title: Ultrasound technologies for biomaterials fabrication and imaging.
abstract: Ultrasound is emerging as a powerful tool for developing biomaterials for regenerative medicine. Ultrasound technologies are finding wide-ranging, innovative applications for controlling the fabrication of bioengineered scaffolds, as well as for imaging and quantitatively monitoring the properties of engineered constructs both during fabrication processes and post-implantation. This review provides an overview of the biomedical applications of ultrasound for imaging and therapy, a tutorial of the physical mechanisms through which ultrasound can interact with biomaterials, and examples of how ultrasound technologies are being developed and applied for biomaterials fabrication processes, non-invasive imaging, and quantitative characterization of bioengineered scaffolds in vitro and in vivo.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, 310 Goergen Hall, P.O. Box 270168, Rochester, NY, 14627, USA, dalecki@bme.rochester.edu.
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dalecki
authors.forename: Denise C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Hocking
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D023822:Tissue Engineering; D054457:Tissue Scaffolds; D014465:Ultrasonics
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials