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Welcome to the Biomechanical Imaging Laboratory in the department of Biomedical Engineering at the Rochester Institute of Technology.

Our research is focused on the study of soft tissue biomechanics using medical imaging systems, as it relates to a variety of pathologies.

Research

several M R I images of a brain.

General Methods for Elastic Inverse Problems

Biomechanical imaging (BMI) is a technique that expands upon the medical imaging practice of elastography to solve the inverse problem in solid mechanics.

illustration of an ultrasound of the aorta.

Risk Assessment of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Biomechanical imaging techniques can help us measure estimates of the material property changes within aortic tissue and potentially stresses within the wall.

illustration of an ultrasound of the achilles tendon while standing and while the leg is bent.

Ultrasound Elastography of Achilles Tendinopathy

Our techniques utilize common elastographic techniques such as quasi-static, quantitative elastography, measurement of large strains and shear wave imaging of tendons.

Meet Our Team

portrait of Michael Richards.

Michael Richards, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor 
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Kate Gleason College of Engineering

Lab News

  • September 2020

    Dr. Richards and Anthony Aggouras smiling and standing next to a poster presentation.

    Anthony Aggouras presents his research at the annual Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)

    Tendon Thickness and Impingement in Insertional Achilles Tendinopathy and the Influence of Exercise.

  • August 2020

    person giving a presentation at a podium next to a screen.

    Marlin Myers presents his research at the annual Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)

    Development of Longitudinal, Non-invasive Ultrasonography to Measure Tensile Mechanical Properties in Tendon Healing.