physics Education
A paper presenting a system for demonstrating photoacoustic effect for educational purposes has been published in the Physics Education journal. Photoacoustic (PA) imaging has great potential for overcoming the limitations in penetration depth and spatial resolution of traditional optical imaging, improving
GIFT-Surg Researcher awarded Ramsay Fellowship
Congratulations to Dr Sacha Noimark, post-doctoral research associate for GIFT-Surg, who has been awarded the Ramsay Fellowship to develop new miniaturised ultrasound/photoacoustic probes. Dr Noimark’s research is focused on the development of nanostructurepoylmer composite materials for laser-generated ultrasound, to be