We believe that high-quality healthcare technologies should be equitable and widely accessible. Ultrasound is growing rapidly as a diagnostic and therapeutic modality and has the potential to significantly impact healthcare delivery.ย The Medical Ultrasound Engineering (MUSE) Lab at IIT Gandhinagar develops innovative ultrasound-based technologies for the diagnosis, treatment, and management of diseases. MUSE Lab is equipped with cutting-edge research facilities and our faculty and trainees have received international recognition and several awards for their research and leadership in the field of biomedical ultrasound.
* Latest News and Events *
The Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar hosted the IEEE-UFFC Special Topics School on Waves and Transducers on 13th-17th October 2025. A total of 35 participants and 6 instructors (including 9 international faculty and students from the Netherlands, the UK, Canada, the US, and Indonesia).
The instructors were:
Prof. Koen Van Dongen (TU Delft)
Dr. Holly Lay (Acoustiic Inc.)
Prof. Sandy Cochran (University of Glasgow)
Prof. Omer Oralkan (North Carolina State University)
Profs. Himanshu Shekhar & Karla Mercado-Shekhar (IITGN)
* Special guest lecture by Dr. Kajoli Krishnan Banerjee on her experiences in industry research.
The participants also learned how to make and test their own transducers!
Congratulations to Prof. Karlaย for her appointment as Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control!
Seven (7) abstracts from the lab and collaborative projects were presented at the IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS) in Utrecht, Netherlands, which was held on September 2025. Check out the abstracts on the Conferences webpage.
Congratulations to Jagruti Patil, PhD candidate, for winning the ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ in the ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น, ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ด๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐น๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ category at the ๐๐ป๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟโ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐ (๐ฃ๐ ๐ฅ๐) ๐ฆ๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐บ held at IIT Hyderabad, March 16-17, 2025!
Profs. Karla and Himanshu are co-teaching a 30-hour MOOC titled “Biomedical Ultrasound: Fundamentals of Imaging and Micromachined Transducers” with Prof. Hardik Pandya from IISc Bangalore. This course is a part of the National Program on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) and is available freely to audit by anyone in the world. Students from India are welcome to credit the course, if they prefer, by appearing for in-person exams. Check out the course website (link here)!ย
The 1st IEEE South Asian Ultrasonics Symposium (SAUS) at IIT Gandhinagar was a great success! Thanks to the participants for joining us and supporting this inaugural event.
