 
					
| Condensed Program: Wednesday,
  September 6, 2017 | ||||||
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| Locations for Short Courses will be announced on
  September 6. | ||||||
| 8:00 am-12:30 pm | Short Course 1A  Biomedical
  Photoacoustics: Illuminating the Principles of Acoustic Radiation Created by
  Optical Excitation | Short Course 1B  Elasticity Imaging:
  Methods & Applications | Short Course 1C  Signal Processing and
  System-on-Chip Designs for Ultrasonic Imaging, Echo Estimation, and Data
  Compression | Short Course 1D The Fundamentals of
  Bulk-Acoustic-Wave Resonator Acoustics | Short Course 1E  Numerical Techniques
  for Simulation and Design of RF SAW/BAW Devices | Short Course 1F  Piezoelectric
  Fundamentals -Materials and Transducers | 
| 12:30
  pm-2:00 pm | Lunch | |||||
| 2:00 pm-6:30 pm | Short Course 2A  Ultrafast Ultrasound
  Imaging: Basic Principles and Applications | Short Course 2B  Ultrasound Vector
  Velocity Imaging | Short Course 2C  Introduction to
  Ultrasonic Simulation with COMSOL | Short Course 2D  Phononics | Short Course 2E  Time-Domain Ultrasound
  Simulation in Biological Tissue using k-Wave | Short Course 2F Medical Ultrasound
  Transducers | 
| 6:00 pm-8:00 pm | Industry &
  University Employer / Job Seeker Network Event (Blue Room)  | |||||
| Condensed Program: Thursday,
  September 7, 2017 | |||||||
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| 8:00
  am-9:30 am | Opening & Plenary Talk (Regency Ballroom) | ||||||
| 9:30
  am-10:30 am | Poster Session and Refreshments (Exhibit Hall
  and Bird Cage Walk) | ||||||
|   | Regency Ballroom | Ambassador Ballroom | Palladian Room | Diplomat Room | Blue  Room | Hampton Room | Empire Room | 
| 10:30
  am-12:00 pm | Session 1A. MEL: Cardiac Elasticity Imaging | Session 2A. MBB: Coherence and adaptive beamforming | Session 3A. MTH: Histotripsy, Lithotripsy, Thrombotripsy | Session 4A. MBF: 3D Flow Imaging | Session 5A. Transducers | Session 6A. PNL - Nonlinear Acoustics | Session 7A. Ultrasound Imaging Devices I | 
| 12:00 pm-1:30 pm | Lunch Break | ||||||
| 1:30
  pm-3:00 pm | Session 1B. Clinical: Clinical Ultrasound | Session 2B. MSP: Improving Resolution and Detection | Session 3B. MTH: Cavitation | Session 4B. MPA: Endoscopic / Intravascular Photoacoustic
  Imaging and New Approaches | Session 5B. Imaging and Photoacoustics | Session 6B. Materials for Microacoustics | Session 7B. High-frequency Imaging Devices and Systems | 
| 3:00 pm-4:00 pm | Poster Session and Refreshments (Exhibit Hall
  and Bird Cage Walk) | ||||||
| 4:00 pm-5:30 pm | Session 1C. MTH: HIFU and Ablation | Session 2C. MBB: Novel imaging methods | Session 3C. MCA: Microbubble localization microscopy 1 | Session 4C. MTC: Staging and monitoring of diseases and
  tissue physiology | Session 5C. Material and Defect Characterization | Session 6C. POA - Opto-Acoustics | Session 7C. Innovative Applications of Microacoustic
  Components | 
| 7:00 pm-9:00 pm | Reception (Blue Room) | ||||||
| Condensed Program: Friday, September
  8, 2017 | |||||||
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|  | Regency Ballroom | Ambassador Ballroom | Palladian Room | Diplomat Room | Blue  Room | Hampton Room | Empire Room | 
|  8:00
  am-9:30 am | Session 1D. MIM: Brain and
  acoustoelectric imaging | Session 2D. MSD: Novel real-time implementations | Session 3D. MEL: New Elasticity
  Methods | Session 4D. MPA: Photoacoustic
  reconstruction approaches and technical developments | Session 5D. Acoustic Nonlinearity | Session 6D. Microfluidics | Session 7D. Medical Ultrasound
  Devices and their Applications | 
| 9:30 am-10:30 am | Poster Session and Refreshments (Exhibit Hall
  and Bird Cage Walk) | ||||||
| 10:30
  am-12:00 pm | Session 1E. MBF: Cerebrovascular
  and Microvascular Imaging | Session 2E. MSD: Towards real-time
  3D imaging | Session 3E. MEL: Elasticity Based
  Tumor Detection | Session 4E. MPA: Clinical and
  Pre-Clinical models | Session 5E. PAT - Acoustic Tweezers
  and Particle Manipulation | Session 6E. Sensors | Session 7E. CMUT Technology | 
| 12:00 pm-1:30 pm | Lunch Break | ||||||
| 1:30
  pm-3:00 pm | Session 1F. MTH: Brain | Session 2F. MIM: Fast cardiac
  imaging: methods and applications | Session 3F. MEL: Elastography in Anisotropic Tissue | Session 4F. MPA: Molecular Imaging
  and Photoacoustic Contrast Agents | Session 5F. Optimization of Quality
  Factor of Acoustic Resonators | Session 6F. NDE and Industrial
  Applications | Session 7F. Ultrasound Electronics
  and Systems | 
| 3:00 pm-4:00 pm | Poster Session and Refreshments (Exhibit Hall
  and Bird Cage Walk) | ||||||
| 4:00
  pm-5:30 pm | Session 1G. MTH:
  Blood-Brain-Barrier | Session 2G. MEL: Carotid Elastography | Session 3G. MTC: In vivo
  soft tissue characterization | Session 4G. MCA: New US contrast
  agents for imaging and therapy | Session 5G. PGP - General Physical
  Acoustics | Session 6G. Signal Processing | Session 7G. Devices for Therapeutic
  Ultrasound | 
| 6:30
  pm-9:30 pm | Banquet (Regency
  Ballroom) | ||||||
| Condensed Program: Saturday,
  September 9, 2017 | |||||||
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|  | Regency Ballroom | Ambassador Ballroom | Palladian Room | Diplomat Room | Blue  Room | Hampton Room | Empire Room | 
|  8:00
  am-9:30 am | Session 1H. MBE: Cell Dynamics,
  Microbubbles, and Sonoporation | Session 2H. MTC: Hard and ex vivo
  human tissue characterization | Session 3H. MIM: Super-resolution and contrast imaging | Session 4H. MBF: Methods in Flow
  Studies: Phantoms and Algorithms | Session 5H. Flow Measurement and
  Wave Propagation | Session 6H. PPN - Phononics | Session 7H. Microacoustic
  Device Design | 
| 9:30 am-10:30 am | Poster Session and Refreshments (Exhibit Hall
  and Bird Cage Walk) | ||||||
| 10:30
  am-12:00 pm | Session 1I. MTH: Therapeutic
  Ultrasound Applications | Session 2I. MIM: Machine learning
  for image reconstruction and interpretation | Session 3I. MCA: Contrast imaging:
  beamforming and signal processing | Session 4I. MBF: Vector Flow
  Imaging: Applications and Methods | Session 5I. MEL: Cardiac Strain
  Imaging | Session 6I. Advanced Transducer
  Materials and Designs | Session 7I. PTF - Thin Films | 
| 12:00 pm-1:30 pm | Lunch Break and Women in Engineering Luncheon
  (Congressional Room) | ||||||
| 1:30
  pm-3:00 pm | Session 1J. MBE: Neuromodulation
  and Cell Stimulation | Session 2J. MIM: Improving image
  quality and analysis | Session 3J. MCA: Contrast agents
  and therapy assessment | Session 4J. MBB: Volumetric and
  Fourier domain approaches | Session 5J. MEL: Vascular Elastography | Session 6J. Ultrasound Imaging
  Devices II | Session 7J. Microacoustic
  Sensor and Lamb Wave Devices | 
| 3:00 pm-4:00 pm | Poster Session and Refreshments (Exhibit Hall
  and Bird Cage Walk) | ||||||
| 4:00
  pm-5:30 pm | Session 1K. MTH: Ultrasound
  Mediated Delivery | Session 2K. MEL: Elastography in Clinical Application | Session 3K. MCA: Microbubble
  localization microscopy 2 | Session 4K. MSP: Optimizing Imaging
  Performance | Session 5K. MIM: Medical
  Imaging  | Session 6K. Novel Transducers and
  Transducer Applications | Session 7K. PUM - Ultrasonic Motors
  and High Intensity Applications |