Welcome to Center for Fast Ultrasound Imaging

On this site you can find information about Center for Fast Ultrasound Imaging - CFU. The Center was established in 1998 as a collaboration between the Technical University of Denmark, the Danish ultrasound manufacturer B-K Medical A/S, the University hospitals at Herlev and Gentofte and I/O Technologies A/S. The purpose of CFU is to conduct research within advanced digital ultrasound systems for anatomic and flow imaging.

You can find information on the research projects conducted at CFU, its facilities, the people involved, and the publications made since 1998.

In the spring 2009 funding of 14.7 mill. kr (1 US$ equal 5.5 kr) was donated from the Advanced Technology Foundation for a period of 4 years from 2009 to 2013. Significant sponsoring has also be obtained from BK Medical, Rigshospitalet, and DTU and the total budget is more than 33 mill. kr for the four years. The new grant sponsors the continuation of CFU, and the current partners are the Technical University of Denmark, B-K Medical Aps, and Rigshospitalet.

The project's purpose is the development of algorithms and methods for an efficient implementation of synthetic aperture ultrasound imaging. This includes developing algorithms, transducers, and measurement systems during the project, and that clinical trials have been conducted for smaller patient populations. The methods encompass 2D and 3D anatomic SA imaging, vector flow imaging in 2D and 3D and the investigation of whether non-linear and compound SA imaging can be made. A key aspect is to develop methods that can function with a low enough number of calculations to be practical to implement on realistic and commercially viable platforms.

A PhD position is available in non-linear synthetic aperture imaging. The deadline for applying is March 3. More information can be found here. A second PhD position is avilabel in two stage beam forming methods for 3D imaging. The deadline for applying is March 20. More information can be found here.

A post.doc. position in Implementation of Advanced Synthetic Aperture Ultrasound Imaging is avilable from May 1. The deadline for applying is March 20. More information can be found here.