CIUS - Centre for Innovative Ultrasound Solutions

Centre for Innovative Ultrasound Solutions

– for health care, maritime, and oil & gas

The Centre for Innovative Ultrasound Solutions for health care, maritime, and oil & gas (CIUS) brings academia and industry together to address needs and challenges across all three sectors.

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Blue skies innovation

CIUS blogg | 08 Dec 2023 - 08:45:00

Basic research (or blue skies research) may be defined as research to understand the basic mechanisms of nature. Such research is often regarded as curiosity driven and defined by scientists.

In sharper focus

CIUS blogg | 16 Nov 2023 - 08:15:00

Take a 40-year-old problem of ‘unfocused’ ultrasound images, add dedicated researchers at a centre for research-based innovation, and the result? Sharper, clearer images regardless of the patient’s anatomy – a vitally important improvement for diagnosing heart attacks and their severity.

Higher resolution with new ultrasound probe design

CIUS blogg | 10 Nov 2023 - 08:10:00

Commercial ultrasound probe designs have their pros and cons, but what if we combine the pros of two designs to create a new type of transducer? One that can acquire more information and producer higher resolution images for improved cardiovascular diagnosis?

Crack-detecting waves

CIUS blogg | 06 Oct 2023 - 08:53:00

Whether they transport oil, gas, water, or other substances – you do not want them to leak. But if a pipe is in an inaccessible area, how do you then check for cracks? And if there are any – are they critical, or not?

Real-time project and real-life experience

CIUS blogg | 12 Sep 2023 - 08:28:00

When building a house, it is crucial to know whether the ground consists of rock, gravel, sand, or clay. The same goes for underwater installations, but it is not so easy to determine as on dry land.