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Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Baptiste Heiles
Delft University of Technology
2
Shunyao Luan
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
3
Anastasia Antoniou
Cyprus University of Technology
4
Youjuan Wang
Zhejiang Cancer Hospital
5
Xuejian Xing
Neijiang Normal University
6
Gazendra Shakya
ETH Zurich
7
Xuandi Hou
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
8
Noémi Renaudin
Inserm
9
Matthew R. Lowerison
Duke University
10
YiRang Shin
Duke University

Papers

1
In vivo ultrasound-induced luminescence molecular imaging
Nature Photonics|2024
150 cit.
2
Ultrasound-responsive microbubbles and nanodroplets: A pathway to targeted drug delivery
Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews|2024
109 cit.
3
Enhancing Fractionated Cancer Therapy: A Triple-Anthracene Photosensitizer Unleashes Long-Persistent Photodynamic and Luminous Efficacy
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2024
94 cit.
4
Nanobubble-actuated ultrasound neuromodulation for selectively shaping behavior in mice
Nature Communications|2024
48 cit.
5
Ultrabright and ultrafast afterglow imaging in vivo via nanoparticles made of trianthracene derivatives
Nature Biomedical Engineering|2024
46 cit.
6
AI-powered ultrasonic thermometry for HIFU therapy in deep organ
Ultrasonics Sonochemistry|2024
45 cit.
7
Super-resolution ultrasound reveals cerebrovascular impairment in a mouse model of Alzheimer's Disease
Journal of Neuroscience|2024
31 cit.
8
Nonlinear sound-sheet microscopy: Imaging opaque organs at the capillary and cellular scale
Science|2025
18 cit.
9
Real-Time Reconstruction of HIFU Focal Temperature Field Based on Deep Learning
BME Frontiers|2024
14 cit.
10
Deep learning for head and neck semi-supervised semantic segmentation
Physics in Medicine and Biology|2024
6 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Mikhail G. Shapiro
California Institute of Technology
2
Kanyi Pu
Nanyang Technological University
3
Nir Lipsman
Sunnybrook Health Science Centre
4
Jerel K. Mueller
University of Minnesota
5
Wynn Legon
Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital
6
Xiaolong Liang
Peking University
7
Lili Niu
Anhui University
8
Costas Arvanitis
Georgia Institute of Technology
9
Hyunjoo J. Lee
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
10
Tali Ilovitsh
Tel Aviv University

Papers

1
Focused ultrasound excites cortical neurons via mechanosensitive calcium accumulation and ion channel amplification
Nature Communications|2022
477 cit.
2
Nanoparticles with ultrasound-induced afterglow luminescence for tumour-specific theranostics
Nature Biomedical Engineering|2022
252 cit.
3
Ultrasound-controllable engineered bacteria for cancer immunotherapy
Nature Communications|2022
241 cit.
4
Molecular radio afterglow probes for cancer radiodynamic theranostics
Nature Materials|2023
190 cit.
5
Renal clearable polyfluorophore nanosensors for early diagnosis of cancer and allograft rejection
Nature Materials|2022
189 cit.
6
A Dual‐Locked Activatable Phototheranostic Probe for Biomarker‐Regulated Photodynamic and Photothermal Cancer Therapy
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2022
169 cit.
7
Activatable near-infrared probes for the detection of specific populations of tumour-infiltrating leukocytes in vivo and in urine
Nature Biomedical Engineering|2023
157 cit.
8
Catalytical nano-immunocomplexes for remote-controlled sono-metabolic checkpoint trimodal cancer therapy
Nature Communications|2022
139 cit.
9
Genomically mined acoustic reporter genes for real-time in vivo monitoring of tumors and tumor-homing bacteria
Nature Biotechnology|2023
134 cit.
10
Activatable Cancer Sono‐Immunotherapy using Semiconducting Polymer Nanobodies
Advanced Materials|2022
132 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Kullervo Hynynen
University of Toronto
2
Jerry S. Wolinsky
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
3
Katherine W. Ferrara
Stanford University
4
Elisa E. Konofagou
Columbia University
5
Mathias Fink
Institut Langevin
6
Mickaël Tanter
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
7
Sanjiv Kaul
Oregon Health & Science University
8
Jon Dobson
University of Florida
9
Paul A. Dayton
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
10
Nico de Jong
Erasmus MC

Papers

1
Diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis: 2010 Revisions to the McDonald criteria
Annals of Neurology|2011
9.8k cit.
2
Recommended diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis: Guidelines from the international panel on the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis
Annals of Neurology|2001
7k cit.
3
Applications of magnetic nanoparticles in biomedicine
Journal of Physics D Applied Physics|2003
5.8k cit.
4
Supersonic shear imaging: a new technique for soft tissue elasticity mapping
IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control|2004
2.4k cit.
5
Ocrelizumab versus Placebo in Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
New England Journal of Medicine|2016
1.9k cit.
6
Smart radio environments empowered by reconfigurable AI meta-surfaces: an idea whose time has come
EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking|2019
1.8k cit.
7
Coherent plane-wave compounding for very high frame rate ultrasonography and transient elastography
IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control|2009
1.8k cit.
8
Quantification of Myocardial Blood Flow With Ultrasound-Induced Destruction of Microbubbles Administered as a Constant Venous Infusion
Circulation|1998
1.6k cit.
9
Controlling waves in space and time for imaging and focusing in complex media
Nature Photonics|2012
1.5k cit.
10
Time reversal of ultrasonic fields. I. Basic principles
IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control|1992
1.5k cit.

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