HMS-CSSA Frontier Symposium in Wearable Ultrasound Devices

可穿戴式超声装置是一种结合了超声技术和便携式器械特点的实时成像医疗设备，它们可以在临床现场或急救环境中被快速使用，帮助医生进行初步诊断或指导操作。此外，它们还有助于改善患者的舒适度和便利性，减少传统超声设备需要的移动和调整时间。此次研讨会我们有幸邀请到两位在可穿戴式超声装置研发领域做出重要发现的学者与我们分享他们的研究。来自加州大学圣地亚哥分校的Sai Zhou 主要研究用于心血管监测的可穿戴超声设备的开发和临床验证。来自业界（Sonologi, Inc.）的Chonghe Wang 开创了能够监测人体深层组织生命体征的可穿戴超声技术这一研究方向。他发明了世界上第一代人类可穿戴超声贴片；此外，他还开发并验证了诸多突破性概念，例如“可穿戴深层组织传感器”、“可穿戴式生物成像”和“全身连续超声成像”等。这也将是我们系列讲座中第一次听到学界和业界对同一话题的讨论。欢迎大家届时参加交流。

讲座时间：2024年7月12日 （周五）， 9:00 – 10:00 PM, EDT

讲座链接: 

https://harvard.zoom.us/j/96643616547?pwd=hhDGPfCBehyhsvZ8dTLbbJeIfWirtB.1

讲座二维码：

Sai Zhou

Current position: 

Ph. D. Candidate (Thesis defense in August)

Material Science and Engineering Program, University of California, San Diego

Talk title: 

Wearable ultrasound in cardiovascular monitoring

Biography:

Sai Zhou earned his bachelor's degree in Material Science and Engineering from Central South University and is currently pursuing his Ph.D. at the University of California, San Diego. Mr. Zhou’s research focuses on the development and clinical validation of wearable ultrasound devices for cardiovascular monitoring. He has led multiple projects using wearable ultrasound devices to collect continuous hemodynamics data (e.g., blood pressure and blood flow) within deep tissues. These projects involved close collaboration with physicians from various medical centers for clinical validation.

Highlighted publications:

(* denotes co-first author, # denotes corresponding author)

1. Zhou, S.*, Gao, X.*, Park, G.*, Yang, X.*, et. al., Transcranial volumetric imaging using a conformal ultrasound patch, Nature, 2024.

2. Lin, M.*, Hu, H.*, Zhou, S.*, Xu, S.#. Soft wearable devices for deep-tissue sensing,  Nature Reviews Materials, 2022.

3. Zhou, S.*, Park, G.*, Longardner, K.*, Lin, M.*, et. al., Clinical validation of a wearable ultrasound blood pressure sensor, Nature Biomedical Engineering (Accepted).

Chonghe Wang, Ph. D.

Current position: 

Co-founder and CTO

Sonologi, Inc.

Talk Title: 

8 Years in Ultrasound Patch Technology-Full body continuous ultrasound imaging

Biography: 

Chonghe Wang received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Since 2016, he pioneered the direction of engineering  wearable ultrasound technology capable of monitoring deep tissue vital signs in the human body. He invented the world first generation of wearable ultrasound patches for humans (Nat. bme 2018). During the 8 years of research, he developed and validated breakthrough concepts such as the 'wearable deep tissue sensor (Nat. bme 2018 & 2021)', 'wearable bioimaging (Science 2022)’, and ‘Full body continuous ultrasound imaging (Nature 2024)’.

Dr. Wang's research has been exclusively highlighted by hundreds of renowned media outlets, including Time, National Geographic Magazine, Forbes, MIT Technology Review, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the NIH Director’s Blog, the World Economic Forum, and many others. This technology holds significant potential to transform bulky clinical ultrasound machines into next-generation digital healthcare wearable smart devices.

In 2024, Dr. Wang co-founded Sonologi, a deep-tech company specializing in ultrasound patch technology, where he serves as the co-founder and CTO. The company secured 18 million RMB in pre-seed funding round. His accolades include:

Highlighted publication:

(* denotes co-first author, # denotes corresponding author)

1. C. Wang*#, X. Zhao*#, Full-body Wearable Continuous Ultrasound Imaging, Nature, 2024.

2. C. Wang*, X. Chen*, L. Wang, M. Makihata, HC Liu, T. Zhou, X. Zhao#, Bioadhesive Ultrasound for Long-term Continuous Imaging of Diverse Organs, Science, 2022. 

3. C. Wang*, B. Qi*, M. Lin*, Z. Zhang*, M. Makihata, et al., Continuous Monitoring of Deep-Tissue Haemodynamics with Stretchable Ultrasonic Phased Arrays, Nature Biomedical Engineering, 2021. (Featured as journal cover)

4. C. Wang*, X. Li*, H. Hu*, L. Zhang, Z. Huang, et al., Central Blood Pressure Waveform Monitoring by Conformal Ultrasonic Devices, Nature Biomedical Engineering, 2018 (Featured as journal cover).