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A new study published in Brain Stimulation reveals promising results for treating drug-resistant depression using ultrasound.
A new approach to treat severe depression using focused ultrasound
Our recent publication in Nature Biomedical Engineering reports the ability of ultrasound to activate oncogene receptor RET.
Ultrasound biological modulation for regenerative medicine
We are proud to announce that Mickael Tanter has been elected at the French Academy of Sciences in the section
Mickael Tanter enters the French Academy of Sciences
Watch the result of our art&science collaboration with Vaskange, an illustrator who shares our passion for multi-scale visualization.
Science, art and infinite zoom
We are proud to announce our new ERC awardee Béatrice Berthon-Walker for a project on breast cancer diagnosis.
Béatrice Berthon-Walker obtains an ERC Starting Grant
The 2024 William Feindel Lecture awarded to Mickael Tanter in Montreal, Canada
The 2024 William Feindel Lecture awarded to Mickael Tanter in Montreal, Canada
La Recherche is a French popular science magazine. This month's issue features our study on arterial pressure measurement.
Mickael Tanter and Jérôme Baranger explain the Korotkoff sounds in La Recherche
Nicolas Zucker was awarded for his work on functional ultrasound localization microscopy of the mouse brain.
Our PhD student Nicolas Zucker receives a Poster Award at EMIM 2024
Their invention, an innovative technology for repairing aortic valves using ultrasonic shock waves was developed in France by Cardiawave a spin-off company of our Institute.
M. Tanter, M. Pernot and E. Messas awarded 2024 inventors prize of Le Point newspaper
Our research team reports for the first time the clinical effectiveness of a non-invasive ultrasound therapy of cardiac valves in collaboration with Cardiawave and APHP.
World premiere of non-invasive ultrasound therapy of heart valve diseases published in The Lancet
In an article published in front page of Science Advances, our researchers decrypt the origin of the
Korotkoff sounds: a century-old enigma of physics is finally solved
Our PhD student receives the Best Student Award in Medical Ultrasonics at IEEE IUS for his work on wearable sensors.
Cyprien Blanquart wins the Best Student Award at IEEE IUS 2023
The research work recently published in Nature Nanotechnology by our team in collaboration with Institute of Vision Paris was highlighted in the french newspaper Le Monde on June 23rd 2023.
Le Monde journal highlights our research works on sonogenetics
Collaborative work between Institute Physics for Medicine and Institute of Vision leads to remote and high resolution brain activation using Sonogenetics
Publication in Nature Nanotechnology towards restoring vision using ultrasound Sonogenetics
Jean-Noël Barrot, french Minister Delegate for digital transition announced Cardiawave as one of the startups selected in French Tech Health20.
Spotlight on CardiaWave as one of the startups selected in the French Tech Health20 program
On February 15, our new facilities were inaugurated at PariSanté Campus by the french minister of higher education and research, Sylvie Retailleau.
Inauguration of Physics for Medicine Institute by the french Minister of Higher Education and Research 
Noemi Renaudin receives a
Noemi Renaudin is awarded by the Fondation L’Oréal-Unesco for Women in Science
A major achievement for micron-scale ultrasound neuroimaging has just been published in front page of Nature Methods.
Functional ultrasound microscopy: sensing the whole brain neuronal activity at the micron scale
Our PhD student Thomas Tiennot was awarded at i-PhD contest.
Thomas Tiennot receives the jury’s Grand Prix at i-PhD contest for his project on ultrasonic treatment of drug-resistant depression
M. Tanter will join the California Institute of Technology as the Gordon Moore Scholar in June 2022
M. Tanter is the 2022 researcher selected by Caltech, USA, for its prestigious Moore Distinguished Scholar Program
Transcranial 3D ultrasound localization microscopy captures the whole-brain microvasculature of a mouse.
3D ultrasound microscopy of the brain on the front cover of eBioMedicine
The coronary microcirculation was imaged in the beating heart using 3D ultrafast ultrasound localization microscopy.
The heart microcirculation captured in 3D using ultrasound microscopy
Our images of the human brain microvasculature are displayed in Cell Immersion exhibition (Bordeaux, France).
Art & Science: ultrasound microscopy images featured in Cell Worlds project
PariSanté Campus, a French hub for digital health, has settled in new premises located in Issy-les-Moulineaux.
Inauguration of PariSanté Campus
Mathieu Pernot received the 2021 Innovator Prize from the region Ile-de-France for the development of a device measuring the myocardial stiffness.
Mathieu Pernot awarded an Innovator Prize by the region Ile-de-France
Our PhD student receives the 2021 Best Student Award at the International Ultrasonics Symposium for his work on myocardial stiffness quantification.
Olivier Pedreira wins the Best Student Award at IEEE IUS 2021
Ultrasound neuroimaging was highlighted at the front page of three journals for three consecutive months.
Three cover pages for ultrasound neuroimaging
The co-inventors of Shear Wave Elastography are amongst the three finalists of the
Mickael Tanter and Mathias Fink named finalists for the European Inventor Award 2021
This month's issue of Pain journal spotlights our study of pain mechanisms through ultrafast ultrasound imaging of the spinal cord.
Ultrafast ultrasound imaging of the spinal cord in front page of Pain journal
Our collaborative work with the teams of Prof. Shapiro and Andersen at Caltech has just been published in Neuron.
Functional ultrasound as a read-out for brain-machine interfaces
The first dynamic microangiography of the human brain is published in front page of Nature Biomedical Engineering.
Ultrasound reveals the human brain vasculature down to the microscopic scale
Our latest study on neonatal functional brain imaging is published in Nature Communications.
Functional ultrasound imaging reveals the dynamics of brain states in preterm babies
Results of our first-in-man study have been pusblished in Circulation.
Treating aortic valve stenosis non-invasively: the first-in-man study
Our PhD student has been awarded at the online event
Oscar Demeulenaere receives an award from the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging.
Our lab will play an active role in Paris Santé Campus, a large project for digital health.
French President E. Macron launches Paris Santé Campus
Our latest publication on functional ultrasound imaging has just been released in Nature Communications.
How does the brain activity change during repetitive behaviours?
Our ongoing research on the brain is summarized for the general audience in an article published this week.
The latest news on ultrasound for neurosciences featured in The Conversation
A video explaining how ultrasound can help studying autism is now online!
Functional ultrasound imaging and autism
Hanna Bendjador has received a prize from the L'Oréal Foundation-UNESCO program For Women In Science.
Hanna Bendjador awarded the 2020 French Rising Talent Prize “For Women in Science”
Pharmaceutical application of functional ultrasound is demonstrated in three recent publications and an awarded poster
Pharmaco-fUS: How Ultrasound could foster drug discovery in neuroscience
Charlie Demené was awarded for his presentation at EMIM on transcranial ULM in adult patients
Transcranial super-localization imaging of the adult brain in the Best Of EMIM Talks 2020
Our PhD student awarded at the 2020 International Ultrasonics Symposium.
Hanna Bendjador wins the Best Student Award at IEEE IUS, Las Vegas, 2020
3D ultrafast echocardiography is in the news with a new publication and a conference highlight.
3D ultrafast echocardiography: full characterization of cardiac functions within a heartbeat
Our recent publication in Physics in Medicine and Biology reports the first implementation in 3D of ultrafast Doppler for coronary flows imaging.
Ultrasound angiography of coronaries goes 3D
Three articles on fUS imaging were published only a few days apart in high-impact journals.
New advances in functional ultrasound imaging for neuroscience
C. Papadacci has been awarded at EuroEcho 2019 for his work on 4D ultrafast echocardiography.
Clément Papadacci awarded at EuroEcho conference
This prestigious distinction recognizes years of research, led by J.F. Aubry, aiming at developing ultrasound-based therapies
Our lab designated Center of Excellence by the Focused Ultrasound Foundation
Charlotte Constans and Guillaume Maimbourg, have been awarded the Prix de la Chancellerie des Universités de Paris for their thesis on therapeutic ultrasound.
Two PhD graduates awarded the prestigious “Prix de la Chancellerie des Universités de Paris”
Our researchers have won the Rotblat Medal of the journal Physics in Medicine & Biology
3D ultrafast ultrasound is the most cited paper in PMB over the past 5 years
Ultrasound-based therapy of aortic stenosis has been performed for the first time in patients.
Non-invasive therapy of aortic stenosis: a successful first clinical trial
Our PhD student Baptiste Heiles has won the third Visualising Physical Acoustics Research Picture Prize of the International Ultrasound Symposium.
Baptiste Heiles wins a Research Picture Award at IEEE IUS
Our results on 4D functional ultrasound imaging using matrix arrays have just been published in Nature Methods.
New publication in Nature Methods on 4D functional ultrasound imaging
In an interview given to La Recherche, Mickael Tanter showcases functional ultrasound imaging.
Mickael Tanter interviewed in the French magazine La Recherche
Our work has been highlighted in JACC Cardiovascular Imaging as a significant advance for precision cardiac imaging.
The New Wave of Cardiovascular Biomechanics
In this guide, researchers share their views on how to address the health challenges associated with increased longevity.
Mickael Tanter featured in AXA Research Guide
Best Poster Award at a Brain Conference organized by the FENS
Best Poster Award at a Brain Conference organized by the FENS
Our researchers, together with the University of Oxford and the Institut du Cerveau et la Moelle Epinière, have demonstrated the potential of focused ultrasound for therapeutic modulation of the neural activity.
Healing neurological disorders with ultrasound
Brain activation has been imaged and analyzed during complex cognitive tasks using functional ultrasound imaging. The study has just been published in Nature Communications.
New publication in Nature Communications
The fUS imaging technique, pioneered by our team, is highlighted in the french magazine Le Point.
Article on fUS imaging in the weekly french Magazine Le Point
Spotlight of Trends in Neurosciences for our recent Nature Comm. publication on sleep
Spotlight of Trends in Neurosciences for our recent Nature Comm. publication on sleep
The power of ultrasound: a video footage made in our lab by Sciences et Avenir
The power of ultrasound: a video footage made in our lab by Sciences et Avenir
A new research project for the management of heart failure
A new research project for the management of heart failure
Mickael Tanter has been elected as a fellow of the European Academy of Sciences
Mickael Tanter enters the European Academy of Sciences
Our latest publication in Nature Communication
Our latest publication in Nature Communication
The Foundation Bettencourt-Schueller supports biomedical ultrasound research
The Foundation Bettencourt-Schueller supports biomedical ultrasound research
Best Student Paper Award at the 2018 IEEE
Best Student Paper Award at the 2018 IEEE
fUS imaging becomes compatible with hybrid PET/CT/fUS Imaging
A total of 16 Abstracts on fUS imaging technology invented by our lab Physics for Medicine Paris will be presented at SfN meeting in San Diego.
Wide representation at SfN symposium in San Diego, November 2018
Functional ultrasound imaging of babies makes the cover of Science Translational Medicine
Creation of Iconeus startup company to widely spread fUS imaging modality
Creation of Iconeus startup company to widely spread fUS imaging modality

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